Is there a notation for writing down dances?

Yes. Having been married to a professional dancer I know it existed, but I certainly never understood.

I got to enjoy it twice. It was pouring in DC, so I delayed my trip home. Unfortunately, all I did was postpone getting angry at idiotic drivers who are going too fast for conditions. I managed to get caught up in it around Clarksburg all the way through to Frederick.

The poor dog was home alone. She doesn't do well with heavy rain and/or thunderstorms since she was abandoned in one. Coco practically crawled into my skin when I walked in the door. Then the traitorous canine abandoned me in a New York minute as soon as DH waltzed in. She is such a daddy's girl.

Must.get.new.stuff.

I'm fighting that urge myself. We desperately need new bedroom furniture. And we need to finish painting. All the bedrooms and bathrooms still need to be done.

I certainly never understood.

Edward Tufte's Visual Display of Quantitative Information is my current bathtub reading, and there was a smidge of what looked like some in there, but it was very confusing. Which leads one to how many, and what does it mean, and how do I create the right google query?

Fuck, tonight's dinner pork chope and brown rice taste amazing.

The query would probably include choreographic notation. The choreographers I've met were pretty strict and had their own language set.

Seen on my flist:

OBAMANOM.

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Is there a notation for writing down dances?

Labanotation, is the formal name for it. [link]

Named after a guy called Laban, I assume; and it's basically a system designed to capture movement in 3 axes, plus time, based on the human form. I have no idea how to do it, but I did read an article once where a labanotationist analyzed a video of the Dog Whisperer and said he'd be a really good dancer.

Up later than usual tonight because I attended a city council meeting that went from 6:00 - 10:30 discussing building guidelines proposed for my neighborhood. It is a divisive issue here. I loved that a number of my neighbors that took the microphone indicated that they didn't want the fact that we disagreed to keep us from enjoying drinks together in our block parties. It reminded me of us. Alas, I will miss the final council vote on the 17th, but the members were all on my side so it should work out.

Is there a notation for writing down dances? Okay, maybe I should go further back. When Company B dances Swan Lake this year, how much like Swan Lake from Company A in 1956 is it? Tells the same story, probably. Has the same cast? Doing the same motions? In the same costumes? How much is traditional, reasonable variation?

If it's close, how is it recorded?

Yes. One of college roommates was a ballet dancer and choreographer and wrote her master's thesis on Nutcracker performances through time. I can zip her an email if you like.

OBAMANOM.

Doot dooo doot doo doot.

Okay, I can't stop laughing at that! (And singing it.)

It's too late and I'm too tired to talk politics, other than that.

ita, insent, a lot, mostly to the pics address.