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Selected papers and presentations are available here:
  • (2011). Rudolf Laban's 1926 Choreographie - Origins of a Conception of Body-Space. Analyses and a complete text of Laban's (1926) German work Choreographie translated into English by Evamaria Zierach and Jeffrey Scott Longstaff. (HTML Presentation.)
  • (2010). Laban Analysis: A language and notation for understanding human body movement Presentation at International Exchange Department, Taizhou University, Linhai City, Zhejiang Province, China. October 22, 2010. (powerpoint show - pps)
  • (2010). Schema structures in spatial cognition, motor learning and Rudolf Laban's choreutics. Presentation at Motus Humanus Advanced Seminar 2010 Rudolf Laban: New Facets of His Life and Work. Co-sponsored by the Department of Dance / Movement Therapy and Counseling, Columbia College Chicago, May 22-23, 2010. (HTML presentation)
  • (2009). Feasibility study for ballet e-learning: Automatic composition for ballet enchainement with online 3D motion data archive. With Bin Umino and Asako Soga. Research in Dance Education, 10(1), 17-32. (HTML version)
  • (2008). Continuous flux in flow of effort and flow of shape. Movement and Dance Magazine of the Laban Guild; Motus Humanus Supplement, 27 (4, Winter), 12-18. (pdf file)
  • (2007). Rudolf Laban's minuet in Choreographie (1926). The Minuet in Time and Space, Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society, London. (HTML notes for a presentation)
  • (2006). Prototypes and deflections in spatial cognition and Rudolf Laban's choreutics. Laban for the 21st Century Conference , Bratislava, Slovakia. (HTML presentation)
  • (2006). Automatic composition of ballet movements With Asako Soga and Bin Umino. Review of the National Center for Digitization Report from the firist SEEDI Conference ----- (pdf file)
  • (2006). Creating an online database for Laban movement studies. Laban for the 21st Century Conference , Bratislava, Slovakia. (HTML file)
  • (2005). Rudolf Laban's notation workbook, an historical survey of dance script methods from Choreographie (1926). Presentation given at The twenty-fourth biennial conference of the International Council of Kinetography Laban (ICKL), 29 July - 4 August. LABAN Centre, London: ICKL.
  • (2004). Subjective organisation in the free recall of abstract body movements. Report on dance science experiment. (HTML presentation, web edition - small size movies)
  • (2004). Bartenieff Fundamentals and Developmental Movement Patterns. Summaries for a movement workshop; Laban Center, Laurie Grove, London England. (HTML)
  • (2004). Web 3D Dance Composer - Digital Dance Research Project. With Bin Umino and Asako Soga. Monaco Dance Forum Salle Apollinaire - Espace SACD (Grimaldi Forum) December 15, 2004. (Poster for the presentation)
  • (2003). A model for practical kinesthesia. Poster presentation at the 13th Annual Conference of the International Association for Dance Medicine & Science (IADMS). 24-26 October. LABAN, London.
  • (2003). Rhythmic timing in dance education. "New Connectivity" conference, Laban Center. (HTML presentation, web edition - small size movies)
  • (2003). What makes Laban so angry? A conversation with Warren Lamb about space harmony, file folders, and violent outbursts.     Action Recording (Surrey; Labanotation Institute), 91/92 (Feb.), 7-11. (HTML version)
  • (2002). Choreutic Tetrahedra. Movement News (Laban / Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies), 27 (1), 10-12. (HTML version)
  • (2001). A 'free space vector' approach to Rudolf Laban's Choreutics. Movement And Dance Magazine of the Laban Guild, 20 (2, Summer), 10-11. (HTML version)
  • (2001). Phenomenal documentations and dance composition. "Practice as Research in Performance Symposium", University of Bristol. (HTML slide-presentation; web edition)
  • (2001). Translating ‘vector symbols’ from Laban’s (1926) Choreographie. Proceedings of the 22nd biennial conference of the International Council of Kinetography Laban. (PDF file)
  • (2001). What are Laban Analyses? presentation at What is Laban Movement Analysis Conference, Labanotation Institute, University of Surrey, Guildford UK. (HTML notes for a presentation)
  • (2000). Re-evaluating Rudolf Laban's Choreutics Perceptual & Motor Skills, 91, 191-210. (HTML version)
  • (1997). Organisations of Chaos in an Infinitely Deflecting Body Space. Paper presented at AÊConference on Liminality and Performance, (27-30 April 2000). Brunel University Twickenham, London. (HTML version of presentation)
  • (1997). The Choreutic organic deflection hypothesis. Paper and workshop at the Third Motus Humanus Round table on professional issues (June 5-8, 1997). Northfield, Minnesota: St. Olaf College. (HTML excerpts with Motif Notations)
  • (1996). Cognitive structures of kinesthetic space; Reevaluating Rudolf Laban's choreutics in the context of spatial cognition and motor control. PhD Thesis. (HTML edition)
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