Monday 29 April 2013
Thursday 18 April 2013
Contemporary Dance VIII (Release)
The Dynamospher
The Dynamospher was Laban’s term for the imaginary structure that illustrates the eight basic efforts.
They dimensional cross within the cube is structured in such a way that it illustrates the nature of time, weight and space.
Light to Strong: goes from the centre of the floor to the centre of
the ceiling, indicating that light is high whilst strong is deep.
Flexible to Direct: goes from the centre of the right wall to centre
of the left. This is because of the action of raising your arm or leg to
either side. If you were to raise your right arm and move it to the
right side of your body, you would be relatively free of resistance
(freedom) but if you move it across your body to the left side, you
would encounter resistance and the movement would be very limited and
would, therefore, direct.
Sustained to Sudden: goes from the centre of the front wall to the
centre of the back wall. Laban noted that we mainly use are arms and
legs in front of our body where movement is easily sustained. If we move
them behind our body, we encounter more resistance and our movements
are necessarily short and therefore sudden.
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