Research Paper On Albert Laban

Rudolf Laban was born in Bratislava, Hungary on the 15th of December 1879 into an aristocratic, military family. Laban’s parents were Austro-Hungarian but his fathers family was from France and his Mothers family was from England. His father was an officer in the army, causing Laban and his family to relocate several times across Europe in his childhood. Across Europe, Laban was exposed to many forms of dance, through folk dances of Yugoslavia, Turkey, Germany and the ballroom of Vienna. At one instance in time he was in North Africa where he was able to encounter a primitive African tribe. This encounter allowed Laban insight into the tribal dance rituals which would eventually be a base for his later work. Laban later attended Military school