Training the analytical eye: video annotation for dance

Abstract

The practice of annotating video for the analysis and transmission of Western contemporary dance practices is in its infancy, and a handful of researchers are exploring its potential for publishing movement and choreographic ideas. Despite growing interest, literature relating to video annotation in dance is not readily available and, therefore, the contribution it makes to dance scholarship is unknown. In positioning video annotation as a form of dialogical mnemotechnics, this article sheds light on a method of analysis that is accessible to those both with and without prior training and experience in dance. The article argues that annotational thinking, an iterative and recursive process of grammatisation, augments video documents and creates complex multi-layered artificial memories that can train the analytical eye in a way that deepens and enriches understanding of dance.

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