Name/TitlePhotograph: Glasgow Women's Keep Fit Association
About this objectColour photograph featuring a group of 26 smiling women, some seated, some standing, against the backdrop of a green curtain decoration with union jacks. The photograph of Glasgow Women's Keep Fit Association members was taken by the donor's mother, Rhoda Franklin (nee Goldsmith) and is dated 6th June 2012.
MakerFranklin, Rhoda
Date Made2012
Period2010s
Place MadeScotland, Glasgow
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
Inscription and MarksOn back, in black pen:
17-2-11
MeasurementsH: 100 x w: 150 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsHealth & well-being
Subject and Association Keywordsfitness, exercise
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's organisations
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 TypePhotograph
Object numberGWL-2024-16-17
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved