4th Edition
Labanotation The System of Analyzing and Recording Movement
By Ann Hutchinson Guest
Copyright 2005
502 Pages
2800 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
504 Pages
2800 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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... Read more
Acknowledgments
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
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
