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Comparison of five systems of dance notation. (A) Starting position: stand with feet together. (B) Step forward on the right foot (count 1). (C) Land to the left, feet together, knees bent (count 2). Chorégraphie; ou, l'art de décrire la danse Alphabet des mouvements du corps humain A page from Rudolf Laban's Schrifttanz (1928), the origin of labanotation, which became the most widespread method of dance notation. An example of the dance notation system developed by Noa Eshkol and Abraham Wachmann. dance notation system Comparison of the Laban and Benesh systems. (A) Stand with the feet together. (B) Step forward on the right foot (count 1). (C) Spring into the air. (D) Land to the left, feet together, knees bent (count 2).
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Comparison of five systems of dance notation. (A) Starting position: stand with feet together. (B) Step forward on the right foot (count 1). (C) Land to the left, feet together, knees bent (count 2).
Chorégraphie; ou, l'art de décrire la danse
Alphabet des mouvements du corps humain
A page from Rudolf Laban's Schrifttanz (1928), the origin of labanotation, which became the most widespread method of dance notation.
An example of the dance notation system developed by Noa Eshkol and Abraham Wachmann.
dance notation system
Comparison of the Laban and Benesh systems. (A) Stand with the feet together. (B) Step forward on the right foot (count 1). (C) Spring into the air. (D) Land to the left, feet together, knees bent (count 2).
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