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SESSIONS Applying Labanotation on Greek folk dance: the case of the dances of the Greek Ionian island of Lefkada by Maria I. Koutsouba, Greece Paper In Greece the use of Labanotation is still in its infancy. Thus, at the moment there is neither a satisfied body of Labanotation scores of Greek folk dances nor a national notation center so as to discuss technical issues of the dance notation system itself. However, the first attempts to apply Labanotation to Greek folk dances have been made both by foreigners and indigenous dance researchers (Koutsouba 1995, 1997, Loutzaki 1979-80, 1984, Margari 1997, Torp 1990). Among these, one dealt with the notation of the folk dances of the Greek Ionian island of Lefkada that is eleven dances in total, which then formed the basis for the further analysis and typology of the local dance repertoire (Koutsouba 1997). Based on this attempt, the paper presents the results of this application, i.e. the Labanotation scores and the various conceptual and technical issues that emerged in the process of notating this kind of dances with the specific dance notation system. Maria I. Koutsouba - Lecturer of Greek Folk Dance at the Physical Education and Sport Science Department, University of Athens where she also teaches the course of "Dance Notation", and course Co-ordinator of Greek Music and Dance at the Greek Open University. Bachelor from the PE Department, University of Athens, with major on Greek Folk Dance (1989), MA in Dance Studies, Univtesity of Surrey, UK (1991), Ph.D. in Ethnochoreology, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK (1997), postgraduate title on Open and Distance Learning, Greek Open University (1999). She has published articles and conference papers on various aspects of dance research and is working on a book on dance notation and Labanotation in Greek. Interests: ethnochoreology, dance notation (Labanotation) and morphology, dance education.
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