Dance notation
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Dance notation is the symbolic representation of human dance movement and form, using methods such as graphic symbols and figures, path mapping, numerical systems, and letter and word notations. Sever
La Cachucha, by Friedrich Albert Zorn using Zorn Notation
Valerie Sutton in a dance pose...
Choreography
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Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies in which motion or form or both are specified. Choreography may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer creates
Dance notation
…The primary uses of dance notation are historical dance preservation through documentation and analysis (e.g., in ethnochoreology) or reconstruction of choreography, dance forms, and technical exercises. Dance notation systems also allow for dance works to be documented and therefore potentially copyrighted. Two…
One of the first documents with choreographic signs is the Catalan manuscript of Cervera from 1496