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Labanotation (grammatically correct form "Labannotation" or "Laban notation" is uncommon) is a system for analyzing and recording human movement (notation system), invented by Austro-Hungarian choreographer and dancer Rudolf von Laban (1879-1958, a central figure in European modern dance), who developed his notation on movements in the 1920s.
Kahnotation was first published in 1951, with continuing refinements until his death in 1995. Kahnotation is one of the oldest dance notations in use. In 2016, Kahnotation symbols were proposed as a percussion instrument notation to the W3C Music Notation Community Group.
The system evolved in the period 1947 to 1955. Dame Ninette de Valois announced that the Royal Opera House would be using the Benesh Movement Notation. In the following year, Rudolf and Joan wrote An Introduction to Benesh Dance Notation. [2] In 1957 the first dance notated with the system was Stravinsky's Petroushka. Faith Worth was the first ...
The Dance Notation Bureau (DNB) is a non-profit organization founded to preserve choreographic works through notating dance scores in Labanotation and collaborating with dance companies to stage reconstructions of those works. [1] Based in New York City, DNB was founded by Helen Priest Rogers, Eve Gentry, Janey Price, and Ann Hutchinson in 1940 ...
Pages in category "Dance notation" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
A group of figures in front of a window, formed by dance students at Laban's Choreographic Institute in Berlin-Grunewald (November 1929).. Laban was the son of Rudolf Laban Sr. (1843–1907), a military governor in Pressburg (Pozsony) [2] and (from 1899) field marshal in the Austro-Hungarian Army in the provinces of Bosnia-Herzegovina, [9] and Marie (née Bridling; 1858–1926). [2]
Action Stroke Dance Notation (ASDN) is a dance notation system that was invented by Iver Cooper. Designed for fast writing, the notations primarily consist of "action strokes" that represent one of three basic actions: a support gesture that takes weight [clarify] (e.g., hop or step)
The International Movement Writing Alphabet (IMWA) is a set of symbols that can be used to describe and record movement. Its creator, Valerie Sutton, also invented MovementWriting, a writing system which employs IMWA. It in turn has several application areas within which it is specialised: