The Dance
Notation Bureau Library maintains a unique collection of original Labanotation
scores. We are devoted to preserving and housing these materials and
to making them as accessible as possible for performance, classroom
use, and scholarly research. Below you will find a list of the ancillary
materials and format necessary for submitting your score, along with
template forms that you can download, if you would like your score to
be archived at the DNB Library.
If your score has been created in LabanWriter, we request both a hard
copy and an electronic copy. This allows us to check any printouts made
from disk to ensure all symbols and the layouts emerge accurately.
Please mail the materials to the DNB Library. If you have any questions regarding the submission,
please contact Director of Library Services, Mei-Chen Lu, at library@dancenotation.org
Title of the dance (indicate if it is an excerpt from a larger work)
Choreographer and date of choreography
Music title, composer and year of the music
Notator and the year of the score's completion
Revision, Version, Edition, Adaptation, or Reconstruction (please
refer to Codifying DNB Score and Cataloguing)
Date of the premiere of work and name of the company
Date of
the notated version and name of the staging company
Running
time of the work
Notation
check (if applicable)
Movement
check (if applicable)
Introductory
Material/Glossary/Notation update (if applicable)
Notation
graphics (if applicable)
Transcription
(if applicable)
Artist's
restriction notice (if applicable)
The copyright
notice, placed at the bottom of the page (if applicable)
Third
page (can be omitted if the information below does not apply to
your score):
Acknowledgment
of benefactor/sponsor (if applicable)
Introductory
material should include whatever information below is pertinent
to the dance:
Table
of contents
Description
of the work/choreography
Original
and notated-cast lists
Casting
information
Production
information with the description of costume, lighting, set and/or
props
Music
background/information
Videotapes/DVD
information
Photographs
Notes
to the stager
Bibliography
of books or articles about the work and/or choreographer
Glossary
Other
Supplementary Information We Value
Marked
music score:
The submitted music
score should be marked with the following as applicable --
Title
of the dance, choreographer, date of choreography, notator, date of
notation
Composer and/or arranger Year composed Publisher's
information
Title
of the dance (notator's last name, year notated) as
header in each page
Section of music used and/or not used and in what order if not used
in the composer's sequence
Information
on music cuts and indication of musical repeats which are eliminated
or added
Measure
numbers, numbered so that they correspond with the dance score.
Dancer's
counts corresponding with the dance score
Identification
of thematic movement and movement cues that will help the stager and
musician/conductor relate the music to the dance. Music cues for the
dancers and dancers' cues for conductor
Sectional
markings that appear on the dance score
Sectional
markings that appear on the dance score
Entrances
and exits
Technical
cues, e.g. lighting and curtain
Approximate
time lapse between sections
Unmarked
music score:
Title
of the dance, choreographer, date of choreography, notator, date of
notation
Title
of the dance (notator's last name, year notated) as
header in each page
Audio
recording (cassette tape or CD):
Title
of the dance and choreographer
Name
of music
Composer
and/or arranger Source of
the recording, e.g. performing group, conductor, etc Number of
recording, e.g. Columbia Recording #KUL204 (if applicable)
Speed
of the tape, e.g. 7 1/2 ips(if applicable)
Date of
recording Special editing
instructions, e.g. length of leader to be inserted at the beginning
or between sections (if applicable)
Rehearsal/performance
quality
Audiovisual
(VHS tape or DVD):
Title
of the dance and choreographer
University/Dance
Company Date and
place of performance/rehearsal Performers Stager (if
applicable) Coach (if
applicable) Videographer Near or long
shot Quality of
tape/DVD
Press
materials (articles and reviews):
Source Date of publication
Photographs:
Label
following information on the back of each photograph -- Photographer Performers
and university/company Date of photograph List page
and measure number in the score if photograph corresponding movement
in the score
Note of
a posed shot that does not correspond to an actual movement in the
dance
Source
digital
format in a CD-ROM
(if
applicable)
Production
information (costume swatches and sketches, lighting plots, prop/set
designs, designer's contact information, etc.)
Programs,
posters and fliers
Reference
materials related to choreography (book, poem, film, etc)
Information on how we can contact the copyright holders (choreographer,
composer, company or estate). If they have provided you with written
permissions for access to the score, we will need that for our records.
We encourage efforts to release the scores for educational use in the
classroom (not the same as using the score for performance). Information
on who licenses
the work for performance would be very helpful.
