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Total number of records: 25

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Brotherton Collection25
Rudolf Laban Collections25

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Laban, Rudolf Von (1879-1958)3
Rudolf Laban3
Rudolf Jean-Baptiste Attila Von Laban3
Rudolf Johann Baptiste Attila3
Karoline Sophie Marie Wiegmann2
Wigman, Mary (1886-1973)2
Laban, Arpad (1905-1960)1
Laban, Renee (1892-)1
Lieschke, Marie Luise1
Preston-Dunlop, Valerie (1930-)1

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The Essence of the New Artistic Dance

1934

Photocopied pages 8 and 9 of unknown German publication, with an article headed "Mary Wigman", with typed translation in English headed "Mary Wigman. Concerning the essence of the new artistic dance"....

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Documents relating to book 'Rudolf Laban: An Introduction to his Work and Influence'

1989

a) Two page typed stylesheet headed "Laban: An Introduction to his Work and Influence" b) Fax from John Hodgson, Bretton Hall to Valerie Preston-Dunlop, 5 October 1989, with two pages of text headed...

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About Laban's Schools

1920-1929

(1) Handwritten notes on Labanschule paper by Laban (and photocopy) about "Die Doppelganger" (A Two Hander) and "I Ein Schlachtfeld" (A Battlefield); (2) Original programme and two photocopies of "V...

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Press Cuttings

1920-1954

(1) Press photograph of dancers from Hamburger Freudenblatt, 13 June 1929; (2) Page and photocopied 3 sheet review of “Der Tanzcongress in Magdeburg” from Berliner Tageblatt, 30 June 1927; (3)...

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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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Miscellaneous items including press reports from the 1929 Vienna Festzug

1929

(1) Photocopy of photograph of Rudolf von Laban in hat. Photograph in 57/01/02; (2) Photocopy of photograph of Gleschendorf Summer School 1922. Original in photo album 44/17/1; (3) Photocopy of ph...

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Architect's Drawings for Zurich Labanschule

1918

Detailed contents: 1. Folder headed "Zurich Project" containing: a) Folder headed "Projekt eines Atelierbaues fur sie Labanschule A G in Zurich" with details of the project in German b) Seven drawin...

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Articles from Schrifttanz

1920-1929

(1) Photocopied printed pages 8 and 9 with a printed article in German entitled "Anna Pavlowa" by Rudolf von Laban. note on front: "Schrifttanz Heft 1 June 1931 4 pages? No 1"; (2) Photocopied print...

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Schrifttanz'

1928-1931

a) Index card with handwritten note "Photographed in full Schrifttanz Heft 1 July 1928; This is an incomplete set of the Quarterly journal that Laban set up. It was another of his pioneering initiativ...

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Dance Notation

1920-1929

(1) Two photocopied pages in German with articles "Die ruinierte Pathologie", "Die neue Stadt", "Sehnsucht nach Atlantis" and "Tanzkunst wird Geschichte erhalten" under the heading "DorfÓ“mpfer für n...

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Biographical Materials on Laban

1920-1959

(1) Four-page photocopied typed biography in German of Rudof (sic) Laban by Margit Dukony. note on front: "Hiszika? Oct/Nov 66"; (2) Three-page photocopied typed biography of Rudolf von Laban in Ger...

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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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