Laban's Harmonic Three Dimensional Scales

 I


WARM UP


II


STRETCH 


III


REVIEW: LEVELS & DIRECTIONS
 
FOCUS
 
COMBINING ALL
 
REVIEWING  MOVEMENT SCALE


IV

Concept: Art Nouveau


In creating these harmonic designs, Laban utilizes his artistic understanding of human anatomy, proportion, and range of motion. Moreover, he draws on his Art Nouveau background to generate spatial patterns that are highly symmetrical.




Art Nouveau designers stylized the curves of natural forms such as butterflies, flowers, and leaves to create beautiful two-dimensional patterns.


V


ACTIVITY 1


III.  Give your previous set of 8 movements-scale an Art- Noveau style, whatever that means to you, based on the video above. 

Dance it to any music of your choice.  

Online Students, please record your set of 8 moves and post it Discussion Board.

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VI


Concept: HARMONIC THREE DIMENSIONAL SCALES


Laban’s space harmony scales are similar to the music scales in concept. Laban has taken the curves of natural movements and geometricized them, creating “harmonic” three-dimensional patterns.



VII


Analysis

Students discuss their observation of the "harmonic three-dimensional scale. They use the question below to enrich their discussion. Students post their answer on Discussion Board.


 QUESTION 1


 IV. The video shows an example of a “harmonic” three-dimensional pattern. Compare and contrast this one with your own. What did you experience?

 Online students, please post your answer on Discussion Board. 


VIII


ACTIVITY 2

Learn the harmonic-three-dimensional scale with your group and add the moves to your own previous scale.


POST YOUR ANSWERS ON BLACKBOARD'S DISCUSSION BOARD.



Source: In Praise of Whole Body Movement.

Comments

  1. AnonymousAugust 31, 2021 at 10:55 AM

    Rachel wojtowicz, olivia tanchel, delaney greenwald, Viktoriia Kartavenko

    The videos dance was somewhat similar to our dance with the steps forward. Their dance moves were very relaxed and flowed together with the next movement. It was peaceful to watch.

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