Second-grade students were introduced to Rudolf Laban's (1879-1958) "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 all 8 Laban efforts over the course of several classes. They were asked to choreograph short movement pieces based on these efforts. For each effort, TIME, SPACE and WEIGHT/FORCE are considered. See the the inserted chart below.
For this assignment, students were asked to work in a pair and to choose 3-4 Laban efforts, with at least one effort being “strong” and one being light.”In some cases, students created choreography together, combined choreography, or simply performed their choreography side-by-side.
You can read more about Laban here.
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