Malcolm’s Laban Workshop

In this perod we learnt about the histroy of Rudof Laban, a dance artist and theorist from the early 20th century. He was a key person in changing the landscape for choereography in dance and other performing arts. He put a large emphasis on how we move our bodies in context to our character and emotions, and created 8 different ‘personality styles’ to define how your character/emotions would appear on stage. He dvided these peronsality types according to certain dynamics, these being: Weight, Space, and Time. I indetnified mostly with the flick and the punch, typically having ‘sudden’ movements. I’d least identify witth the wring, heavy yet flexible movements aren’t common for me. These personalities help us bring charcaters from a script to life, and help the actor identify with them more.