Dance Literacy- About LMA

Written by Jeong Sun Park

Dance Literacy?

Yes!

We have many dance languages.

LMALMA is one of the most popular

dance language.

What is LMA?

Laban

Movement

Analysis

What is LMA? (continued)

A systemsystem and languagelanguage for understanding, observing, describing and notating all forms of movement

Devised by Rudolf Laban

What is LMA? (continued)

It includes studies in 4 inter-related categories

Body/ Effort/Shape/SpaceBody/ Effort/Shape/Space

Body

The body category describes structural and physical characteristics of the human body while moving.

Effort

Space: Direct / Indirect

Weight: Strong / Light

Time: Sudden / Sustained

Flow: Bound / Free

Shapes

"Shape Forms”

"Modes of Shape Change"

"Shape Qualities"

"Shape Flow Support"

Space

Kinesphere

Spatial Intention

Geometrical observations of where the movement is being done

External links

http://www.laban.org

http://www.limsonline.org

http://www.imsmovement.com

http://www.lodc.org/