A Primer for Dance by Ann Hutchinson

Submitted by Mei-Chen Lu -- February 16, 2021

A Primer for Dance was the first in a series presenting Labanotation in a manner understandable to student and teacher alike.  Ann Hutchinson introduced "The Language of Dance" through Labanotation to teach fundamentals of movement and the traditional steps on which all styles and dance forms are built.   The materials presented here are a selection of established forms rather than movements of a personal invention.  

The book includes cut-out symbols, the characters Peggy and Pete who guide you to read and write dance notation, and music scores.  

The illustrations are by Doug Anderson, the music is by Julia Aerts.  A Primer for Dance was published in 1958.

Please note the original book is wider than our scanner can accommodate, so some parts might be missing in the scanned version.