The Laban Guild

THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF HUMAN MOVEMENT PARTICULARLY RECOGNISING THE CONTRIBUTION MADE BY THE LATE RUDOLF LABAN AND AS ANCILLARY THERETO THE FOLLOWING SUBSIDIARY PURPOSES: A) TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AND THE PROMULGATION OF KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN MOVEMENT AND TO FOSTER AWARENESS OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MOVEMENT PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE SPHERES OF DANCE PERFORMANCE, CHOREOGRAPHY, DANCE IN EDUCATION, RECREATIVE DANCE, DRAMA, THERAPY, ACTION PROFILING, PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT AND ERGONOMICS AS RECOGNISED AREAS OF LABAN’S WORK. B) TO ENCOURAGE AND PARTICIPATE IN RESEARCH INTO THE STUDY OF HUMAN MOVEMENT AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH. C) TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF MOVEMENT AS AN ART FORM. D) TO PROMOTE LECTURES, COURSES, CONFERENCES AND DISCUSSION GROUPS TO IMPART A WIDER UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARTISTIC, CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL AND THERAPEUTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ART OF MOVEMENT. E) TO PROMOTE LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS, FESTIVALS, RE-CREATIVE AND COMMUNITY DANCE GROUPS AND OTHER LIKE EXPOSITIONS. F) TO DO ALL SUCH MATTERS AND THINGS AS MAY APPEAR TO THE ORGANISATION TO BE INCIDENTAL OR CONDUCIVE TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED OBJECTS OR ANY OF THEM BUT ONLY WITH THE APPROVAL AND CONFIRMATION OF THE CHARITY COMMISSION.