| Description | A table of contents can be found at the front of the file; this table of contents dates to late-20th Century.
The file contains academic articles about the use of computers to aid dance and dance notation. The articles are dated late-20th Century.
Most of the articles are photocopies, with the photocopies made late-20th Century. Some of the articles have been annotated, with annotations dating to late-20th Century.
The file contains the following articles:
- "A Human Movement Language for Computer Animation" by Don Herbison-Evans. Article published in "Proceedings of the Symposium on Language Design and Programming Methodology, Sydney", 1979. Also included are photocopies of brief, typed reports and a magazine article about this project; brief reports and magazine article dated 1980.
- "CHOREO: An Interactive Computer Model for Dance" by GJ Savage and JM Officer. Article published in "Int. J. Man-Machine Studies", 1978.
- "The Integration of Subjective and Objective Data in the Animation of Human Movement" by TW Calvert, J Chapman and A Patla. Article published in "Computer Graphics", 1980.
- "Computer Interpretation of Dance Notation" by J Barenholtz, Z Wolofsky, I Ganapathy, TW Calvert and P O'Hara. Article published in "Computing in the Humanities", [1977].
- "Notation of Movement with Computer Assistance" by TW Calvert and J Chapman. [Article published in "Proceedings of the 1978 Association for Computing Machinery Annual Conference".]
- "Computer-Assisted Composition and Performance Control of Theatrical Lighting and Effects" by M Garrard, ER Ghent, W Hemsath and J Seawright. Article written c1977. [It is not known if this article was published.]
- "Balanchine Forever" by Patricia McLaughlin. Article published in "The Pennsylvania Gazette", 1976.
- "An Interactive Computer Graphics Approach to the Design of Marching Band Routines" by MG Collins and GR Kane. Article published in "Comput. & Graphics", 1975.
- "A Computerized Editor for Benesh Movement Notation" by Rhonda Ryman. Article intended for publication in "Dance Research Journal" [the article was published in this journal in 1984].
The file also includes photocopies of the following (photocopies made late-20th Century):
- "User's Manual: Recording Movement in Labanotation on Computer". This manual for a computer programme was created by the University of Iowa, [USA], 1979.
- Short articles on the use of computers for dance and dance notation, published in "A!R!" ["Action! Recording!", newsletter of the Language of Dance Centre], 1980.
- An extract from a letter from Alix Cordray to the DNB [Dance Notation Bureau, New York, USA], regarding the use of computers to assist with Labanotation. Letter dated 1975.
- A bibliography of books and articles about computers and dance held at the Dance Notation Bureau, [New York, USA]. Bibliography compiled 1986.
- Typed information about the "DOM Notation System: Version 2.0" computer programme, created by Ed Dombrower at Mirage Graphics Inc., Manhattan Beach, California, [USA]. Information written c1985.
- Short article "Dance Goes High-Tech, Enters Computer Age" by Tullia Limarzi. Article published in "Staten Island Sunday Advance", 1990. |