Diversifying Locomotive Choices

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 Space and Relationship

 The kinesphere is also the container of a cube (containing all diagonal directions and dimensions) and of an icosahedron made by three bi-dimensional planes: it contains angular geometry inside a round geometry.

 Question 1

Explain in your own words the meaning of the kinesphere within the Laban's cube? 


 

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Diversifying locomotive choices when using the performance space (The Kinesphere and Laban's Cube)

Activity 1

Based on their exploration of movement within the cube, students work on adding one more phrase of 8 movements to their previous 8 movements using emotions as reference. 

To their now 2 phrases, students add more specific exploration of Laban's 4 components of human movement listed bellow.

 

 

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Laban’s Four Components of Human Movement with their Respective Elements: 
•Direction – direct/indirect
•Weight – heavy/light
•Speed – quick/sustained
•Flow – bound / free

Question 2
 
How has Laban's components and elements of human movement affected the quality of your own movement phrases? Explain.
 
 
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Closing 

Review your phrases. 

Students share their work with the class after adding to their choreographic structure (of two movement phrases) their learned song, poem, prose or onomatopoeic sounds.

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