Laban

(ˈleɪbən)

(Bible) Old Testament the father-in-law of Jacob, father of Leah and Rachel (Genesis 29:16)

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Laban - Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958)

Rudolph Laban

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Laban, who has flocks and herds, wishes them looked after by an officer on the frontiers, lest the Midianites shall drive them off; and pays a tax to that end.

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"He requires only two qualifications of PDP Laban's candidates: competence and honesty," Pimentel said.

Duterte fails to unite PDP-Laban factions

The Laban Workbook for Actors: A Practical Training Guide With Video

Rudolf von Laban (15 December 1879 - 1 July 1958) was a dance artist and theorist, notable as one of the pioneers of modern dance in Europe.

Rudolf Laban: Man Of Theatre

Laban attributed the sharp decline in business to the regional turmoil and the reluctance of Arab citizens to visit Lebanon for now.

Beirut witnesses low demand for furnished apartments

He offers two reasons: Laban's sons have accused him of building up his wealth by taking it from their father.

Genesis 31: Jacob's peculiar dream

Laban, based in Greenwich, London, is the UK's only conservatoire of music and contemporary dance and is a leader in education in this field.

Insurer lends support to a dance group

One of the key theatre makers of the last century, Laban is best known for his movement analysis system but is also credited with the development of the structure of modern dance theater.

Rudolf Laban

CAIRO: Member of Parliament Aly Laban filed an urgent inquiry to Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif regarding the government's new law for Al-Azhar's renovation, which he described as "a plan to break down Al-Azhar."

MPs reject Cabinet's Azhar project

The Makers of Modern Dance in Germany: Rudolf Laban, Mary Wigman, Kurt Jooss By Isa Partsch-Bergsohn and Harold Bergsohn.

In the shadow of the Reich: modern dance in Hitler's Germany

A reading of the work of Rudolf Laban, a seminal thinker and teacher in dance and movement, offers "a new approach to the understanding of the mastery of doing and dancing" (Laban, 1984, p.

Dancing with teachers in classrooms: an exploration of what it means to teach