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Total number of records: 261

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Brotherton Collection261
Rudolf Laban Collections261

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Laban, Rudolf Von (1879-1958)261
Rudolf Laban261
Rudolf Jean-Baptiste Attila Von Laban261
Rudolf Johann Baptiste Attila261
Laban, Renee (1892-)2
Rene De Laban2
Renee De Laban2
Renee Von Laban2

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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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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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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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A Life for Dance' - translation

1935

Two copies. There is also a different published translation.

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Gymnastics and Dance' - translation

1926

This is a translation of Laban's 1926 book 'Tanz und Gymnastik' commissioned by Gordon Curl.

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