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Rudolf Laban Collections132
Brotherton Collection132

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Laban, Rudolf Von (1879-1958)133
Rudolf Laban133
Rudolf Jean-Baptiste Attila Von Laban133
Rudolf Johann Baptiste Attila133
Renee Von Laban2
Renee De Laban2
Rene De Laban2
Hodgson, John (1927-1997)2
Laban, Renee (1892-)2
Ayckbourn, Alan (1939-)1

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Archive Collection

Rudolf Laban Collection compiled by Dick McCaw

Laban, Rudolf von (1879-1958)

1936-2013

Includes journals and other publications relating to Laban Movement Analysis and, oral history recordings with teachers of the technique and its practitioners. Also includes archives from Geraldine S...

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John Hodgson Archive

Hodgson, John (1927-1997)

1891-2001

Comprises Hodgson's own papers as well as a collection of Alan Ayckbourn scripts, original artwork and papers (including some correspondence and manuscripts) of Rudolf Laban, and an extensive collecti...

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Laban Collection

Hodgson, John (1927-1997); Laban, Rudolf von (1879-1958)

1891-2001

The Laban Collection includes papers and artworks by Laban and interviews with Laban's pupils and colleagues. The archives also include notes made by John Hodgson and publications relating to Laban a...

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Laban: Handwritten Notes, Letters & Cards

1910-1920

(1) Handwritten letter in German, in pencil, from [name illegible] to Laban. note: "1914? (2)" Photocopy in 18/01/02 No 6; (2) Seventeen pages of handwritten notes in pencil headed "Recherches sur...

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Archive File

A series of articles written by Laban

1910-1919

File A includes (1) One page of handwritten notes in German, in pen, on "Labanschule" headed paper; (2) One page of scribbled pencil drawings. note on back: "Laban 1912" with undecipherable note; ...

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Articles by Laban (not for the press)

1928-1936

(1) Five page typed article in German headed "Bericht der Tanzabteilung der Folkwangschulen der Stadt Essen a/R" entitled "Der Kampf um die deutsche Tanzkunst" by Rudolf von Laban. note on front: "Cop...

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Scenarios from 4 Laban Ballets

1917-1937

(1) Fourteen page typed scenario in German for "Agamemnon's Tod" in five acts. On Labangarten Hombrechtikon letterhead. Written on front: "(T)" and 1917 (6)". Photocopy of same with written note in re...

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Laban's Choreography for 'The Year's Wheel'

1980-1989

(1) Index card headed Scenario 19?" with John Hodgson's comments about the Director's Choreographic sketches and the scenario for Edwin Redslob's choric play "The Year's Wheel" and Director's notes by...

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About the Forming of a German Dance Theatre

1938

Contains a typed copy (including alterations) of "Denkschrift über die Ausgestaltung eines deutschen Tanztheaters" by Rudolf von Laban, Spring 1937. Includes an index card with handwritten explanatio...

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Dance is Life

1920-1929

An document about Laban's plans to create a film about dance education

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Archive File

Letters from Laban and other correspondents to Albrecht Knust

1924-1957

Contains 229 letters, postcards and telegrams (and a few in English) exchanged between Rudolf von Laban and Albrecht Knust in the years between 1924 and 1957.

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