BRECHIN BOOKS - PUBLICATIONS
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Brechin Publishing specialises in promoting an understanding of movement study and in particular Movement Pattern Analysis as originally developed by Rudolf Laban and Warren Lamb.
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An Eye For Movement
Warren Lamb’s Career in Movement Analysis by Dr Dick McCaw |
| Published by Brechin Books, 2006, 216 pp, paperback, ISBN 0-9540284-1-4 |
Told in transcripts from interviews, extracts from his published works and diaries, this compilation is the most comprehensive account of how Warren Lamb has built on Laban’s teaching to identify the essential components of Movement Pattern Analysis. It gives a personal insight into his discovery of the correlation between movement and decision-making. This is a unique and accessible contribution to the subject. Dr Dick McCaw teaches movement at Royal Holloway, University of London. |
| Now Only £15.00 |
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Decision Making and Movement Pattern Analysis
Dr Dick McCaw teaches movement at Royal Holloway, University of London. |
| A DVD ROM produced by Brechin Books 2006, £15 ISBN 978-09540284-2-8 |
| This DVD ROM accompanies An Eye for Movement. The multi-media format enables readers to follow the entire process as Warren Lamb makes a movement pattern analysis of Dick McCaw, beginning with his observations of the interviewee’s movements, then to his notation of these movements, and finally to his evaluation of the movements according to a decision-making schema. A comprehensive history of MPA is included. |
| Now Only £15.00 |
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Posture and Gesture
by Warren Lamb, 1965, 190pp. |
First published by Duckworth in 1965, Posture and Gesture was out of print for some time. We are now able to offer this spiral bound copy of the original. Written ten year’s after Laban’s death by his protégé, it was well-received and put Movement Pattern Analysis on the map. It is an historic document. |
| Only £20.00 |
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Beyond Dance
Laban’s Legacy of Movement Analysis by Eden Davies |
| Originally published by Brechin Books, this book is now published by Routledge and is available from Amazon. |
| A history of the evolution of Movement Pattern Analysis from its origins in the work of Rudolf Laban to its present day use in fields ranging from therapy to executive selection. With illustrations, charts and diagrams, it gives a detailed description of the inter-relationship of the components of movement, Effort, Shape and Flow and the significance of the posture-gesture merger. |
| Please buy this book from Amazon |
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Men and Women are so Different
By Eden Davies |
| Warren Lamb’s view of male and female movement patterning. A version of an article published in Movement and Dance, the quarterly magazine of the Laban Guild. |
| Now Only £5.00 |
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The Kinaesthetic Approach to Piano Technique
by Warren Lamb and Ronald Meachen, ed. Eden Davies |
| Published by Brechin Books. A4, 100pp, spiral bound. |
Originally written in 1962-63, this is the revival of an unpublished manuscript. It sets out clearly the advanced point at which Movement Pattern Analysis had arrived at that time shortly before Laban’s death and demonstrates how MPA can be used to great effect with performers to enhance their skills. |
| Now Only £15.00 |
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** COMING SOON ** Movement and Personality
by Warren Lamb |
| Revived and edited by Eden Davies |
Written in 1957, this previously unpublished book is now revived and edited by Eden Davies.
Dated, but fascinating it covers every aspect of movement study as it was practiced at that time, with a detailed section on the teaching of notation. This book will be of particular interest to researchers into the history of movement analysis. |
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