A life for dance
Subtitle: reminiscences
By: Rudolf Laban ; with drawings by the author ; translated and annotated by Lisa Ullmann.
Publisher: Theatre Arts Books
Published: 1975
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: Laban, Rudolf von, 1879-1958.; Dance.; Movement notation.
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Notes: Translation of Ein Leben für den Tanz.
Includes index.