Resources
DNB Services
When enrolled, you automatically earn the DNB membership for a year. You can borrow circulating materials from the DNB library with discount of $30 per score (normally $55) plus postage for your course preparation. This service is good for six months from the time you register.
You may contact Director of Library Services to request materials from our Notated Theatrical Dances Catalog.
Suggested Scores and Books for the Course
Books
Elementary Labanotation: A Study Guide by Muriel Topaz
Errata to Elementary Study Guide (PDF file)
Labanotation 4th edition by Ann Hutchinson Guest
Errata to Labanotation 4th edition (PDF file)
Labanotation Quiz Book by Ray Cook (PDF file)
Moving About by Charlotte Wile with Ray Cook (PDF file)
Your Move by Ann Hutchinson Guest and Tina Curran
Additional Books Available On Site at the DNB Library
The Dance Director by Ray Cook (PDF file)
Dance Perspective #56 “Dance in Ghana” by Odette Blum
Dances from Israel by Fred Berk and Lucy Venable
Doris Humphrey: The Collected Works Vol. 1
Doris Humphrey: The Collected Works Vol. 2
Elementary Reading Studies by Peggy Hackney et al.
Gail Grant Dictionary of Classical ballet in Labanotation (it accompanies Gail Grant's Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classic Ballet) by Allan Miles
Folk Dance Collection 1 by Alice Lattimore
Folk Dance Collection 3 by Muriel Topaz, Mireille Backer, and Alice Lattimore
Intermediate Reading Studies by Muriel Topaz, ed.
Japanese Bon Dances by Judy Van Zile
Labanotation for Ballet Dancers by Allan Miles
Labanotation Scores: An International Bibliography by Mary Jane Warner (PDF file)
Modern Jazz New York by Ray Cook
116 Modern Dance Classroom Combinations by Ray Cook
RAD Children’s Examination Syllabus by Ann Hutchinson Guest
Readers in Kinetography Laban. Series B. Vol 1-4 by Valerie Preston-Dunlop
Readings in Modern Dance I by Jane Edelson, ed.
Readings in Modern Dance II by Michelle Varon, ed.
Scottish Dances by Odette Blum
Tap Dance by Sheila Marion
10 Folk Dances in Labanotation by Fred Berk and Lucy Venable
Educational Performance Collections (for Purchase)
Children on the Hill by Moses Pendleton
Falling Off the Back Porch by Clay Taliaferro
Not for Love Alone by Buzz Miller
Scenes from the Music of Charles Ives by Anna Sokolow
What's Remembered by Rachel Lampert
Notes for the Labanotation Teacher
Reading by Odette Blum
Analyzing a Dance Score by Odette Blum
Assignment for Reading Aureole by Lucy Venable
The Follies (Coppelia): A Reading Lesson by Allan Miles
How to Check Material Prepared for Your Students by Lucy Venable
Condensed Version of a Paper on Teaching Rhythms to the Dance Student by Muriel Topaz
Other Articles
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Labanotation by Letitia Coburn
Excerpts from "A Teacher's Manual" by Ray Cook
Style sheet for writing Labanotation symbols on graph paper by Sheila Marion
Scores and Excerpts
The Beloved by Lester Horton
The Desperate Heart by Valerie Bettis
Elementary Reading Studies p. 1 March
Elementary Reading Studies p. 3 Pattern given in technique class by Jose Limon to emphasize changing accents
Elementary Reading Studies p. 4 Modern Jazz Study
Elementary Reading Studies p. 6 Combinations taught by Mary Wigman
Elementary Reading Studies p. 8 Combination give by Don Redlich
Elementary Reading Studies p. 11 Pirouette Study
Elementary Reading Studies p. 13 Jazz Study
Elementary Reading Studies p. 14 Jose Limon walking sequence
Elementary Reading Studies p. 16-17 Tango variation
Elementary Reading Studies p. 26 Circling study
Elementary Reading Studies p. 27 Merce Cunningham combination
Elementary Reading Studies p. 28 Combinations given by Ruth Currier
Elementary Reading Studies p. 29 Follies Galop final
Theme and Variations by Ray Cook
Videos
Intensive Course in Elementary Labanotation, Lesson 1 Part 1, by Jill Beck
Intensive Course in Elementary Labanotation, Lesson 1 Part 2, by Jill Beck
Intensive Course in Elementary Labanotation, Lesson 2 Part 1, by Jill Beck
Intensive Course in Elementary Labanotation, Lesson 2 Part 2, by Jill Beck
Intensive Course in Elementary Labanotation, Lesson 5 Part 1, by Jill Beck
Intensive Course in Elementary Labanotation, Lesson 5 Part 2, by Jill Beck
Intensive Course in Elementary Labanotation, Lesson 4 Part 1, by Jill Beck
Intensive Course in Elementary Labanotation, Lesson 4 Part 2, by Jill Beck
Intensive Course in Elementary Labanotation, Lesson 10 Part 1, by Jill Beck
Intensive Course in Elementary Labanotation, Lesson 10 Part 2, by Jill Beck
Student Voices: Floorplans Integrated into a University Non-Major Dance Course by Billie Lepczyk
Online Resources:
Notation Scores and Examples
Albrecht Knust Collection (in French)
Dance Notation Bureau Notated Theatrical Dances Catalog
Dance Notation Bureau Online Digital Archive
Database of Hungarian Traditional Dances Motif Collection & Film Collection
Ohio State University LabanLab
Organizations
Dance Notation Bureau Extension at The Ohio State University
Center National de la Danse in France
Conservatorie National Superieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris in France
Folkwang Hochschule Essen in Germany
International Council of Kinetography Laban
Trinity Laban at UK
Labanotation Study Group in Japan
Language of Dance Centre in UK
Language of Dance Centre in USA
Tools online
KineScribe (App for iPad) developed by Reed College
LabanLab developed by The Ohio State University
LabanReader developed by The Ohio State University
LabanWriter developed by The Ohio State University
Theory Bulletin Board hosted by The Dance Notation Bureau
Other DNB Classes