dance notation definition
Dance notation, languageEncyclopÃ¦dia Britannica, Inc.the recording of dance movement through the use of written symbols. Dance notation is to dance what musical notation is to music and what the written word is to drama. In dance, notation is the translation of four-dimensional movement (time being the fourth dimension) into signs written on two-dimensional paper. A fifth âdimensionââdynamics, or the quality, texture, and phrasing of movementâshould also be considered an integral part of notation, although in most systems it is not.