1
What is the difference between Labanotation and Laban Movement Analysis?
2
Name two other major systems of movement notation.
3
Name two similarities between Labanotation and Benesh system of movement notation.
4
Name main differences between Labanotation and Benesh system of movement notation.
5
What are the five categories of graphic notation identified by Ann Hutchinson Guest in her book Choreo-graphics?
The five categories are:
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6
To which of those categories of graphic notation does Labanotation belong?
7
To which of those categories does Benesh Movement Notation belong?
Stick Figure (visual).
Hutchinson Guest classifies the Benesh system as visual but it could be argued that it is also quite abstract in the sense that the signs are not transparent or evident to the reader. In this system, as well as in Labanotation, the staff columns refer to the body but the signs used to describe movement are highly abstract.