Studio 8 is a non-profit company based in Amman, Jordan. It is a capacity building project that creates forward-thinking, cutting-edge dance works.
It also is an educational project that provides training and provides resources that help performing artists to develop sustainable, prosperous careers
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The Laban icosahedron is one of the most renowned physical structures in dance.
It is named after Rudolf Laban (1879 – 1958), who applied the five regular 3D objects to “harmonic” movement sequences, named “scales”.
The icosahedron, upon which Laban based his scales of movement upon, has been used in choreography as a framework for dance routines for many decades.
Mechanics of Movement is a live dance performance inspired by Laban movement analysis, with the icosahedron forms the focal point of the piece, with four performers explore the underlying principles of movement
