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‘He established choreology, the discipline of dance analysis, and invented a system of dance notation, now known as Labanotation or Kinetography Laban.’
‘People also ask, ‘Well, why do we need to have choreology, in this day and age of videotape?’’
‘Though most widely used in ballet companies, choreology has subsequently been evolved to deal with non-classical movement also, and together with Labanotation is the most internationally used system.’
‘In that female dominated world of choreology it was indeed rare to find another man who was interested in notation.’
Origin
1960s: from Greek khoreia ‘dancing in unison’ (from khoros ‘chorus’) + -logy.