Labanotation 03

All extracted from 'Labanotation, or Kinetography Laban' by Ann Hutchinson (1974).

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ch. 9 ~ 10

 

1. Arm gestures

.. shoulder level is horizontal, middle level; above shoulder level is high, and below the level is low..

.. when crossing, black pin symbol is used..

.. when a path on a straight line needs to be stressed, a place symbol is added.

 

 

.. bow symbol is added to show th eunity in thought of several successive direction symbols.

 

.. facing directions for the palms

 

.. During a turn, the relationship which the arms have established to the body is retained; the arms are not held immobile, however, but may react slightly to the momentum of the turn. To indicate a rigidly held limb the body hold sign 'o' is used.

.. retention in space..

 

2. Leg Gestures

 

.. the arrow shows the moment that the body rises into the air.

 

.. retention in space