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Action stroke dance notation

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Action Stroke Dance Notation (ASDN) is a dance notation system that was invented by Iver Cooper. Designed for fast writing, the notations primarily consist of "action strokes" that represent one of three basic actions:

  • A support gesture that takes weight (e.g., hop or step)
  • A touch gesture (makes contacts without taking weight)
  • An air gesture (makes no contact)

    • A dance score has five sections:

  • General - describing the general movement of the dancer
  • Leg (or staff) - indicating movement of the legs and feet
  • Arm (or staff) - indicating movement of the arms and hands
  • Trunk - indicating movement of head, neck, chest and pelvis
  • Notes - detailed explanations of the movement

    • Scores are read from bottom to top. The horizontal dimension represents body symmetry and the vertical dimension represents time. ASDN employs abstract symbols and is visually similar to Motif Description, a subset of Labanotation that is also designed for speed of writing.

    References

    Action stroke dance notation Wikipedia
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