Klarinet Archive - Posting 000196.txt from 2002/12

From: "Joseph Wakeling" <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Notation -- of a different sort
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 06:47:31 -0500

<< The dance made me think about dance notation. Perhaps there is some
method of 'writing' a dance, but given all the details of how body parts can
move, I find it difficult to imagine. >>

If I recall correctly there *is* actually a traditional method of notation
for ballet choreography. Remember that many moves in dance have traditional
names - there's the cliche in books about ballet school of the teacher
standing on the edge of the room shouting, "Step, step, muddle, pie-chart!"
or something like that. Once you have names, you can think up symbols, and
so on... Try a web search - I'm sure you can find something. ;-)

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