Talk:Dance notation

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What dance notation in Wikipedia for examples of dance?[edit]

What sort of dance notation should one use in Wikipedia articles?Hyacinth 03:36, 29 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

What sort of dance notation should one use in Wikipedia articles? thats a difficult one, some would argue Labanotation, others Benesh Movement Notation, both would be acceptable. It would be useful to have standardised dance notations for the lists of ballet terms or to give examples of choreographers work.

However most dance notation scores are copyrighted so new ones whould have to be made, this could prove difficult. Ohka- 22:41, 29 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Just like with music. But when describing music, we don't have to present wheets of the whole music pieces. The same is with dance. Probably particulrs choreographies are copyrighted. But, first, exerpts as quotations are legal; second, we will probably need simplified descriptions, to show the general outline, rather than detailed scores. Mikkalai 15:59, 30 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

There has yet to be a notation universally accepted in the dance world. Indeed, most choreographers are ignorant of any notation with the exception that many know such notations do exist. I've composed ballets that've been performed on almost every continent.. I know! 75.48.41.211 (talk) 00:04, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Spelling notes: Labanotation (SINGLE N), Benesh Movement Notation[edit]

Don't feel obligated to follow this spelling tips if they distract you from adding new content! Other Wikipedians (like me) will copyedit the spelling errors and other style trouble so if you prefer to focus on content do so by any means. (We even have a guideline saying more or less this: Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages.)

And this are the spelling tips:

Although the name of the inventor of Labanotation is Laban, Labanotation is not written with a double n (one n is dropped), the adjective IS Laban as one would expect. (I found and corrected one time Labanotation incorrectly misspelled with double n in Wikipedia.) [Confirmation: the "Labanotation" Wikipedia article, and this website http://dancenotation.org (Dance Notation Bureau).]
The family name of the inventors of Benesh Movement Notation is as one would expect indeed Benesh, no trouble there. But be careful not to forget the capitals of the latter two words. (I found and corrected several times those forgotten capitals in Wikipedia.) The adjective is also simply Benesh. Don't write by accident ~~Benesh Dance Notation~~. (No errors found with incorrectly the word Dance used.) [Confirmation: Home page of The Benesh Institute http://www.benesh.org ]

N.B. I added links to this spelling notes on the Talk pages of the Labanotation and Benesh Movement Notation.

Paulus/laudaka 14:46, 6 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Updating this article[edit]

The History section of this article oddly enough omits Labanotation and Benesh Movement Notation though they are both mentioned as the most widely used. So, they can be added in brief like the others. Also, given the visual aspect of dance notation, do you think it'd be good to have a gallery of examples?

The History section is also skewed towards western forms of dance notation though Hutchinson Guest's book that is referenced mentions many older (often textual) forms of notation that would be good to mention in order to give a broader and more global overview of dance notation. Alenmartel (talk) 19:19, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]