| Description | A table of contents can be found at the front of the file; this table of contents dates to c2000s.
The file contains Labanotation scores of folk and ethnic dances from Italy, Japan, Java, Korea and Latin America.
Most of the Labanotation scores are photocopies, made mid- to late-20th Century, with originals dated mid- to late-20th Century. A few of the Labanotation scores are originals, dating to mid-20th Century.
The Italian dances are the following:
- "La Furlana"
- "Tarantella" (four Labanotated scores; two in English and two in German)
The Japanese dances are the following:
- Labanotation for some ways of grasping Kimono [the name of the dance is not given]
- "Haru-Same" ("Spring Rain")
- "Matsu no Midori" ("Pine Tree")
- "Sōran Busi" or "Sōran-Bushi", fisherman's working folk dance (two Labanotated scores)
- "Tanko Bushi" coal miner's dance
- "Tokyo Ondo"
- Descriptions of the rhythm of three dances [but no Labanotation]; two of the dances are called "Roopaka" and "Mangalam Song" [one of the dances doesn't appear to be named]
- "Yakshagana"
- Also includes a annotated photocopy of an annotated, typed article "Characteristics of Japanese Bon Dances in Hawaii: An Examination of Ten Dances" by Jane Knutson, Chikako Kashino, Vicky Takamine and Carlyn Tani. [The article was later published in "Dance Notation Journal" volume 5, number 1, spring 1987.] Article written c1987. Some annotations were made c1987 before the photocopy was taken. Photocopy made c1987. Some annotations were made c1987 after the photocopy was taken.
- Also includes an annotated published article about digital archives of Japanese and Okinawan dances under a project of the Japan Society for Comparative Studies for Dance. The article is in Japanese. Article published 2001; annotations made 2001.
The Javanese dance is the following:
- Javanese dance, female style, taught by Mrs Suharto
The Korean dances are the following:
- Published book "Dances of Korea" by Won-Kyung Cho. Book published by Norman J Seaman, New York City, [USA], 1962. (This book includes a Labanotated score for the court dance "Tah Ryong Chum".)
- "Bong San Talch'um", mask dance (this Labanotated score is in German)
- "Putsch'ä-T'sch'um", fan dance (this Labanotated score is in German)
- "Sung Mu" (this Labanotated score is in German)
The Latin American dances are the following:
- "Las Chiapanecas", a Mexican dance
- "El Jarabe Tapatio", a Mexican dance
- Detail of the "Lundu" step from Brazilian carnival dance
- The "Batuque" step from Brazilian carnival dance
- The "Meringue" step from Porto Rican social dance
- The "Guaracha" step from Porto Rican social dance
- Afro-Cuban dance steps, choreographed by Leora Luders
- "Bambuco" (this Labanotated score is in Spanish)
- "Cachito", a Mexican dance (two Labanotated scores)
- "Chacarera" (two Labanotated scores; one in English and one in Spanish)
- "Chiapanecas", a Mexican dance, choreographed by Polly Rogers
- "La Cueca", a Chilean dance (two Labanotated scores)
- "El Cuando" ("When?"), an Argentinian dance (two Labanotated scores; one in English and one in Spanish)
- "El Punto" (two Labanotated scores)
- "La Marinera", a Peruvian dance (two Labanotated scores)
- A written description [but no Labanotation] of "Jarabe de la Botella", a Mexican dance
- "Tarana", a Mexican dance
- "Joropo", a Venezuelan dance (two Labanotated scores)
- "Carnivalite" or "Carnavalita" ("Little Carnival"), a Peruvian dance
- "Huayno", a Peruvian dance
- "La Golondriana", a Paraguayan dance (this Labanotated score is in German)
- "La Resbaloso", a Peruvian dance
- "La Raspa", a Mexican dance (three Labanotated scores)
- "La Resbalosa", a Peruvian dance
- "Jarana", a Mexican dance
- South American folk steps from Peru
- "Vossarull"
- Dance notation [but not Labanotation] of "El Jarabe Ranchero" or "El Jarabe de Jalisco" (this notated score is in Spanish) |