Alphabet of Movements of The Human Body

Vladimir Ivanovich Stepanov, Raymond Lister

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English

David Leonard
02 September 2019

Choreography

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The problem of recording movements of the human body is

almost as old as the art of dancing: it has been said that the

ancient Egyptians had a system of notation, but there is no

real evidence to prove that this was so.

The present system was developed by the Russian dancer

Vladimir Ivanovich Stepanov at the end of the 19th century.

It is based on existing music notation, and although basic

is certainly practical: one has only to read the official

testimonial, signed by such people as Petipa and Johanssen,

to realise this. Lessons in the system were given at the

Imperial Ballet Schools, and many ballets of the period

were notated in it.

Stepanov's book is no more than a skeleton key, showing

the general principles of his system and their application,

yet even as it stands it can be used to decipher old notations

- it was by means of notations made in Stepanov's system

that Nicolai Sergeyev was able to reproduce The Sleeping

Princess for Diaghilev, and other ballets for the Sadler's

Wells Ballet and International Ballet. More recently, other

hands have used the system to revive ballets long thought

to have been irrevocably lost.

By: Vladimir Ivanovich Stepanov
Translated by: Raymond Lister
Imprint: David Leonard
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 6mm
Weight: 213g
ISBN: 9781906830830
ISBN 10: 1906830835
Pages: 54
Publication Date: 02 September 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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