Editing Labanotation (section)

===Direction and level of the movement===
The shapes of the '''direction symbols''' indicate nine different directions in space and the shading of the symbol specifies the level of the movement.

Each "direction symbol" indicates the orientation of a line between the proximal and distal points of a body part or a limb.<ref>Hutchinson, Ann. Labanotation or Kinetography Laban: The System of Analyzing and Recording Movement (1954, 1970, 1977). New York: Theatre Arts Books. pp. 164-170.</ref>  That is, "the direction signs indicate the direction towards which the limbs must incline".<ref>Knust, Albrecht.  Dictionary of Kinetography Laban (Labanotation); Volume I (1979). Plymouth: MacDonald and Evans. p. 14</ref>

The direction symbols are organized as three levels: '''high''', '''middle''', and '''low''' (or deep):

{| style="width: 80%" border="1" class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|- 
! colspan="8" | Labanotation direction symbols

|- align="center" style="height: 10px;"
| colspan="8" style="border: 0px solid darkgray;" | (Hover mouse over symbols to see their names)

|- align="center"
| rowspan="3" width="100pt" style="border: 0px solid darkgray;"| High Level
| width="50pt" | [[File:Laban-diagonal-forward-high-left.jpg|forward-left-high]]
| width="50pt" | [[File:Laban-median-forward-high.jpg|forward-high]]
| width="50pt" | [[File:Laban-diagonal-forward-high-right.jpg|forward-right-high]]
| rowspan="11" width="20pt" style="border: 0px solid darkgray;"|
| width="90pt" | left-forward-high
| width="90pt" | forward-high
| width="90pt" | right-forward-high

|- align="center"
| [[File:Laban-frontal-high-left.jpg|left-high]]
| [[File:Laban-vertical-high.jpg|place-high]]
| [[File:Laban-frontal-high-right.jpg|right-high]]
| left-high
| place-high
| right-high

|- align="center"
| [[File:Laban-diagonal-backward-high-left.jpg|backward-left-high]]
| [[File:Laban-median-backward-high.jpg|backward-high]]
| [[File:Laban-diagonal-backward-high-right.jpg|backward-right-high]]
| left-back-high
| back-high
| right-back-high

|- align="center" style="height: 10px;"
| colspan="8" style="border: 0px solid darkgray;" |

|- align="center"
| rowspan="3" width="100pt" style="border: 0px solid darkgray;"| Middle Level
| width="50pt" | [[File:Laban-horizontal-left-forward.jpg|left-forward-middle]]
| width="50pt" | [[File:Laban-sagittal-forward.jpg|forward-middle]]
| width="50pt" | [[File:Laban-horizontal-right-forward.jpg|right-forward-middle]]
| width="90pt" | left-forward-middle
| width="90pt" | forward-middle
| width="90pt" | right-forward-middle

|- align="center"
| [[File:Laban-lateral-left.jpg|left-middle]]
| [[File:Laban-center.jpg|place-middle]]
| [[File:Laban-lateral-right.jpg|right-middle]]
| left-middle
| place-middle
| right-middle

|- align="center"
| [[File:Laban-horizontal-left-backward.jpg|left-back-middle]]
| [[File:Laban-sagittal-backward.jpg|back-middle]]
| [[File:Laban-horizontal-right-backward.jpg|right-back-middle]]
| left-back-middle
| back-middle
| right-back-middle

|- align="center" style="height: 10px;"
| colspan="8" style="border: 0px solid darkgray;" |

|- align="center"
| rowspan="3" width="100pt" style="border: 0px solid darkgray;"| Low Level
| width="50pt" | [[File:Laban-diagonal-forward-deep-left.jpg|forward-left-deep]]
| width="50pt" | [[File:Laban-median-forward-deep.jpg|forward-low]]
| width="50pt" | [[File:Laban-diagonal-forward-deep-right.jpg|forward-right-deep]]
| width="90pt" | left-forward-Low
| width="90pt" | forward-Low
| width="90pt" | right-forward-Low

|- align="center"
| [[File:Laban-frontal-deep-left.jpg|left-deep]]
| [[File:Laban-vertical-deep.jpg|place-low]]
| [[File:Laban-frontal-deep-right.jpg|right-deep]]
| left-Low
| place-Low
| right-Low

|- align="center"
| [[File:Laban-diagonal-backward-deep-left.jpg|backward-left-deep]]
| [[File:Laban-median-backward-deep.jpg|backward-deep]]
| [[File:Laban-diagonal-backward-deep-right.jpg|backward-right-deep]]
| left-back-Low
| back-Low
| right-back-Low
|}