Fourth grade students were introduced to Rudolf Laban's "choreology," the discipline of dance analysis and invented system of dance notation. Laban, dancer, and choreographer, identified 8 Movement "Efforts" that comprise of movements that the body can make. His philosophy was that dance should be available to everyone.
Students were introduced to the first 4 Laban efforts:
Float, Flick, Dab and Glide.
We talked about each one one at a time, and then connected them until students could create a 4 effort piece to a piece of music. One of the elements we discussed was the weight of the movements. These particular set of movements all fall into the "light" weight category, but there are also heavy efforts that will be learned in future lessons.
Below are videos of their culminating pieces combinig the 4 Laban efforts they learned. See if you can pick them out!
You can read more about Laban here.
Enjoy!
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