Labanotationn.
/ˌleɪbənə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃn/, /ˌlɑːbənə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌleɪbənoʊˈteɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌlɑbənoʊˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ A notation system for recording human movement, invented by the dancer and choreographer Rudolf von Laban. Cf. Laban n.
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chorography1710
choreography1782
notation1845
Laban1928
Labanotation1953
1953 A. Hutchinson in Players Mag. Jan. 87/2 Labanotation is much like a language.
1953 Dance Observer Apr. 59/1 Classes in Labanotation will again take advantage of the new and old dances being prepared for the festival on campus to practice notation.
1954 R. Laban Princ. Dance & Movement Notation 19/2 The most active American stage dancers have taken up our notation..and this is largely due to the work of Ann Hutchinson. It may be mentioned here that the American group calls our system ‘Labanotation’.
1974 Home & Store News (Ramsey, New Jersey) 2 Jan. 39 The new typing element, developed by IBM and the Dance Notation Bureau, brings the speed and facility of the electric typewriter to Labanotation, a universally used system of notating movement.
1998 Dancing Times May 711/2 I enclose a copy of his notation with the equivalent in Labanotation and the best I can do in drawing a picture of the position.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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