- Lisa Ullmann
Lisa Ullmann (b
Berlin , 17 June 1907, dChertsey , 25 Jan. 1985) was a German-British dance and movement teacher, predominantly remembered for her work in association with dance pioneerRudolf Laban . She studied dance at the Berlin Laban School, graduating in 1929. She taught inNuremberg and at theEssen Folkwang School, where she worked forKurt Jooss . She leftNazi Germany in 1933 and went to England with Jooss and his company. In 1935 she established atPlymouth the firstmovement choir in the country, under the auspices of theWorkers' Educational Association . She taught atDartington Hall until 1940, lectured regularly and choreographed extensively. Laban also left for Britain, and for twenty years (1938-58) Ullmann was his main collaborator in his dance work. She was cofounder of the Laban Art of Movement Guild in 1945, now known asThe Laban Guild for Movement and Dance . In 1946 she also cofounded theArt of Movement Studio inManchester , which became the centre for educational dance in England. The curriculum was based on Laban's space harmonies and his theories of the exploration of expressive movement through effort patterns. She was also responsible for revising several books written by Laban and for cataloguing the Laban Archives. She was still teaching up until the year of her death, imparting her expert knowledge of Laban's theories in courses run by LInC (Laban International Courses).There is a Lisa Ullmann Travelling Scholarship Fund (Registered Charity No: 297684). Set up 1987, this fund awards travel scholarships with the aim of "Supporting individual journeys in movement and dance".
External links
* [http://www.answers.com/topic/lisa-ullmann Short biography] at Answers.com
* [http://laban-courses.org.uk/aboutlaban.html About Laban] Biographical information taken from A Movement Perspective of Rudolf Laban by Sam Thornton
* [http://www.labanguild.f9.co.uk/ The Laban Guild]
* [http://laban-courses.org.uk/ LInC (Laban International Courses)]
* [http://www.surrey.ac.uk/NRCD/aLabanGuild.htm Laban Guild Archive] at NRCD (National Resource Centre for Dance), University of Surrey Library, Guildford, UK.
* [http://www.ullmann-trav.fsnet.co.uk/ Lisa Ullmann Travelling Scholarship Fund]
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