Alphabet of movements of the human body; by Vladimir Ivanovich Stepanov

In delineating Choreutic and Eukinetic elements of movement, Laban’s analytic system becomes more detailed and complex. He had observed that “the dancer moves, not only from place to place but also from mood to mood.” This observation provided two broad categories for delineating elements of movement: “Choreutics” – where the parts of the body move in the space around the body, and “Eukinetics ” – how energy is deployed as the dancer moves through space. Like all good theoreticians, Laban wanted to control the number of elements so as to make his notation system as economical as possible. Secondly, symbols to represent these elements and their combinations and sequences had to be invented. First, the elements that make up the “alphabet of human movement” had to be identified. Developing a movement notation system necessitated two steps. top of headĥ.In the early 20 th century, before there were video cameras and smartphones, Laban recognized that dance, like music, needed a notation system to allow choreographies to be recorded. Written on a five staff line similar to music, read left to rightįifth = floor The Benesh Movement Notation system is broken up into five sections that corelate with parts of the body - what are they? (pg105) 1.

LIMS int NY Who are Rudolf and Joan Benesh and why are they important? (pg105) Benesesh movement notationĪ mathematician and musician, and a ballet dancer respectively

This notation is the effort graph, in the book of effort it is described Labanotation is a noun (who, what where, when why) or a verb (moving), dynamics is an adjective or adverb (how)

Use both when staging a dance What are the efforts that Laban created to discuss dynamics? (pg104) an aspect of movement Video = mood and feeling of the dance, interpretation, and any errors in that performance Notation score = info about choreographer's intent and what variations in the movement are allowed

Notation and video are complimentary not in competition Why does the book feel that both video recordings and dance notation are important? (pg102-103) because you keep music scores even though music can be recorded

Alphabet of movements of the human body; by Vladimir Ivanovich Stepanov