DANCE TOPICS 

Dance Notation, Documentation and Preservation

Dance and Ballet documentation, restoration, and preservation is a very exciting field. Artslynx is pleased to have found these wonderful resources online for your study and enjoyment. Send appropriate link suggestions and comments to Richard Finkelstein

• Copyright of Choreographic Works - Great legal reference!
• Dance Collection Dance A Canadian based collective dedicated to the preservation of Canadian dance.
• The Dance Heritage Coalition - Founded  to address problems identified by a study of the state of preservation and documentation of dance in America.
• History of Dance Notation - An article from Ballet Magazine
• Performance History Database Software - An incredible software package designed to document all aspects of a company's history
• Repertory Dance Theatre - Based in Utah and founded in order to create a museum for dance, a repertory company interested in the  preservation of the best dances created by the best choreographers throughout the world. 

Systems, Listed in Alphabetical Order

Benesh

• Benesh Institute
• Choreology

Laban, Labanotation & Effort-Shape

• Laban Centre, London
• Laban Timeline
• The Dance Notation Bureau
• International Council of Kinetography Laban/Labanotation
• Language of Dance Centre - Many great Laban resources!!
• Introduction to Labanotation - Nice introductory resource
• LabanWriter - Side includes a wealth of examples and other info on Labanotation
• Laban/Bartenieff Institute for Movement Studies, (LIMS) New York City
• Laban/Bartenieff and Somatic Studies Canada™  - seems to be located in Toronto and Vancouver

Silhougraphs® 

• Silhougraphs®. This fascinating system is discussed within the pages of the Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Website. As notation goes, this would be an example of the exotic. The system cannot notate choreography, but the claim is that the system CAN notate attitude, body posture, etc. and can be useful even as a diagnostic tool in the arena of dance therapy. Interesting article.

Sutton System

• Sutton Movement Writing  

Misc

• Dance Patterns - Seems to be for notation of popular dance - Shareware
• DanceForms, formerly known as Life Forms - 3-D choreographic visualization software

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