| Description | A table of contents is at the front of the file; this table of contents dates to late-20th Century.
The file contains articles, notes and photocopies of information about the Effort-Shape Analysis of Movement [this is related to the Effort and Shape categories from Laban's Movement Analysis].
Contains the following:
- Typed article "Effort: An Introduction" by Irmgard Bartenieff, written late-20th Century.
- Typed article "Effort-Shape Analysis of Movement: The Unity of Expression and Function" by Irmgard Bartenieff and Martha Ann Davis, written 1965.
- Reprint of published article "Executive Counselling for Top Company Men: Taking Chance From Big Jobs" [author's name not given]. Article published in "The Times" 15 January 1965. Reprint made c1965.
- Photocopy of typed article "What is Effort-Shape Analysis?" [author's name not given], written late-20th Century.
- Photocopies of handwritten feedback from TTC 2nd year students about Kedzie Penfield's classes. Feedback written 1976; photocopies made 1976.
- Annotated typed article "Basic Course in Effort-Shape Observation and Notation" by Irmgard Bartenieff, written and annotations made late-20th Century.
- Annotated photocopies of typed information from a course about Effort Shape. Information written and photocopies and annotations made late-20th Century.
- Typed notes based on "Effort" by Rudolf Laban. Notes written late-20th Century.
- Annotated photocopy of the contents of a lecture titled "Effort-Shape Polarisation Through Diagonal Scales" given by Irmgard Bartenieff at the National Notation Conference on 11 June 1962. Photocopy and annotations made c1962.
- Annotated published book "Four Adaptations of Effort Theory in Research and Teaching" by Irmgard Bartenieff, Martha Davis and Forrestine Paulay. Book published by the Dance Notation Bureau Inc., New York, [USA], 1970. Annotations made c1970.
- Photocopy of published article "An Analysis of the Style and Composition of 'Water Study'" by Martha Ann Davis and Claire Schmais. Article published by the Congress on Research in Dance, c1967.
- Photocopy of a letter to Kedzie [Penfield] from Ann [Ann Hutchinson Guest?] at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, [USA], regarding Effort-Shape. Letter written 1984; photocopy made c1984. |