| Description | Correspondence and other records primarily regarding Rudolf Laban and Lisa Ullmann. Subjects include: allowances to aliens to enable them to find work; arrangements for Czechoslovakian citizenship for Rudolf Laban; the appointment of Rudolf Laban by F Lawrence (industrial consultant) as an advisor on ways in which women replacing men in factories could perform heavy physical duties without strain to themselves; the evolution, training and practice of the Laban Lawrence System of Industrial Rhythm; a proposal for a course at Dartington; the training of women and trainers; Lisa Ullmann's work including courses of Laban-Lawrence System of Industrial Ryhthm in factories and classes in Local Education Authorities and Educational Establishments; dance classes at Dartington and a proposal to establish a training centre in Dance Movement at Dartington; Lisa Ullmann's application for naturalisation; and a proposal for the establishment of a centre to train teachers, advise and research remedial education through movement.
Correspondents include: Leonard Elmhirst; Lisa (Elisabeth) Ullmann; Rudolf Laban; Christopher Martin; W A Clegg, Secretary for Education; Dorothy Elmhirst; J Lawrence; W K Slater; Peter Cox; Irene Champernowne; and W E Philip, Devon County Education Committee.
Additional material includes: a testimonial for Rudolf Laban by Leonard Elmhirst; 'Wir Tanzen' a community dance chorus booklet (1936); an extract from an address by Mr Laban on a meeting for community dance (1936); a report 'Dance Movements, WEA Class at Plymouth conducted by E Ullmann'; a drawing of the Coat of Arms of St Luke, Patron of the Arts; a handwritten document to certify Rudolf Laban's abilities and specialisations; 'Practical Outlook', a proposal re an educational centre for dancers, teachers, leaders of movement choruses and community dance groups; a report upon Miss Newlove's visit to Dartington Hall Ltd to observe Miss Bartlett as a trainer of Laban- Lawrence Industrial Rhythm exercises (1943); a prospectus for Modern Dance Summer Holiday Course, Bishop Otter College (1947); 'The Laban Art of Movement Guild News Sheet' (1950); a paper by Denis Hill, a student of the Art of Movement Studio (1951); and an extract from News of the Day regarding a series of lectures by Rudolf Laban on the History of Dance from a psychological and physiological point of view (1940). |