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Guidelines for Contributions

1. Topics for discussion can include ideas about theory, symbols, and/or rules of usage in any aspect of Labanotation (Structured Description and Motif Description).

2. We will not censor contributions. However, postings must be clearly presented and must state whether the ideas and symbols are new or are already in standard usage.

Sources for determining standard usage include the following:

Guest, Ann Hutchinson. Your Move: A New Approach to the Study of Movement and Dance. New York: Gordon and Breach, 1983. Rpt. with corrections, 1995.
 Hutchinson, Ann. Labanotation, or Kinetography Laban: The System of Analyzing and Recording Movement. 3rd ed. rev. New York: Theatre Arts, 1977.
 Guest, Ann Hutchinson, and Rob Van Haarst. Advanced Labanotation. 3 vols. Chur, Switz: Harwood Academic, 1991.
 International Council of Kinetography Laban, conference proceedings and technical reports (ICKL, 1959-).
 Knust, Albrecht. Dictionary of Kinetography Laban. 2nd ed. 2 vols. England: Macdonald and Evans, 1979.
 Topaz, Muriel. Elementary Labanotation: A Study Guide. With a Chapter on Motif Description by Odette Blum. New York: Dance Notation Bureau, 1996.
 



How to Contribute

Contributions Sent by E-mail

You may send the text as a regular e-mail and put notation examples in attachments. Please send attachments as LabanWriter or .GIF documents. Also, please number your examples and indicate in the text which example goes where. Send contributions to:

Charlotte Wile, Moderator, at dnbinfo@dancenotation.org. (Please write "Charlotte Wile" in the subject line to help us direct your mail.)

Contributions Sent by Mail or Fax

Postings may also be mailed to us on a computer disk (LabanWriter and/or Microsoft Word preferred). In addition, then may be submitted on paper and contain handwritten symbols. Send contributions to:

Charlotte Wile, Moderator
c/o Dance Notation Bureau
151 West 30th St, Suite 202
New York, N.Y. 10001
Fax: 212 216-9027

After a contribution is received, it will be placed on the Bulletin Board as soon as possible. However, please keep in mind that it may take several days.