Introduction (P.1-17)
- P.1 Man moves in order to satisfy a need. He aims by his movement at something of value to him...Yet there also exist intangible values that inspire movement.
- P. 4 The art of movement on the stage embraces the whole range of bodily expression including speaking, acting, miming, dancing and even musical accompaniment.
- P.7 Human movement, with all its physical, emotional, and mental implications, is the common denominator of the dynamic art of the theatre. Ideas and sentiments are expressed by the flow of movement, and become visible in gestures, or audible in music and words. The art of the theatre is dynamic, because each phase of the performance fades away almost immediately after it has appeared.
- In theatrical acting, which is artistic enhancement of human action, the controversial tendencies contained in the thinking and feeling of the various characters represented are expressed both in words and in gesture.
- Movement, with its wide range of visible and audible manifestations, offers not only a common denominator for all stage work but it also secures the basis for the common animation of all those participating in this creation.
- P.9 Man's conflicting efforts in his struggle for values are most truly revealed by mine. Too many words and too much music are both apt to overshadow the truth of this effort display as it becomes apparent through the performer's bodily actions. {Prefer simple staging}
Laban, Rudolf. Mastery of Movement. Plymouth: Northcote House, 1980.
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