Name/TitleSWKFA Bulletin
About this objectSlim booklet with greyish green cover titled 'Scottish Women's Keep Fit Association Bulletin ~ 1972'. Priced ten pence. Contains details about the SWKFA Committee, Training Committee, Bulletin Sub-Committee and Branch Committees, followed by an editorial, branch reports from Aberdeen, Ayrshire, Central branch, Dumfries, Dundee and District, Edinburgh and Lothians, and Glasgow. Some of these pages are annotated. Also includes articles about the UK conference, national courses, the 1971 AGM and Festival of Movement and Dance, plus features titled 'Health and Beauty Plan', 'The Housewife's Disappearing Figure', 'Health', 'Yoga', 'Keep Fit and all That', 'Night Life and a short section with recipes and forthcoming events.
Fully digitised (36 pages)
MakerScottish Women's Keep Fit Association
Date Made1972
Period1970s
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
Inscription and MarksFront cover, top, in red pen: "AGM Nov 1970 - GLASGOW Palace of Arts";
Several inside pages annotated in red pen
MeasurementsH: 216 x w: 139 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsHealth & well-being
Subject and Association Keywordsfitness, exercise
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's organisations
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://keepfit.org.uk/about-us:
The Keep Fit Association is a long-established body from 1956 and is dedicated to the provision of safe and effective exercise, movement and dance. KFA exercise is based on Rudolf Laban’s principles providing an holistic workout with functional fitness through creative choreography.
Rudolf Laban’s ultimate aim was that movement was for all and that dance should give joy to people through moving together; an aim that the Keep Fit Association both embrace and promote in all that they do.
In the early 1960’s, the Keep Fit Association declared its training policy and has been offering classes for recreation, based on Laban’s analysis of movement, ever since.
Movement and dance ideas developed through the use of Laban’s analysis are limitless. It does not presuppose one style of movement and cannot be totally encompassed by one person. By considering the body as an instrument, using pathways, rhythms, and creating relationships, we offer ourselves the opportunity to become a whole person and our teachers offer that opportunity to their class members. Rudolf Laban’s study of movement, to which he devoted his whole life, is essentially concerned with a person in relation to the world and the people around them.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBooklet
Object numberGWL-2019-15-1-2
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved