ABSTRACT

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 hu

chapter 1|4 pages

A BRIEF HISTORY OF DANCE NOTATION

chapter 2|4 pages

INTRODUCTION TO LABANOTATION

chapter 3|8 pages

THE APPROACH TO MOVEMENT NOTATION

chapter 4|22 pages

FUNDAMENTALS OF LABANOTATION

chapter 5|13 pages

VARIATIONS IN STEPS

chapter 6|13 pages

POSITIONS OF THE FEET

chapter 7|13 pages

AERIAL STEPS (SPRINGING)

chapter 8|20 pages

TURNS

chapter 9|22 pages

ARM GESTURES

chapter 10|18 pages

LEG GESTURES

chapter 11|20 pages

SPACE MEASUREMENT; FLEXION, EXTENSION

chapter 12|21 pages

FLOOR PATTERNS, PATHS

chapter 13|17 pages

TOUCH AND SLIDE FOR THE LEGS

chapter 14|22 pages

PARTS OF THE LIMBS

chapter 15|10 pages

PARTS OF THE TORSO; INCLUSIONS

chapter 16|12 pages

TILTING (INCLINING)

chapter 17|19 pages

TURNING (ROTATION) OF THE LIMBS

chapter 18|18 pages

ROTATION OF THE TORSO AND HEAD

chapter 20|10 pages

RELATIONSHIP

chapter 21|16 pages

REPEAT AND ANALOGY SIGNS

chapter 22|20 pages

SCORING

chapter 23|15 pages

SUPPORTING ON VARIOUS PARTS OF THE BODY

chapter 24|14 pages

EQUILIBRIUM, LOSS OF BALANCE

chapter 25|18 pages

SYSTEMS OF REFERENCE

chapter 26|17 pages

VARIATIONS IN POSITIONS, PATHS, AND STEPS

part |2 pages

A ALTERNATE VERSIONS

chapter |6 pages

B OLD VERSIONS

part C|2 pages

ORTHOGRAPHY AND AUTOGRAPHY

chapter |4 pages

D UPPER BODY MOVEMENT

chapter |4 pages

E TERMINOLOGY