Rudolf Laban icosahedron, 1939.

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Rudolf Laban icosahedron, 1939.

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Collection comprises one 6 1/2" x 7" sculpted paper cutout made to form a human figure within a 20-sided geometric shape (icosahedron) which is painted red, black, and gold; the whole laid into a paper folder inscribed by Laban to Mr. Vahl-Rubin. Both items are housed in a red cloth covered folding case. This sculpture illustrates Laban's theory of space harmony in which clusters of atoms are bound together by simple forces that create an unusual stability when the cluster has the exact number of atoms needed to form a regular icosahedron. Part of Laban's system of Choreutics, the theory of the icosahedron supported Laban's view of human movement as a continuous creation of fragments of crystalline forms. This led him to classify movements as Plato had classified regular solids.

0.2 linear feet (1 box)

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...

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