“A graphics editor for labanotation” by Brown and Smoliar

There is a need for a simple mechanized way to design, update and produce final copies of scores of Labanotation, a symbolic, graphical language for the recording of body movement used by choreographers, anthropologists, psychologists and therapists. This paper discusses the design and implementation of a machine-independent data structure for Labanotation and its application in an interactive storage, retrieval and editing system.

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