Laban Collection 1918-2001

Simone Michelle was a dancer and teacher and one of the most influential figures in pioneering the Central European tradition of modern dance in British Theatre education. She became one of the finest performers and teachers of the Leeder system of modern dance in Britain. Born Simone Moser in Paris on 10 May 1916, she studied at the Ecole Normale de Musique, before moving in 1934 to study as a professional dancer at the newly-founded Jooss-Leeder school at Dartington Hall, South Devon. She join...

Loman, Hettie., 1920-1993

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Bode, Rudolf, 1881-1971

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Laban, Marie., b 1858

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Dartington College of Arts

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Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973

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Mary Wigman, German modern dancer and choreographer, was born Mary Wiegmann, November 13, 1886 in Hanover. She trained first with Emile Jaques-Dalcroze in Hellerau and Dresden and later with Rudolf von Laban in Anscona, Switzerland and in Munich. Her debut as a concert dancer and choreographer occurred in 1919. Successful performances encouraged her to open her own school in Dresden, where among her first students were Yvonne Georgi, Gert Palucca, and Harald Kreutzberg. By 1925, her students inc...

McCallum, Margaret. ( fl 1950s) Laban-trained dance educator

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Manchester Dance Circle, 1943-

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Lex, Maja, 1906-1986

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Gertz, Jenny., 1891-1966

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Laban Centre for Movement and Dance

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Laban, Juana de, 1910-1978

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Laban was born in 1910 in Austria-Hungary; was the daughter of Rudolf von Laban, the inventor of the system of Labanotation; received her master's and doctoral degrees from Yale Univ.; became director of graduate studies in theater at Baylor Univ.; was a distinguished professor at the Univ. of Wisconsin, and served on the dance faculty at UCLA before retiring; she was active in many educational and professional organizations, including the Sacred Dance Guild of America; publications include Danc...

Bergin, Marjorie., fl 1950-1985

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British Dance Theatre

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Boalth, Annie., fl 1918-1979

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Annie Boalth was a dance student of Rudolf Laban's in Hamburg, Germany. She emigrated to England in the 1930s and taught Laban's movement theories at the British Drama League and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. From the guide to the Annie Boalth Collection, 1950-1989, (Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance: Laban Archive) ...

Heynssen, Adda., fl 1948

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Bacon, Jane., fl 1980-2011

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Rinker, Kenneth. ( fl 1960s) Dancer and choreographer

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Kenneth Rinker was a dancer with Dorothy Madden in the University of Maryland Modern Dance Group, and with Twyla Tharp. He founded the Berlin Dance Ensemble. From the guide to the Kenneth Rinker Collection, c1965, (Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance: Laban Archive) ...

Laban, Allar., b 1916

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Theatre Workshop

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Varalja, Rudolf von Laban., fl 1880-1900

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Art of Movement Studio, 1946-1975

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Skoronel, Vera, d. 1932

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Laban, Melanie., b 1881

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Morel, Paula., fl 1947-1985

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Bauer, Lilla., fl 1942

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Jooss Ballet, 1932-1949

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Klingenbeck, Fritz., fl 1927-1985

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Butcher, Rosemary., fl 1980-2011

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Laban Centre London, 1997-2005

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MacLennan, Sue. ( fl 1980s-2011) Dancer and choreographer

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Rogge, Lola, 1908-1990

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Leeder, Sigurd, 1902-1981

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Layson, June., fl 1980-2011

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Laban Art of Movement Centre, 1954-1975

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Art of Movement Studio, 1948-1975

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Moore, Katherine. ( fl 1960s) Dancer

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Wrage von Pustau, Greta., fl 1920-1989

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Jooss, Kurt, 1901-1979

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Hening, Robert., 1906-1997

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Walton, Joy. ( fl 1950s) Laban-trained dance teacher

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Laban, Arpad., b 1905

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Wilson, Lorna., fl 1942-2011

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Lorna Wilson was a Laban-based dance lecturer. From the guide to the Lorna Wilson Collection, 1935-2001, (Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance: Laban Archive) ...

Mayerová, Milča, 1901-1977

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Loesch, Ilse (1909-2006).

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Platt, Enid., fl 1950

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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...

Soukop, Wilhelm Josef 1907-1995

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Laban Art of Movement Guild, c1947-1982

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Elmhirst, William Knight ., b 1929 Trustee, Dartington Hall Trust, 1957-1972

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Schlee, Alfred

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Primrose, Lorn. ( fl 1940s-1970s) Dance educator

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Snell-Friedburg, Gertrude., fl 1924-1988

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Rogge, Lola., 1980-1990

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Azralea, Laban., b 1902

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Milloss, Aurel M., 1906-1988

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North, Marion., fl 1973-2003 Principal, Laban, 1973-2003

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Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, 2005-

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Cox, Peter., b 1918

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Feist, Hertha., fl 1920-1930

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Gleisner, Martin., fl 1925-1930

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Newlove, Jean., fl 1940-1989

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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, ...

Madden, Dorothy Gifford, 1912-2009

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Dorothy Gifford Madden was born in New Hampshire in America and educated at Middlebury College, Vermont where she graduated in French and music and became interested in dance under the influence of Mary Lou Storrs who had been trained by the German expressionist Mary Wigman, a pupil of Rudolf Laban. Madden became a dance instructor in the physical education department at Maryland University and by 1967 had become the Founding Chairman of the Dance Department, a position she retained until 1972. ...

Laban Collection 1918-2001

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