Effort Shape

Japanese: エフォート・シェープ - えふぉーとしぇーぷ

...The study of dance styles is therefore in the process of being undertaken by many researchers. Among these, the most important are Laban's devised methods of labanotation and effort shape. Labanation symbolizes movements by direction, duration, and level, and notates each part of the body in parallel.

From Laban

…He studied the movements of factory workers and published Effort in 1947. This became the basis for his effort-shape analysis. Throughout his life, he choreographed many free and creative works, which have been passed down to the modern dance of today, but none of his own works remain. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "effort shape" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…したがって舞踊の様式研究は研究者たちによって多くの試みがなされている段階である。そのなかでとくに重要なものは，ラバンの考案したラバノーテーションとエフォート･シェープeffort shapeである。ラバノーテーションは動作の方向，時間的長さ，レベルによって記号化し，身体の各部を並列して記譜する。…