Vitalizing Dance Legacy Through the Use of Labanotation as a Staging Tool
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2011
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Dance Education
Abstract
In the 21st century, carrying dance legacy forward and exploring it to provide depth and understanding of the continuum of dance helps ensure that our current and future practice has a scaffold on which to grow and thrive. This article begins by exploring the importance of staging dances from the past to keep dance legacy alive as well as the unique benefits of employing Labanotation as a tool. This discussion is followed by a description of the process of staging a dance from Labanotation from the director's perspective with the specific examples of the author's stagings of Donald McKayle's Games (1951) and Helen Tamiris's Negro Spirituals (1928–1942) at Montclair State University.
DOI
10.1080/15290824.2011.540512
Journal ISSN / Book ISBN
1529-0824
MSU Digital Commons Citation
McPherson, Elizabeth, "Vitalizing Dance Legacy Through the Use of Labanotation as a Staging Tool" (2011). Department of Theatre and Dance Scholarship and Creative Works. 6.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/theatre-dance-facpubs/6
Published Citation
McPherson, Elizabeth. 2011. “Vitalizing Dance Legacy Through the Use of Labanotation as a Staging Tool.” Journal of Dance Education 11 (1): 15–21.