Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Space Harmony

Rudolf Laban, Hungarian inventor of dance notation, called dance "living architecture" and "sacred geometry". The ways we move are so fundamental to our lives that we don't even notice them until they are pointed out.
I'm reading What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell who often does articles about the brain. This one is about Cesar Milan, the Dog Whisperer. Dogs study our movement with undying interest, and Cesar has a beautiful deliberate way.
An interpreter of Laban movement, Yvonne Tortora uses much the same techniques for autistic children in dance therapy.

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