Dance Diagrams
I don't know why, but I find these notations of various dance steps, from baroque to Morris dances, very appealing, although completely incomprehensible. Perhaps it's the idea that to someone these complicated symbols and figures actually mean "Hop, wiggle, skip here".
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the only one I can sort of read is Benesh notation (commenting strips img src tags!):
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/fr/thumb/d/d0/Benesh_MN.jpg/200px-Benesh_MN.jpg
http://www.ballet.co.uk/images/ashton/following/fred_step_book_fig_1_500.gif
Posted by: chai wallah | March 18, 2008 12:06 AM
Hi, Where do these illustrations come from? I am trying to do some research into dance notation... thanks! Jane
Posted by: Jane Marsching | January 15, 2010 6:28 PM