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SESSIONS Analysis of Movement and Kinetography Laban for Students in Ethnomusicology by Elena Bertuzzi, Italy/France Paper Since 1996 I have been teaching Kinetography Laban to students who are in their last year of study in Ethnomusicology in the University of Paris X. All of the students want to conduct research about dance in traditional and contemporary fields and also research areas in which it is important to analyze movement. The course is designed to demonstrate and illustrate the various ways that Laban Analysis and Kinetography Laban can be used in anthropological research as well as their advantages. The course meets in 12 sessions of three hourse each. Each session has two parts. The first part consists of theory and the second part more practical in which the subject of each research is approached using Laban Analysis. Throughout the course, students use notation in close connection with the methodology of anthropological investigation. For the final examination, students write a paper on their subject using Laban Analysis and structured notation. The titles of some of the papers are: - Magali Déruyter : "The Asapinga of Madagascar" (Boys' Dance) - Laure Carbonnel: " Naqs Possession during the feast in Myanmar" (professionals mediums in Birmany) - Olivier Féraud : "Deux forains italiens" (amusing analysis of the strategical gestures of two itinerant Italian sellers) - Martine Jouneau : "Prayer Dance of Bertashi" (Central Anatoly) - Jean-Marc Potterie : " Bodhràn" (analysis of the movements of an Irish percussionist) My presentation at the ICKL conference will discuss the contents of these papers and explain the ways in which Laban Analysis and notation assisted their anthropological research. Elena Bertuzzi - Dancer, choreographer and assistant for French and Italian Companies. Certified Notator, she has reconstructed some repertory pieces from Anna Sokolow, Doris Humphrey, Carolyn Carlson, Irene Hultman for performances and conferences, and has notated different choreographies in contemporary and traditional dance. She is lecturer at University Paris X Nanterre in Kinetograpy Laban for ethno-choreologists, and teaches Laban Analysis at the Dance Therapy Course held at the Schola Cantorum -Paris.
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