Membership
Drive Time is Here as the DNB Celebrates Its 71st Year (1940 - 2011)
HERE ARE
SOME NOTABLE DNB FACTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WHICH COULD NOT HAVE BEEN
MADE WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT....
DO YOU KNOW:
Ann
Hutchinson Guest, a founder of the DNB, is still, 71 years later,
actively involved in the dance world, including the DNB. She
has gone on to found another important notation institution, Language
of Dance Centre, in London, England.
The
DNB Library archives and maintains the work of 269 choreographers
and 790 scores plus 10,000 supplementary pieces of information including
music scores.
In the
past fourteen months, the DNB made possible, 159
performances of dances maintained in our score archive. They were
presented in 13 different states and one foreign county, France.
The
score most often checked out for staging is Doris Humphrey's Water
Study with her The Shakers running a close second.
The
first complete dance captured in Labanotation was Billy The Kid
choreographed by Eugene Loring and notated by Ann Hutchinson Guest,
Helen Priest, and Anne Wilson in 1942.
77%
of Paul Taylor's works in our archive were notated as he was creating
the work. The total number of his scores in our archive is 47.
The
current repertory of the Martha Graham Company includes a dance choreographed
by Eve Gentry, one of the founders of the DNB, Tenant of the Street
(1938).
The
Dance Notation Bureau was included in America's Irreplaceable Dance
Treasures: the First 100 in 1999.
Hanya
Holm was the first choreographer who used Labanotation to secure copyright
in 1952 for her choreography in the musical, Kiss Me Kate.
This
past June, the DNB offered courses in Elementary and Advanced Labanotation
in New York City and had students attending from England and Jamaica
as well as our own United States. And our founder, Ann Hutchinson
Guest was one of the teachers of the Advanced course!
It is
possible to adopt
a score for a period of time in the memory or honor of a deceased
loved one or retiree and as a thank you or even a birthday gift!
THE DNB
COULD NOT ACCOMPISH ALL THIS WITHOUT YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT! PLEASE JOIN
US WITH YOUR MEMBERSHIP TODAY. MAIL THE MEMBERSHIP
FORM OR PAY THROUGH PAYPAL.
WE NEED YOU!!
TRIVIA
QUESTION for one free one year membership. First person with
the right answer:
For those
not a member:
What modern dance score was the first to be notated?
For present members, for a free renewal:
What, where and when did a famous choreographer with work in our archive
say to another, "We shall never understand each other!"?
Scores
Open for Educational and Research Purposes
The Labanotation scores of All Four (2003) by Mark Morris, Lacrymosa
(1990) by Edward Stierle, and Suite of Three: 3 solos by Jean Erdman
[Passage (1946), Creature on a Journey (1943), and
Hamadryad (1948)] are now open for educational and research purposes.
No permission is needed to study the score(s), but the DNB is required
to inform the choreographer or the estate each time there is an inquiry.
If interested in studying any of these dances from Labanotation scores,
please contact the DNB Library at library@dancenotation.org
Score Adoption
The score of Daniel Nagrin's Strange Hero is being adopted in the
name and honor of Sheila Marion, dear friend and Board Member of the Dance
Notation Bureau, who will be retiring as Associate Professor of Dance
at the Ohio State University, where she also served as Director of the
Dance Notation Bureau Extension for Education and Research.
This adoption is made at the request of Karena Birk and Jolene Bartley
and will continue to September 1, 2011.
“This score has been adopted, ensuring it can be housed and disseminated
by the Dance Notation Bureau for continued performance, study and enjoyment
by audiences around the world.”
Reconstructing
Soiree Musicale from Labanotation Score
In March
2010, New York Theatre
Ballet began a project with the Dance Notation Bureau in which Antony
Tudor's Soiree Musicale was reconstructed from Labanotation.
This 8 minute documentary highlights the experiences of the dancers
and discusses the reconstruction process.
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Courses
Dear Dance
Administrator,
Learning Labanotation can open a world of dance repertory, history and
research to the right student. The ability to stage historic dance repertory
from Labanotation score can give your graduate an edge over other applicants
in the tough dance job market. Many universities accept Labanotation
as a fulfillment of a foreign language requirement, as well. The Dance
Notation Bureau offers a correspondence
course that can serve all these purposes. Do you have a special
student who should take one of our courses as an independent study?
Stagings
Around the World
For recent stagings around the world, please click
here.
The Dance Notation Bureau is constantly adding new, revised, and transcribed
scores to its collection. Below is a list of some recent acquisitions:
New
Scores
Angelitos Negros by Donald McKayle, 1972. Notated by Mary Corey,
2011. Ariadne
by Ze'eva Cohen, 1985. Notated by Sandra Aberkalns, 2011.
Deep Song by Martha Graham, 1937. Notated by Mira Kim, 2010. Passage
by Jean Erdman, 1946. Notated by Mary Corey, 2011. Rites
de passage by Katherine Dunham, 1941. Notated by Liniele Chane-Yue
Chiang, 2010. [This score has been made possible by a grant from French
Ministry of Culture]
Septet by Merce Cunningham, 1953. Notated by Sandra Aberkalns,
2011. Zoopsie
comedi: Egypte and Le palmas by Lolita and Beau Geste Dance Companies,
1986. Notated by Beatrice Aubert, 2009. [This score has been made
possible by a grant from French Ministry of Culture]
Transcribed
Scores
Bonsai by Moses Pendleton, 1979. Notated by Ilene Fox, 1987-1988.
Transcribed into LabanWriter by Caity Gwin, 2010. Clapping
byLotte Goslar, 1963. Notated by Antoinette Scinocca,
1971. Transcribed into LabanWriter by Caity Gwin, 2010. Radha
by Ruth St. Denis, 1906. Notated by Heidi A. Biegel, 1988-1989. Transcribed
into LabanWriter by Maryann Peterson, 2011. Stravinsky
Montage by Murray Louis, 1982. Notated by Leslie Rotman with Jane
Marriett (2nd movement), 1982. Transcribed into LabanWriter by Mira
Kim, 2011. Traditions
by CharlesWeidman, 1935. Notated by K. Wright Dunkley, 1972. Transcribed
into LabanWriter by Maryann Peterson, 2011.
