| Description | Correspondents and other records primarily regarding the management and future development of the Laban Art of Movement Centre. Subjects include: a proposal to take the work of the centre into the Personnel Department of Marks and Spencers; meetings of the Management Committee and trustees; proposals for the formation of a subcommittee of the Management Committee to devote itself to work in London Schools and Colleges; proposals for Ruth Foster to assist Lisa Ullman at the Centre; proposals for the formation of a Laban centre in London; movement workshops in schools and the notions surrounding the concept of dance; the printing of an article by Sreemati Pratima Tagore on 'Dance in India' in the Laban Art of Movement Centre magazine; a gift by Beatrice Loeb to the Laban Trust in memory of her long association with Laban; the resignation of Leonard Elmhirst from the Board of Trustees; the publication of 'Choreutics' written by Laban; 25 years anniversary celebrations of the Art of Movement Studio; Joan Hodgsons biography of Laban; and John Hodgsons research of Laban.
Correspondents include: A O (Pom) Elmhirst; Leonard Elmhirst; William Elmhirst; F C Lawrence; Christian Schiller; Lisa Ullmann; Rudolf Laban; Ruth Foster; Diana Jordan; G Cruickshank; Marjorie Bergin; Sreemati Pratima Tagore; Sri Kshitish Roy; Gladys Burr; F Lawrence; Beatrice Loeb; Dorothy Elmhirst; John Hodgson; and John Foster.
Additional material includes: Leonard Elmhirst's notes from meetings of the Laban Institute Management and Trustees , (1957 and 1959); 'Kinetography Laban' a report of the 1st World Conference (1959); an article 'The Dance in India' by Sreemati Pratima Tagore (1937); minutes of meetings of the Management Committee (1962); minutes of meetings of the Trustees (1962); an extract 'Art of Movement Studio' by Patricia Woodald (1969); a piece by A O (Pom) Elmhirst 'The Story of the Laban Art of Movement Centre' (1977); Laban Centre for Movement and Dance International - Laban Summer School, Centenary, Symposium - poster; and press cuttings including Lisa Ullmann obituary (1985). |