Labanotation The System of Analyzing and Recording Movement

Name: Labanotation The System of Analyzing and Recording Movement
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ISBN: 9780415655330

ISBN-10: 0415655331

ISBN-13: 9780415655330

Edition: 4th 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Ann Hutchinson Guest

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A definitive book for students of dance and movement studies, Labanotationis 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…

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List price: $31.99
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 6/29/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 504
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.288

Guest-Director, Language of Dance Centre, London, UK



Acknowledgments


Author's Note to the New Edition


Preface



Chapter A Brief History of Dance Notation



Introduction to Labanotation



The Approach to Movement Notation



Fundamentals of Labanotation



Variations in Steps



Positions of the Feet



Aerial Steps (Springing)



Turns



Arm Gestures



Leg Gestures



Space Measurement; Flexion; Extension



Floor Patterns, Paths



Touch and Slide for the Legs



Parts of the Limbs



Parts of the Torso; Inclusions



Tilting (Inclining)



Turning (Rotation) of the Limbs



Rotation of the Torso and Head



Specific Flexion and Extension; Contracting, Bending



Relationship



Repeat and Analogy Signs



Scoring



Supporting on Various Parts of the Body



Equilibrium, Loss of Balance



Systems of Reference



Variations in Positions, Paths, and Steps



Specific Parts of the Limbs; Movements of Hands; Manner of Performing Gestures



Types of Revolutions; Dynamics; Miscellaneous


Appendices



Alternate Versions



Old Version



Orthography and Autography



Upper Body Movement



Terminology


Glossary of Symbols


Index