4.6 Dance notation and software
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This article is from the Dance FAQ, by eijkhout@jacobi.math.ucla.edu (Victor Eijkhout) with numerous contributions by others.
4.6 Dance notation and software
**Notation**
Here are some links to notation information and software, courtesy of
Christian Griesbeck griesbec@stud.uni-frankfurt.de
http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~griesbec/
Shawn E. Koppenhoefer is colecting links on dancenatation:
http://litmac17.epfl.ch/labanotation.html
The Ohio State University Department of Dance has on its LabanWriter
page some links on dancenatation:
http://www.dance.ohio-state.edu/
(OSU Department of Dance)
http://www.dance.ohio-state.edu/files/LabanWriter/index.html
(LabanWriter)
I am writing a introduction to Labanotation (as part of my computer
choreography/Choreology Project):
http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~griesbec/LABANE.HTML
(english in construction)
http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~griesbec/LABAN.HTML
(german finshed)
**Craig Hutchinson's notation**
in Swing Dancer. It is pretty much geared to swing dancing, so there is
no concept of line-of-dance. It involves a good 300 terms for
movements, holds, foot positions.
**Labanotation**
is very good for showing steps, directions, duration of steps, how to
use the foot, shifting weight, etc. Read the following file in the
Dancers' Archive:
ftp://ftp.std.com/customers/nonprofits/dance/topics/
.
Labanotation now has two "dialects" which arose starting during the
Second World War. They are Labanotation as used in the Western
Hemisphere and Great Britain, and Kinetography-Laban, as used in the
rest of Europe. ICKL, the International Council on Kinetography Laban,
has regular meetings to deal with new developments and also to attempt
to re-merge the two forms. (No success so far, but a great spectator
sport!) This is all OTTOMH and probably none too accurate...
kerr@cobra.uni.edu
The Language of Dance Centre
17 Holland Park
London W11 3TD
England
Dance Notation Bureau
31-33 W. 21st St., 3rd floor
New York, NY 10010
USA
**ICKL**
Toni' Intravaia, Treasurer, USA
201 Hewitt
Carbondale, IL 62901
USA
Ann Kipling Brown, Chairman
705 Galbraith House
Mitchener Park
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada T6H 4M5
**Benesh Movement Notation**
The Institute of Choreology
4 Margravine Gardens
Barons Court
London W6 8RH
England
**Eshkol-Wachmann System**
The Movement Notation Society
75 Arlozorov Street
Holon, Israel
For more information, and some interesting reading, try to find:
Guest, Ann Hutchinson (1984). _Dance Notation: The Process of
Recording Movement on Paper_. Dance Books: London. ISBN 0 903102 75
7
This gives historical background, plus an overview of notation
systems, and discusses what works (and what doesn't) with the various
systems covered.
**Software**
**Lifeforms**
is not really a notation; it is a program for designing choregraphy
http://fas.sfu.ca/css/groups/lifeforms.html
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**Laban software**
I have got an X-Window laban editor working quite nicely and its
available as freeware from
http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/led/led.c
and an example of its use is in
http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/swing/swing.html
[Don Herbison-Evans don@socs.uts.EDU.AU ]
**Studio software**
Mark J. Zetler writes:
My wife (& I) have a dance studio in San Diego. I've been using
COMPUDANCE by a company in Texas called Theatrical Administration
Consultants (210) 497-4327 for about 7 years. It seems to do the job,
and the author seems to be responsive to the people who use the
program. There are some quirky things that that are annoying but all in
all the program works. I think the price is around $300 (????).
I have only run into 3 other programs. The first one was about $100
and didn't do anything. I don't think the company exists any more.
The High Priced Spread is called DANCE MANAGER. Last I heard (I could
be wrong) the price was about $1,200. The demo of the program implied
this program could do everything. I just could not justify the cost.
The last program I've run into is called IN MOTION: THE STUDIO MANAGER
from Full Spectrum in Anaheim Hills, CA. (714) 921-8743. ($200ish) The
program looked promising but seemed to run everything from the
accounting end not the student. I'll try to explain, at our studio most
question/problems are easier to resolve by first looking up the
student, seeing what classes they are registered in, look at the
billing, then look at the payments. With the IN MOTION:you have to go
to different places to find all that info. In COMPUDANCE you can do all
that from one starting place (presentation ain't as pretty as the other
programs but I still got the info and that is what counts).
Compudance will have a Windows version in summer '96.
There is also an advertisement in Dance Magazine for DanceWorks; runs
under Windows; $395; phone (800) 286-3471 for free demo.
For a contrasting view, tangotag@aol.com (Tango TAG) writes:
I use WordPerfect Suit, it is great. but you could use any Suite
program all you have to do is set it up for your business. To many
people spend to much money, on custom programs. Buy a suite program and
you got it all.
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