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Laban dance notation system — /lah beuhn, lay / a system of movement notation, using symbols on a staff, that records the parts of a dancer s body, direction inspace, dynamics, and tempo for all kinds of movement: used to record and reconstruct forms of dance and movement.… … Useful english dictionary
dance notation — Written recording of dance movements. The earliest notation, in the late 15th century, consisted of letter symbols. Several attempts were made in later centuries to describe dance steps, but no unified system combined both rhythm and steps until… … Universalium
Dance notation — La Cachucha, by Friedrich Albert Zorn. Dance notation is the symbolic representation of dance movement. It is analogous to movement notation but can be limited to representing human movement and specific forms of dance such as Tap dance. Various… … Wikipedia
Laban Movement Analysis — (LMA) is a system and language for understanding, observing, describing and notating all forms of movement. Devised by Rudolf Laban, LMA draws on his theories of effort and shape to describe, interpret and document human movement. Used as a tool… … Wikipedia
dance — dancingly, adv. /dans, dahns/, v., danced, dancing, n. v.i. 1. to move one s feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, esp. to the accompaniment of music. 2. to leap, skip, etc., as from excitement or emotion; move nimbly or… … Universalium
dance, Western — Introduction history of Western dance from ancient times to the present and including the development of ballet, the waltz, and various types of modern dance. The peoples of the West of Europe and of the countries founded through… … Universalium
Laban, Rudolf — ▪ European dance theorist also called Rudolf Von Laban born Dec. 15, 1879, Bratislava, Austria Hungary [now in Slovakia] died July 1, 1958, Weybridge, Surrey, Eng. dance theorist and teacher whose studies of human motion provided the… … Universalium
Laban, Rudolf (von) — born Dec. 15, 1879, Bratislava, Austria Hungary died July 1, 1958, Weybridge, Surrey, Eng. Hungarian modern dance teacher, inventor of the Labanotation system of dance notation. After studying dance in Paris, he opened his Choreographic Institute … Universalium
Rudolf Laban — Rudolf Laban, a dance artist and theorist, whose work laid the foundations for Laban Movement Analysis, and other more specific developments. Laban s parents were Hungarian, although his father s family came from France, and his mother s family… … Wikipedia
Notation — The term notation can refer to: Contents 1 Written communication 1.1 Biology and Medicine 1.2 Chemistry 1.3 Dance and movement … Wikipedia
