Editing Labanotation (section)

==History==
Laban's first book on the subject was published in German in 1928 called '''Schrifttanz''' (Written Dance);{{sfn|McCaw|2011|pp=98, 129, 138, 160}} a similar version in French and English appeared in 1930.<ref name="EDKL1" /> A few years later Laban's interest turned to other matters and he gave his notation system to the world.<ref name="EDKL1" /> The German dancer, choreographer and pedagogue [[Albrecht Knust]], who by 1930 had together with Laban's daughter Azra (Azraela) established the ''Tanz-Schreib-Stube'' (the first Dance Notation Bureau), was the first-ever full-time kinetographer-movement notator.{{sfn|McCaw|2011|p=162}} Between 1946 and 1950 Knust wrote his major work '''Das Handbuch der Kinetographie Laban''' (The Manual of Kinetography Laban) in eight-volumes in German,{{sfn|McCaw|2011|p=162}} typed carbon copies appeared in 1951 in English.<ref name="EDKL1" /> [[Ann Hutchinson Guest]] and former student of [[Sigurd Leeder]], studied the system differences among and between the various practitioners taught by former Laban student [[Irma Betz]], and had the opportunity to confer with Laban, Knust and Leeder personally on movement details and ideas, developed it further naming it '''Labanotation'''.<ref name="EDKL1" /> The two systems differ somewhat.

Laban's notation system is used as a type of [[dance notation]] in other applications including [[Laban Movement Analysis]], [[robotics]] and human movement simulation. With Labanotation, any form of human movement can be recorded: The basis is natural human movement, every change must be noted.

This notation system could be used to describe movement in terms of spatial models and concepts, which contrasts with other movement notation systems based on anatomical analysis, letter codes, stick figures, music notes, track systems, or word notes. The system precisely and accurately portrays temporal patterns, actions, floor plans, body parts and a three-dimensional use of space. Laban's notation system eventually evolved into modern-day Labanotation and Kinetography Laban.

Labanotation and Kinetography Laban evolved separately in the 1930s through 1950s, Labanotation in the United States and England, and Kinetography Laban in Germany and other European countries.{{sfn|McCaw|2011|p=162}} As a result of their different evolutionary paths, Kinetography Laban hasn't changed significantly since inception, whereas Labanotation evolved over time to meet new needs. For example, at the behest of members of the [[Dance Notation Bureau]], the Labanotation system was expanded to allow it to convey the motivation or meaning behind movements. Kinetography Laban practitioners, on the other hand, tend to work within the constraints of the existing notation system, using spatial description alone to describe movement.<ref>Interview with Ann Hutchinson Guest (August, 2012).</ref>

The International Council of Kinetography Laban was created in 1959 to clarify, standardize and eliminate differences between Labanotation and Kinetography Laban.  Thanks to this, one or both are currently used throughout the world almost interchangeably, and are readable to practitioners of either system.