Trinity Laban

LABAN - A SYSTEM FOR TEACHING


Laban action efforts is based on four primary principles...



SPACE: Direct/Indirect ("Flexible")
WEIGHT: Heavy/Light ("Strong")
TIME: Slow/Fast ("Sustained/Sudden)



NAME:                     SPACE            WEIGHT            TIME

Press                                                   D                                     H                                     S

Wring                                                  I                                      H                                     S

Gliding                                                D                                     L                                     S

Floating                                               I                                      L                                     S

Punch                                                 D                                     H                                     F

Slashing                                              I                                       H                                    F

Dabbing                                             D                                      L                                     F

Flicking                                               I                                       L                                     F

Creating your own Monologue

The Colour of Justice

Yes.That is when I realised he had been stabbed, yes.

 That was the information that first came out: "Hit Over the head with an Iron Bar." I could not see any wound to the head.I didn't know where the blood was coming from.Well, it wasn't obvious to me sir.Because I didn't want to move him.Because an ambulance was on it's way and I felt that he was best left in the position he was in.I didn't know he was going to bleed to death.Yes, he was.

Yes, sir.On the wrist.I cannot remember, sir.

Traditional Theatre Music

"Traditional Theatre style is quite Operatic."

• Singing long is a lush scoring.
• The sound of music focuses on the meaning of the words not the 'Vowels.'
•  Opera sings on the vowels.
• Belcanto - Means how beautiful the voice is.

• Threepenny Opera, was the first way of singing in the musicals.
• They normally focused on diction while singing.

The song that I managed to find which was from a traditional genre of a Musical was, "Something Wonderful from the Musical King and I, 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein."

The reason that I picked this song was because I liked the sound of the title , as well as that I was able to relate to the lyrics, which attracted me more to the song. The song has enabled me to not be afraid to approach and learn a traditional song as I always tend to go for a lot more modernised genre of songs such as 'I'm Here from the Musical Colour Purple. Honestly from this song it has allowed me to be more comfortable and aware while I sing, to emphasise more each vowel. From being given the task of searching a Traditional Genre of music I came across  "Ribbons Down My Back from the Musical Hello Dolly, 1964 Jerry Herman.