High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Valerie Preston-Dunlop is a leading pioneer in choreographical studies. She received her MA in movement studies and her PhD in choreology. She is presently a consultant at the Laban Centre in London. She conducted extensive research of the life of Rudolf Laban and wrote many books that contributed to the field of dance. She is a teacher, lecturer, researcher, a dance scholar, and a mentor to many young dancers. At the age of sixteen, Valerie Preston-Dunlop began her training under Rudolf Laban. She attended the School of Russian Ballet and Folkwanghochschule in Essen under Kurt Jooss and Albrecht Knust.