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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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Playford, engraving by F.H. von Houe, 1680
John Playford
English music publisher
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Arthur Saint-Léon
French dancer and musician
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Pierre Beauchamp
French ballet dancer
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Margaret Morris
British dancer
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Raoul-Auger Feuillet
French dancer