>HOW TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL NOTATOR AND CERTIFIED TEACHER

Notator Training Course

The Dance Notation Bureau offers a professional notator training course. The two semester course consists of classes designed to build notation speed and skills, provide the opportunity to notate a variety of techniques, and give instruction on requirements for a dance score. The first semester focuses on ballet, second semester on modern dance. Students meet for three class sessions a week — lecture, reading class, and notation practice. The lecture and reading class are scheduled on the same day. The class schedule usually changes from week to week, depending on the notation practice session arrangements. This session is held at various dance classes in New York City. At the end of each semester, the students do a project, giving them the opportunity to experience a real rehearsal situation. Upon completion of course work, each student must do a certifying score that is assessed by a Board of Examiners.

Prerequisites: Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced Labanotation Certification, ability to read a music score, introduction to LMA (can be taken concurrently).

Place: The class is held at the Dance Notation Bureau and various sites around New York City.

Tuition: $3,500

The course is only held if there is sufficient enrollment. If you are, or think you may be, interested in the course, please contact dnbinfo@dancenotation.org, at the Dance Notation Bureau.



Teacher Certification Course

The Labanotation Teacher Certification Course is usually offered every other year through the Dance Notation Bureau Extension for Education and Research at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.  For more information, please contact Dr. Sheila Marion at marion.8@osu.edu