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Laban/Bartenieff

Print Sources

• Bartenieff, Irmgard. Notes from a Course in Correctives. New York: Dance Notation Bureau, 1970.
  For self-teaching; for beginning and intermediate students.
• ________ with Dori Lewis. Body Movement: Coping With the Environment. New York: Gordon & Breach Science Publishers, 1980.
  Basic principles of Labananalysis, exercises, psychology of movement.
• Davis, Martha. Four Adaptions of Effort Theory, Research and Teaching. New York: Dance Notation Bureau Press, 1970.
• Dell, Cecily. A Primer for Movement Description Using Effort-Shape and Supplementary Concepts. New York: Dance Notation Bureau Press, 1977.
• Foster, John. The Influences of Rudolph Laban. London: Lepus Books, 1977.
• Friedman, Risa. “Where Effort and the Body Sciences Meet,” Movement Studies, Spring 1986.
• Hackney, Peggy. Making Connections: Total Body Integration through Bartenieff Fundamentals. G & B Science Pub., 1998. ISBN 9056995928
  Introductory summary of Laban Movement Analysis and key terminology.
  Hecht, Patsy Ann Clark. “Kinetic Techniques for the Actor,” PhD Dissertation, Wayne State University, 1971.
• Hodgson, John. Mastering Movement : Understanding Laban. Routledge, 2000. ISBN: 0878300805
  Study of Laban’s movement theories and practice.
• Hutchison, Ann. Labanotation. New York: Theatre Arts Books, 1970.
• Kestenberg, Judith S. The Role of Movement Patterns in Development. New York: Dance Notation Bureau, 1967.
• Laban, Rudolph. Effort. London: Macdonald & Evans, 1947.
• ________. Language of Movement: A Guidebook to Choreutics, annotated and edited by Lisa Ullmann. Boston: Play, Inc., 1974.
• ________. A Life for Dance: Reminiscences, trans. and annotated by Lisa Ullmann. New York: Theatre Arts Books, 1975.
• ________. The Mastery of Movement on the Stage, 3rd ed., revised by Lisa Ullmann. Boston: Play, Inc., 1971.
• ________. Modern Educational Dance. London: Macdonald and Evans, 1948.
• Lamb, Warren and Elizabeth Watson. Body Code: The Meaning in Movement. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Book Co., 1985.
• Lamb, Warren. Posture and Gesture: An Introduction to the Study of Physical Behavior. London: Duckworth &* Co., 1965.
• Newlove, Jean. Laban for Actors and Dancers. New York: Routledge, 1993.
• North, Marion. An Introduction to Movement Study and Teaching. London: Macdonald & Evans, 1971.
• ________. Personality Assessment Through Movement. London: Macdonald & Evans, 1972.
• Otte-Betz, Irma. “The Work of Rudolf von Laban,” Dance Observer, Part I(December 1938): 147; Part II(January 1939): 161-62; Part III(March 1939): 189-90.
• Pierpont, Margaret. “A Conversation with Irmgard Bartenieff,” Dance Magazine, March 1980: 90-91.
• Preston-Dunlop, Valerie Monthland. A Handbook for Modern Educational Dance. Boston: Plays, Inc., 1980.
• Ramsden, Pamela. “The Action Profile System of Movement Assessment for Self Development,” in Helen Payne, ed., Dance Movement Therapy: Theory and Practice. New York: Routledge, 1992.
• Redfern, Hildred Betty. Introducing Laban Art of Movement. London: Macdonald & Evans, 1965.
• Thornton, Samuel. Laban’s Theory of Movement: A New Perspective. Boston: Plays, Inc., 1971.
• Willson, F.M.G. In Just Order Move: The Progress of the Laban Centre for Movement and Dance, 1946-1996. Athlone Pr., 1997. ISBN 0485115182

Audio/Visual Sources

• Hackney, Peggy. Discovering Your Expressive Body with Peggy Hackney. Pennington, NJ: Princeton Book Company, n. d.
  Video. Call 609-737-8177.
• Moore, Carol-Lynne and Kaoru Yamamoto. Beyond Words: Movement Observation and Analysis. New York: Gordon and Breach, 1988.
  Book includes a set of videos.

Electronic Sources

• http://www.cs.sfu.ca/cs/people/GradStudents/bishko/personal/lma_resources.htm
  Laban Movement Analysis Resources, a web page.

last updated 25 September, 2008