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A five-line stave read as a body seen from behind.
Also known as: Choreology notation, Benesh notation, Dance stave notation, Five lines for a body
Benesh notation uses a five-line stave read horizontally like music, but the lines represent the body rather than pitch: top line at the head, bottom at the floor. It shows a matrix of the dancer seen from behind, which is why left and right are not reversed.
Denotes a system for recording movement on a five-line stave whose lines correspond to levels of the body from head to floor.
Contexts: Music
Represents the dancer as seen from behind, so the reader's left corresponds to the dancer's left without mental reversal.
Contexts: Music
Is read horizontally alongside a musical score, unlike Labanotation's vertical staff, which is the practical difference between the two systems.
Contexts: Music
Is used by the Royal Ballet and in physiotherapy and clinical movement analysis as well as in dance.
Contexts: Music
A horizontal five-line stave carrying small strokes, dots, hooks and crosses positioned between and on the lines to mark the location of hands, feet and body parts.