ABSTRACT
From early days, Laban knew something of the value of movement as a corporate activity and went on to develop the idea of group work in movement into what he came to call the movement choir. He was, of course, taking up a practice in music but also following the ancient practice in Greek drama where there had been a group of performers, a chorus, who commented on the action through voice and movement. The individual gains personal satisfaction in a social situation. There is a general philosophy or world picture to Laban's discoveries about movement, there are also a number of social applications through which he practised his belief in the universality of movement. Society, like the individual, needs to live with rhythm. Communally, as well as individually, we have our times of effort and stress so we also need our times of relaxation and release of tension.
