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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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Comments

Hi, Where do these illustrations come from? I am trying to do some research into dance notation... thanks! Jane