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SESSIONS Rudolf Laban’s Notation Workbook: an Historical Survey of Dance Script Methods from Choreographie (1926). by Jeffrey Scott Longstaff, UK Paper An overview of the historical roots of modern day Labanotation can be found in Rudolf Laban’s (1926) Choreographie, where over 15 types of "dance script" are experimented with in what might be characterised as a movement notation laboratory notebook. This paper will give an overview of the entire range of notation methods experimented with in Choreographie. These include floor pathway drawings, deflecting diagonal signs (3 varieties) free space-form signs, free space direction signs ("vectors"), space action signs, foot and arm position pins, body cross, rhythmic signs, directional letter abbreviations, directional numerical abbreviations, inclination numbers, secondary stream signs (dynamics), intensity signs (increasing/decreasing), and bar & repeat signs. These notation methods will be seen relative to the historical development of symbols and of movement concepts in Labanotation and Laban analysis. While small portions of Choreographie have been deciphered in earlier works this current paper will offer an overview of the entire structure and content of Laban’s early work on movement notation placed in the context of the evolution of Laban symbols and concepts.  Figures by J. S. Longstaff in the style of R. Laban (1926) Choreographie. Jena: Eugen Diederichs. Jeffrey Scott Longstaff (MS, CMA, PhD) consults on movement research and is principal editor of Laban-analyses <http://www.laban-analyses.org>, an online searchable database of practitioners and annotated bibliography for works utilising Laban-based methods.
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