- eukinetics
- eu·kinetics
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eukinetics
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eukinetics — /yooh ki net iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) Dance. an applied system of controlled body movement, developed by Kurt Jooss and designed to enlarge a dancer s potential for expressiveness. [EU + KINETICS] * * * … Universalium
eukinetics — |yü+ noun plural but usually singular in construction Etymology: probably from Greek eukinētos easily moved, agile (from eu + kinētos moving, movable, from kinein to move, set in motion) + English ics more at hight : a science of well controlled… … Useful english dictionary
Laban, Rudolf — ▪ European dance theorist also called Rudolf Von Laban born Dec. 15, 1879, Bratislava, Austria Hungary [now in Slovakia] died July 1, 1958, Weybridge, Surrey, Eng. dance theorist and teacher whose studies of human motion provided the… … Universalium
Jooss, Kurt — born Jan. 12, 1901, Wasseralfingen, Ger. died May 22, 1979, Heilbronn, W.Ger. German dancer, teacher, and choreographer. After studying dance with Rudolf Laban (1920–24), he established a school and company. He became ballet master at the Essen… … Universalium
theatre, Western — ▪ art Introduction history of the Western theatre from its origins in pre Classical antiquity to the present. For a discussion of drama as a literary form, see dramatic literature and the articles on individual national literatures.… … Universalium
