4th Edition
Labanotation The System of Analyzing and Recording Movement
A definitive book for students of dance and movement studies, Labanotation is now available in a fourth edition, the first complete revision of the text since 1977.
Initiated by the movement genius Rudolf Laban, and refined through fifty years of work by teachers here and abroad, Labanotation, the first wholly successful system for recording human movement, is now having the effect on ballet and other forms of dance that the prefection of music notation in the Renaissance had on the development of music.
This book makes it possible to record accurately, for study and reconstruction, the great dance creations of the theater, as well as such diverse activities as time/motion studies for industry, personnel assessment and physical therapy. So comprehensive that it can indicate even facial expressions, the system is also simple enough for a child to learn easily as an integral part of athletic or dance training.
Author's Note to the New Edition
Preface by Stephanie Jordan
Chapter
1 A Brief History of Dance Notation
2 Introduction to Labanotation
3 The Approach to Movement Notation
4 Fundamentals of Labanotation
5 Variations in Steps
6 Positions of the Feet
7 Aerial Steps (Springing)
8 Turns
9 Arm Gestures
10 Leg Gestures
11 Space Measurement; Flexion; Extension
12 Floor Patterns, Paths
13 Touch and Slide for the Legs
14 Parts of the Limbs
15 Parts of the Torso; Inclusions
16 Tilting (Inclining)
17 Turning (Rotation) of the Limbs
18 Rotation of the Torso and Head
19 Specific Flexion and Extension; Contracting, Bending
20 Relationship
21 Repeat and Analogy Signs
22 Scoring
23 Supporting on Various Parts of the Body
24 Equilibrium, Loss of Balance
25 Systems of Reference
26 Variations in Positions, Paths, and Steps
27 Specific Parts of the Limbs; Movements of Hands; Manner of Performing Gestures
28 Types of Revolutions; Dynamics; Miscellaneous
Appendices
A Alternate Versions
B Old Version
C Orthography and Autography
D Upper Body Movement
E Terminology
Glossary of Symbols
Index
Biography
Ann Hutchinson Guest
