Sylvia Bodmer Collection c1920-1989

Bodmer, Sylvia., 1902-1989

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Sylvia Bodmer was born in Duisberg, Germany in 1902. During her 50-year career, she gained a reputation as one of the foremost proponents of the inclusive and free-interpretive dance style of Rudolf Laban. Her father, a British national, died shortly after she was born and her mother moved her to Switzerland. Bodmer showed an aptitude for mathematics as a child, but her gender proved an obstacle to employment in that field, despite a good qualification. She gravitated toward dance, ...

Ullmann, Lisa

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Laban Art of Movement Guild

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Manchester Dance Circle, 1945-

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Art of Movement Studio, 1946-1975

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Laban, Rudolf Jean-Baptiste Attila., 1879-1958

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Rudolf Laban was a teacher, philosopher, dancer, choreographer, author, experimentor and the father of modern dance. He raised the status of dance as an art form and transformed the nature of dance scholarship. He established the discipline of dance analysis and invented a system of dance notation called Labanotation. He defined the idea of community dance and valued its contribution to man's wellbeing. He set out to reform the role of dance education, emphasising his belief that dance should be...