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Labanotation

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La·ba·no·ta·tion  (läb-n-tshn)
n.
A system of movement notation for dance that employs various symbols to record the points of a dancer's body, the direction of a dancer's movement, the tempo, and the dynamics: "Labanotation is specific enough to record the flutter of an eyelid" (Joseph Menosky).

[After Rudolph Laban (1879-1958), Hungarian choreographer + (n)otation.]
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Noun1.Labanotation - a system of notation for dance movements that uses symbols to represent points on a dancer's body and the direction of the dancer's movement and the tempo and the dynamics
choreography - a notation used by choreographers


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com OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Minor; BFA, MFA, PhD Dance Studies Choreography, Education, Digital Technologies, History, Labanotation, Performance, Production NASD; (614) 292-7977; www.
Jory Hancock, head of UA's Dance Division, suggested that the architects look at the Labanotation of Serenade, the first piece that George Balanchine (founder of the School of American Ballet) created for his students.
com OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Minor; BFA, MFA, PhD Dance Studies Choreography, Education, Digital Technologies, History, Labanotation, Performance, Production NASD; (614) 292-7977; www.
 
 
 
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