Bibliography of Laban’s books
List in progress… Thank you to contributors
Laban, Rudolf. Die Welt des Tänzers. Fünf Gedankenreigen.
1922. Stuttgart: W. Seifert.
Laban, Rudolf. Choreographie. Erstes Heft.
1926. Jena: Eugen Diederichs.
French Edition
Laban, Rudolf. 2019. Chorégraphie. Coeuvres-en-Valsery: Ressouvenances.
Translation by Jacqueline Challet-Haas and Jean Challet, foreword by Angela Loureiro.
(ISBN 978-2-84505-246-8)
Spanish Edition
Laban, Rudolf. 2013. Coreografía. Primer cuaderno. México, D.F.: Cenidi Danza / INBA / CONACULTA.
Translation by Carla Doniz Geist.
(ISBN 970-607-605-191-7)
Laban, Rudolf von. Gymnastik und Tanz.
1926. Oldenburg: G. Stalling.
Laban, Rudolf von. Schriftanz: Methodik, Orthographie, Erlaeuterungen.
1928. Vienna: Universal Edition.
Laban, Rudolf von. Script Dancing. La Danse Écrite.
1930. Vienna: Universal Edition.
Laban, Rudolf von. Kleine Tänze mit Vorübungen.
1930. Vienna: Universal Edition.
Laban, Rudolf von. Ein Leben für den Tanz. Erinnerungen
1935. Dresden: C. Reissner.
English Edition
Laban, Rudolf. 1975. A Life for Dance : Reminiscences. London: MacDonald and Evans.
Translated and annotated by Lisa Ullmann
Laban, Rudolf, F. C. Lawrence. Effort
1947 (first edition), 1974 (second edition under the title Effort: Economy of Human Movement). London: MacDonald and Evans.
Laban, Rudolf. Modern Educational Dance.
1948 (first edition), 1963 (second edition), 1975 (third edition). London: MacDonald and Evans.
Brazilian Edition
Laban, Rudolf. 1990. Dança educativa moderna. São Paulo: Ícone.
French Edition
Laban, Rudolf. 2003. La Danse moderne éducative. Paris: Complexe / Centre national de la danse.
Translation by Jean Challet and Jacqueline Challet-Haas.
Republished in 2013. Villers-Cotterêts: Ressouvenances.
(ISBN 2-84505-135-2)
Italian Edition
Laban, Rudolf. 2009. La danza moderna educativa. Macerata: Ephemeria.
Translation edited and annotated by Laura Delfini and Franca Zagatti.
(ISBN 9788887852028)
Spanish Edition
Laban, Rudolf. 1994. Danza Educativa Moderna. Ediciones Paidos Ibérica.
(ISBN 9788475093239)
Laban, Rudolf. The Mastery of Movement.
1950 (first edition, under the title The Mastery of Movement on Stage), 1960 (second edition), 1971 (third edition), 1980. Plymouth: Macdonald and Evans (fourth edition).
Brazilian Edition
Laban, Rudolf. 1978. Domínio do movimento. São Paulo: Summus.
(ISBN 9788532300171)
French Edition
Laban, Rudolf. 1994. La Maîtrise du mouvement. Arles: Actes Sud.
Translation by Jacqueline Challet-Haas and Marion Bastien.
(ISBN 978-2-7427-0106-3)
Korean Edition
Laban, Rudolf. 2008. 동작분석과 표현 [The Mastery of Movement]. Geum Kwang publishing.
Translation by Shin, Sang-mi.
(ISBN 9788992284981)
Italian Edition
Laban, Rudolf. 1999. L’arte del movimento. Macerata: Ephemeria.
Edited by Eugenia Casini Ropa and Silvia Salvagno. Translation by Silvia Salvagno.
(ISBN 9788887852004)
Spanish Edition
Laban, Rudolf. 1987. El dominio del movimiento. Madrid: Editorial Fundamentos.
Translation by Jorge Bosso Cuello.
Second edition in 2006.
(ISBN 978-84-245-0478-6)
Laban, Rudolf. Principles of Dance and Movement Notation
1954 (first edition), 1956 (second edition), 1975 (second edition, revised and annotated by Roderyk Lange): London, Macdonald and Evans.
Laban, Rudolf. Choreutics.
1966 (first edition, edited by Lisa Ullmann). London: Macdonald and Evans.
French Edition
Laban, Rudolf. 2003. Espace dynamique. Bruxelles: Nouvelles de danse, Contredanse.
Translation by Elisabeth Schwartz-Rémy.
(ISBN 2-930146-21-4)
German Edition
Laban, Rudolf. 1991. Choreutik. Grundlagen der Raumharmonielehre des Tanzes. Wilhelmshaven: Florian Noetzel.
Translation by Claude Perrottet.
(ISBN 3-7959-0581-8)