Editing Action stroke dance notation (section)

'''Action Stroke Dance Notation''' (ASDN) is a [[dance notation]] system that was invented by Iver Cooper. Designed for fast writing, the notations primarily consist of "action strokes" that represent one of three basic actions:
* a support [[gesture]] that {{clarify span|takes [[weight]]|date=April 2014}} (e.g., hop or step)
* a touch gesture ({{clarify span|makes contacts without taking weight|date=April 2014}})
* an air gesture (makes no contact)

A dance score has five sections:
* general – describing the general movement of the dancer
* leg (or staff) – indicating movement of the legs and feet
* arm (or staff) – indicating movement of the arms and hands
* trunk – indicating movement of head, neck, chest and pelvis
* notes – detailed explanations of the movement

Scores are read from bottom to top. The horizontal dimension represents body symmetry and the vertical dimension represents time. ASDN employs abstract [[symbols]] and is visually similar to [[Motif description]], a subset of [[Labanotation]] that is also designed for speed of writing.