Rudolf Laban

Rudolf Laban (born Dec. 15, 1879, Bratislava, Austria-Hungary [now in Slovakia]—died July 1, 1958, Weybridge, Surrey, Eng.) was a dance theorist and teacher whose studies of human motion provided the intellectual foundations for the development of central European modern dance. Laban also developed Labanotation, a widely used movement-notation system. Originally interested in painting and architecture, Laban began to study dance in Paris. After choreographing ballets and directing several art festivals, he established his Choreographic Institute...