ABSTRACT
The texts in this section give readers an insight into what actually happened in Laban’s schools in Ascona and Zurich between 1913 and 1918. Although one of the texts is simply a list of subjects taught in Zurich, it demonstrates the range of performing and visual arts covered in the syllabus of the Laban School. This reflects the fact that Laban’s conception of dance is broad, and how it is manifested in his interdisciplinary approach to education.
The first account of Laban’s summer school in Ascona comes from Wigman. She creates a word picture that vividly conjures up the life of Laban’s earliest summer school (including his therapy session with a woman with kidney problems). In her letters home, dancer Käthe Wulff offers an equally enthusiastic account of life in Laban’s school in Zurich.
Where Brandenburg had offered a very scholarly account of Laban’s work and its significance, these two lively accounts give a sense of the experience of learning with Laban.
