Space Harmony
Rudolf Laban created a movement theory and practice that reflected what he recognized as Space Harmony.
Linking the directions of the vertices of a shape, following the natural spatial pulls to move along all directions within this shape, he came to specific movement Scales: patterned movement sequences that can be repeated, in which one moves through a Platonic Solid in a predefined way.
Those who enjoy moving in the Central (Middle) Level, their bodies leading with more sensuous movement.
"Over... ten years [1917-1927], the problem he tried to solve was how to write motion, not only positions passed through, a task which proved to be extraordinarily difficult.
"[5] In his book Choreutics (1966) he writes: "The future development of kinetography must include the possibility of recording forms in free space ... the conception of a notation capable of doing this is an old dream in this field of research.
An inclination is conceived to be either "a diagonal deflected through a close-by dimensional, or alternatively, a dimensional deflected through one of the closest diagonals" and since these two conceptions are essentially identical, Laban related the inclinations to the three dimensions as they are more familiar.
[6] Therefore, three types of inclinations are distinguished:[7] The Dimensions are defined as single spatial pulls with two polar ends.
Choreutic scales can also be compared to mathematical puzzles such as Leonhard Euler and his problem of the Seven Bridges of Königsberg, as well as William Rowan Hamilton and his Icosian game.
Choreutic scales present symmetric solutions to these types of puzzles accomplished within the movement space of the human body.
When reaching to the Right High Direction, the natural way to balance the body is to move towards the 'missing' Sagittal Dimension, so in this case going forward or backward.
Movements that follow the specific definition as described above, Laban called Transversals.
Especially the sensation of being led by and leading oneself through all these different spatial directions, adding dimensions and leaving them out again, can give the feeling one flies through space, being pulled back and taking off again.
This is used to represent the spatial model of the "standard scale of the dynamosphere" [1][9] and appears several times in Laban's unpublished manuscripts, referred to as a "9-part knot",[10] aligned with a 9-part ring following edges of three planes inside an icosahedron,[11] and also located along six edges of an octahedron, creating a version of the dimensional scale.
