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Rudolf von Laban

1879 - 1958

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Rudolf (von) Laban, also known as Rudolph von Laban (Hungarian: Lábán Rudolf; 15 December 1879 – 1 July 1958), was an Austro-Hungarian dance artist, choreographer, and movement theorist. He is considered a "founding father of expressionist dance" and a pioneer of modern dance. His theoretical innovations included Laban movement analysis (a way of documenting human movement) and Labanotation (a movement notation system), which paved the way for further developments in dance notation and movement analysis. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolf von Laban has received more than 285,238 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Rudolf von Laban is the 1,695th most popular politician (up from 2,202nd in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 14th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Slovak Politician.

Rudolf von Laban is most famous for his work in the field of dance. He developed Labanotation, a system of notating choreography.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rudolf von Laban ranks 1,695 out of 19,576. Before him are Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem, Vojislav Koštunica, Jehoash of Judah, Cuauhtémoc, Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, and Abolhassan Banisadr. After him are Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Pyotr Stolypin, Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia, Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, and Cyrus the Younger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Rudolf von Laban ranks 17. Before him are Emiliano Zapata, Alma Mahler, Owen Willans Richardson, Symon Petliura, Milutin Milanković, and Hans Luther. After him are Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Ottorino Respighi, Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Ramana Maharshi, Shunroku Hata, and Sarojini Naidu. Among people deceased in 1958, Rudolf von Laban ranks 14. Before him are Roger Martin du Gard, Clinton Davisson, Kurt Alder, Faisal II of Iraq, Milutin Milanković, and Juan Ramón Jiménez. After him are Maurice de Vlaminck, Lion Feuchtwanger, Maurice Gamelin, G. E. Moore, Georges Rouault, and Giacomo Balla.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Rudolf von Laban ranks 10 out of 418. Before him are Gyula Andrássy (1823), Jozef Tiso (1887), Gustáv Husák (1913), Ferenc Szálasi (1897), Francis II Rákóczi (1676), and Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778). After him are Juraj Jánošík (1688), Robert Fico (1964), Béla I of Hungary (1016), Ivan Gašparovič (1941), Pavel Jozef Šafárik (1795), and Maurice Benyovszky (1746).

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Among POLITICIANS In Slovakia

Among politicians born in Slovakia, Rudolf von Laban ranks 7. Before him are Alexander Dubček (1921), Gyula Andrássy (1823), Jozef Tiso (1887), Gustáv Husák (1913), Ferenc Szálasi (1897), and Francis II Rákóczi (1676). After him are Juraj Jánošík (1688), Robert Fico (1964), Béla I of Hungary (1016), Ivan Gašparovič (1941), Vladimír Mečiar (1942), and Vojtech Tuka (1880).

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