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Old 10-18-2006, 05:18 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I call movements by descriptive terms, so when writing it down I do the same i.e. vertical hip figure eight or horizontal rib circle etc. I write releve, plie or grand plie for level changes. I indicate placement as if on stage: back stage, center stage, front stage, stage right, stage left... and body direction as facing audience, right diagonal, left diagonal, facing backstage etc. L for left, R for right. That seems to work well for me, especially needing to come back to it after some time has passed. I can *usually* figure out what I was talking about.
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