Body scores: an overview of choreographic writing

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https://doi.org/10.5965/1414573101542025e119

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choreographic notation, motion capture, Body writing, William Forsythe

Abstract

From the rudimentary choreographic notations created in the 15th century to the most recent digital methods of motion capture, one observes, on the one hand, the alternation between the presence and absence of the human figure and, on the other, the development of a writing of movement that, starting from the noble intention of preservation and transmission, sometimes ends up being valuable in itself, as a partial result of a creative process. While addressing writing problems specific to music and dance, one perceives in William Forsythe's work a double sense in the use of the score: leading from the work to the notation and from the notation to the work.   

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Cristian Borges, University of São Paulo

Doutorado em Cinema e Audiovisual pela Universidade Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3. Mestrado  em Cinema pela Universidade de Bristol, ambos com bolsa da CAPES. Professor Associado do Departamento de Cinema, Rádio e Televisão e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Artes Cênicas da Universidade de São Paulo (USP).

Isis Gasparini, University of São Paulo

 

Doutoranda em Artes Cênicas na Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Mestrado em Artes pela USP. Bacharel em  Artes Plásticas pela FAAP.  

 

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2025-04-28

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BORGES, Cristian; GASPARINI, Isis. Body scores: an overview of choreographic writing. Urdimento: Revista de Estudos em Artes Cênicas, Florianópolis, v. 1, n. 54, p. 1–32, 2025. DOI: 10.5965/1414573101542025e119. Disponível em: https://revistas.udesc.br/index.php/urdimento/article/view/26230. Acesso em: 4 jun. 2025.

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Vol. 1 No. 54 (2025): Brecht e Educação | Corpos que escrevem II

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Dossiê Temático: Corpos que escrevem II

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