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SESSIONS Communicating Intention in notating release-based technique. by Melanie Clarke, UK. Paper This proposal is for a paper to be presented by myself on ways of recording, in Labanotation, movement that has an internal perspective. I have been experimenting with different ways to record the movement sequences I use in my Technique classes in order to communicate the material in the way that I teach it. I would like the notation of the movement to communicate the material in the way that it was conceived and that means using an anatomical perspective and including concepts of the body outlined by Laban Movement Analysis. If we can say that we can attempt to record a dance work from the perspective of the choreographer's intention, in order to communicate that intention through the symbology then the attempt should be made to do the same when recording technique classes. A notated score attempts to provide enough information to enable an accurate reconstruction of the movement. In order to accurately perform my class material the reader would need to be informed about the fundament principles from which it arises, and which are necessary to understand, in order to perform it accurately. My experiments include Barracuda's anatomical symbols for the spine and the use of the LMA figure 8 symbols as pre-signs for motion. The paper will include notated examples showing variations in the ways to record the same actions, some using standard Labanotation symbology, others using Barracuda's symbols and LMA figure 8 symbols. There has been an increase in recent years in the usage of an experiential awareness of the anatomy and physiology of the body in dance. The usage of anatomical imagery in technique classes has increased and here at Laban it is now a basis of the technical training on the 3 year degree programme. Dancers are then taking this knowledge into creative work and choreography. Thus, the issues raised here may become more and more prevalent in recording the intention within choreographed work in the future. Also, I think the use of LMA analysis and symbols maybe a way of developing closer connections between these two related fields of study. Melanie Clarke has a BA Hons Dance Theatre and a MA Dance Studies from Laban. She has also undertaken the specialist diploma in Dance notating at Laban studying with Jean Jarrell and Ann Hutchinson-Guest. Melanie has been a member of the teaching faculty at Laban since 1996, teaching Release-based Contemporary Technique and Labanotation and is now First year coordinator of the BA Programme at the centre. Melanie also choreographs for her own company 'blue white' and has presented seven original works in Britain and abroad.
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