Name/TitleBooklet: Physical Recreation for Girls
About this objectSlim paperback booklet with cream cover titled 'Scottish Youth Leadership Training Association: Physical Recreation for Girls - Courses of Training for Youth Leaders'. Above the introductory notes on pages 3-5 is a paragraph in italics stating that the Courses of Training (32 hours) "should be preceded by some study of the general background of youth service. A special syllabus has been prepared for this purpose, requiring four sessions of two hours each." Priced 3d. Undated.
Fully scanned (28 pages)
MakerScottish Youth Leadership Training Association
MakerThe Darien Press
Maker RolePublisher
Date Madec.1940s
Place MadeScotland, Edinburgh
Place NotesScottish Youth Leadership Training Association,
57 Melville Street, Edinburgh, 3
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
Inscription and MarksFront cover, top right, in blue ink:
R. Goldsmith
MeasurementsH: 202 x W: 130 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's healthcare
Subject and Association Keywordsfitness, exercise
Subject and Association Keywordsdance & movement
Subject and Association DescriptionDonated as part of a collection of documents relating to the Scottish/Glasgow Women's Keep Fit Association belonging to Rhoda Goldsmith (1924 - 2013), who was a member from her youth until 2012.
https://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 1960s, 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-2024-16-2
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved