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>MOTIF BIBLIOGRAPHY
Compiled by Charlotte Wile, March 30, 1999

Aberkalns, Sandra, notator. Tower (from Vaudeville of the Elements). Choreographed by Alwin Nikolais. Motif Description score. [New York: Dance Notation Bureau], 1992-1994.

Batchelor, Lucy. "Teaching Children Yet Another Language: The Language of Dance." Dancing Times, Sept. 1997, p. 1119.

Blum, Odette. "Dance Phrases in Motif Writing: Abstracted from the Dance Scores," Unpub. notation, 1982.

_____. "A New Approach to Introducing Notation." Teacher’s Bulletin, no. 6 (May 1980), pp. 1-6.

Blum, Odette, et. al.. "Motif Writing Discussion." In International Council of Kinetography Laban, Proceedings of the Seventeenth Biennial Conference, August 1-August 12, 1991, Held at MTA Zenetudomanyi Intezet, Budapest, Hungary, pp. 104-106.

Brown, Ann Kipling. "Motif Description and Creative Dance: Designing a Teaching Programme for Children." Pts. 1-2. Action! Recording!, no. 47 (1987), pp. 2-3; no. 48 (1988 ), pp. 3-4.

_____. "A Journey With Motif Writing." JOPERD 69, no. 7 (Sept 1998), pp. 33-36.

_____. "Post-Secondary Education." In The Art of the Moment: Looking at Dance Performance from Inside and Out, Proceedings, 31st Annual Conference, Congress On Research in Dance, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 12-15 Nov. 1998, pp. 97-99.

Brown, Ann Kipling, and Monica Parker. Dance Notation for Beginners. London: Dance, 1984.

Bucek, Loren E. "Developing Dance Literacy: Integrating Motif Writing into Theme-Based Children's Dance Classes." JOPERD 69, no. 7 (Sept 1998), pp. 29-32.

Bullet-In-Stead!: Teaching Ideas from the Language of Dance Association (1994- ).

Charlton, J. A. Mount Carmel School C.S.E. Dance Handbook. N.p.: by author, July 1980.

Delaney, Patty Harrington. "Literacy and Language of Dance." In The Art of the Moment: Looking at Dance Performance from Inside and Out, Proceedings, 31st Annual Conference, Congress On Research in Dance, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 12-15 Nov. 1998, pp. 47-51.

Dils, Ann. "Capturing Dance on Paper." JOPERD 69, no. 6 (Aug. 1998), pp. 27-31.

Guest, Ann Hutchinson. "The Language of Dance." Dance Gazette, Feb. 1993, pp. 46-47.

_____. Your Move: A New Approach to the Study of Movement and Dance. Vol. 1, [Textbook]. Vol. 2, Exercise Sheets. Vol. 3, Teacher's Guide. New York: Gordon and Breach, 1983. Rpt. with corrections, 1995.

_____. The Starbies. 10 vols. [London]: Language of Dance, 1994-1995.

Loda News (1994 - )

Motif Description - Introducing the Elements of Dance. Dir. Odette Blum. Videocassette. 1998.

Motif at a Glance!: A Quick Guide to Motif Description; The Method of Recording Movement Concepts. Compiled by The Language of Dance Centre. London: Gordon and Breach, 1998.

Oliver, Wendy. "Motif Writing: Movement Symbols and Their Role in Dance Education." JOPERD 69, no. 6 (Aug. 1998), pp. 25-26.

Pforisch, Janis, and Jackie Hand-Vigario. Laban Movement Studies Observation Workbook. N.p.: by the authors, 1993.

Posey, Elsa. "Dance Literacy for Young Dancers: Teaching Motif Writing in a Community School of Dance." In The Art of the Moment: Looking at Dance Performance from Inside and Out, Proceedings, 31st Annual Conference, Congress On Research in Dance, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 12-15 Nov. 1998, pp. 117-122.

Preston-Dunlop. An Introduction to Kinetography Laban. 2nd ed. London: London: Macdonald and Evans, 1966.

_____. Practical Kinetography Laban. London: Macdonald and Evans, 1969.

_____. Readers in Kinetography Laban, Series B: Motif Writing for Dance. London: Macdonald and Evans, 1967.

_____. "Thoughts on Teaching with Motif Writing." The Laban Art of Movement Guild Magazine, no. 42 (May 1969).

Rodiger, Ann. "Motif Writing/Composition." In International Council of Kinetography Laban, Proceedings of the Sixteenth Biennial Conference, July 31-August 10, 1989, Held at Department of Dance, York University, Toronto, Canada, pp. 83.

Salter, Alan, and Stina Grist. The Curving Air. London: Human Factors, 1977, pp. 146-153.

_____. Perspectives on Notation. London: Laban Centre for Movement and Dance, 1978.

Topaz, Muriel. Elementary Labanotation: A Study Guide. With a chapter on motif description by Odette Blum. N. p.: by author, 1996, pp. 190-195.

Unrau, Sharon. "Motif Writing and Laban Movement Analysis at Douglas Alternative Elementary School, Columbus, Ohio." In The Art of the Moment: Looking at Dance Performance from Inside and Out, Proceedings, 31st Annual Conference, Congress On Research in Dance, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 12-15 Nov. 1998, pp. 169-174.

Venable, Lucy. "Demystifying Motif Writing." JOPERD 69, no. 6 (Aug 1998), pp. 32-35.

_____. "Motif News & Some Questions for the Future." Teachers Bulletin (Fall 1988), pp. 7-8.

_____. "Motif Report." In International Council of Kinetography Laban, Proceedings of the Eighteenth Biennial Conference, July 29-August 4, 1993, Held at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S.A., pp. 65-66.

_____. "Review of Your Move, A New Approach to the Study of Movement and Dance, by Ann Hutchinson Guest." Dance Research Journal 16, no. 2 (Fall 1984), pp. 30-32

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