Question: Is there a written Notation System for Choreography where by they can read it like music?
Yes. There are two dance notation systems. Labanotation, the
more famous, was invented in 1928 by Rudolph Von Laban and
uses abstract symbols based on the rectangle, inscribed on a
vertical staff read from bottom to top. The symbols represent
how and where the body moves and how long it should take to
get where it's going.
Choreology, devised in 1956 by Rudolf and Joan Benesh, is
just slightly more representational. The lines on its five-
line staff read from left to right and correspond to the
height of the human body, head to toe. Lines and dots are
placed on the staff to show which part is to be moved, when,
and in what way.
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