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Dance Choreography Notation (2017)
At several points throughout history, someone has sat down to watch a ballet; a long and complex performance with multiple dancers and changes of music and style, and at the end of it, said: “someh…
Because that means at several points throughout history, someone has sat down to watch a ballet; a long and complex performance with multiple dancers and changes of music and style, and at the end of it, said: “somehow, I have to write that down.” As a librarian-in-training and a balletomane, I resonate with that. Labanotation is the system of choice for the Dance Notation Bureau, set up in New York City in 1940 with the intention of preserving choreographic works. It’s important to note that Labanotation was devised to record any kind of human movement, such as ice skating and swimming, not especially ballet or dance.
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