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Six considerations regarding Labanotation:
Reflections on diverse experiences and lessons learned
Judy Van Zile, USA
As a long-time practitioner and teacher of Labanotation, the author identifies six key considerations regarding Labanotation: the tool, the translation, the translator, limitations, understanding, and applications. Drawing on personal experiences presented in an anecdotal fashion, she explains these points by recounting her changing attitudes toward dance notation and its powerful and diverse values. She concludes by articulating implications of these considerations for the teaching of Labanotation. Throughout, examples are based largely on her involvements with Korean dance.
Judy Van Zile is Professor of Dance at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. A certified Labanotation teacher and Fellow of the International Council for Kinetography Laban, her research focuses on movement analysis and the cultural contextualization of dance. A frequent presenter at U.S. and international conferences, her research has been widely published in journals and as book chapters. Her book Perspectives on Korean Dance received a 2003 Outstanding Publication Award from the Congress on Research in Dance.
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