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 methods have been to used to visually represent dance movements including:
Hutchinson Guest's seminal book Choreographics (1989), compares thirteen historical and present-day dance notation systems (with visual examples) and through 'one to one' comparisons illustrates the advantages, and disadvantages of each system. The book is good introduction to the development and implementation dance notation systems.
Cage, J. and Knowles, A. (1973) Notations. Reprint Services Corp. ISBN 0685148645
Henner, D (2003) Transformationen - Bewegung in Notation und digitaler Verarbeitung in Fellsches, J (Ed) Folkwang-Texte Bd. 18. Verlag Die Blaue Eule, Essen. ISBN 389924057X
Hutchinson Guest, A. (1989) Choreographics: A Comparison of Dance Notation Systems from the Fifteenth Century to the Present. Routledge ISBN 9057000032
Neagle, R.J. and Ng, K.C. (2003) Machine-representation and Visualisation of a Dance Notation. in Proceedings of Electronic Imaging and the Visual Arts - London July 2003.
External links
Dance notation systems
Laban Lab (http://www.dance.ohio-state.edu/labanlab/) (learn the basics of Labanotation)
LabanWriter (http://www.dance.ohio-state.edu/labanwriter/) - Labanotation editor for Apple Macintosh OS 8.6 +
LED (http://www-staff.mcs.uts.edu.au/~don/pubs/led.html) - a UNIX and X Window System mini-editor for Labanotation
Calaban (http://www.bham.ac.uk/calaban/frame.htm) - AutoCAD Labanotation editor for Microsoft Windows
The Benesh Notation Editor (http://www.benesh.org/computerisation.html) - Benesh notation editor for Microsoft Windows
Macbenesh (http://members.rogers.com/dancewrite/MacBenesh/macbenesh.html) - Benesh notation editor for Apple Macintosh (pre-Mac OS X)
EW Notator (http://www.pc-dialog.de/movement-notation/EWNotator.htm) - Eshkol-Wachman Movement Notation editor for Microsoft Windows
DANCE (http://www.markus-bader.de/dancepatterns) - Ballroom dance pattern editor for Microsoft Windows
Dance Technology / dance notation applications
DanceForms (http://www.credo-interactive.com/danceforms/index.html) - dance animation software for Macintosh OSX and Microsoft Windows
Expressive Character Animation (http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/royce/) - Expressive Ballet animation using Benesh Notation
LINTER (http://www-staff.mcs.uts.edu.au/~don/pubs/led.html) - a UNIX and X windows for LED that generates animation via the NUDES animation system
BALLONES (http://www-staff.mcs.uts.edu.au/~don/pubs/ballones.html) - 'Ballet Animation Language Linked Over Nudes Ellipsoid System' a lexical computer interpreter of Classical Ballet terminology
Country Dance animation project (http://countrydance.sourceforge.net/) - Java and XML animation
Computer Choreography / Choreology Project (http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~griesbec/CHOREOE.HTML) - using Labanotation (development on hold)
Morris Dance Notation (http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/morris/music/wwwdance.html) uses the abc musical notation language and related software for UNIX, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows and MIDI applications.
Dancenotation 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.
The primary use of dancenotation is the documentation, analysis and reconstruction of choreography and dance forms or technical exercises.
The first computerized notation system, which displayed an animated figure on the screen which performed the dance moves specified by the choreographer, was the DOM dancenotation system, created by Eddie Dombroiwer on the Apple II personal computer in 1982.
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