Name/TitleProgramme: Accent on Movement
About this objectSlim booklet with cream cover featuring two dancers, titled 'Scottish Women's Keep Fit Association ~ Accent on Movement'. Priced 15p. Further details are provided on the cover: 'A spectacle of movement and dance ~ Kelvin Hall, Glasgow ~ Saturday March 12th 1977 ~ 2.30pm and 7.00pm' and there is a '25 years' emblem bottom right. Inside is a message from the chairman, followed by short biographies of the participating groups, viz. The Keep Fit Associations of England, Northern Ireland and Wales, Crookston Castle Majorettes, Dunfermline College of Physical Education, Fifers Wheelchair Dance Team, Glasgow Youth Band, The Medau Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, The Ukrainian Youth Association Edinburgh Branch and the Women's League of Health and Beauty. In the centre is a programme for Accent on Movement, produced by Dorothy Livings and producers from the aforementioned organisations.
Fully digitised (16 pages)
MakerScottish Women's Keep Fit Association
Date Made1977
Period1970s
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 210 x W: 150 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsHealth & well-being
Subject and Association Keywordsfitness, exercise
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's organisations
Subject and Association KeywordsPerformance art
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-2019-15-1-5
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved