Rudolf Laban icosahedron 1939

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Rudolf Laban icosahedron 1939

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The collection comprises one 6 1/2" x 7" paper sculpture cutout created by choreographic notation expert Rudolf von Laban to form a human figure within a 20-sided geometric shape (an icosahedron).

0.2 linear feet; (1 box)

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University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections

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University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections

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Laban, Rudolf von, 1879-1958.

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Rudolf Laban was born December 15, 1879 in Bratislava, Slovakia. After studying architecture at the Ècole des Beaux Arts in Paris, Laban moved to Munich at age 30 and began his research on Bewegungskunst, or the movement arts. In 1915 Laban established the Choreographic Institute in Zürich and later founded branches in Italy, France, and Europe. His greatest contribution to dance was his 1928 publication of Kinetographie Laban, a dance notation system that came to be called Labanotation. It is...