源流·符号·功能:拉班舞谱与主题舞谱辨误

Origin,Symbol,and Function:Misidentification of Labanotation and Motif Notation

拉班舞谱(Labanotation)和主题舞谱(Motif Notation)虽然都属于拉班体系,但两者的发生源头、历史、符号体系、目的、功能和运用方式皆不同。拉班舞谱的目的是记录舞蹈以达到保存和流传的目的;主题舞谱则主要运用于舞蹈创作和动作的概要性观察与记录,只记录动作的意图、动机和主要的轮廓、框架,而非细节。拉班舞谱和主题舞谱作为世界通用的舞蹈语言和符号体系,对于研究和分析舞蹈提供了有效的方式,两者发展成两种庞大的符号系统,既有通用的符号,也有很多不同的符号。文章从历史、结构、符号的演变和新符号的产生,以及两者之间的差异来分析拉班舞谱和主题舞谱,并对两种舞谱在中国的传播和使用情况进行辨误。

Despite Labanotation and Motif Notation both being part of the Laban system,they are different in origin,historical background,notation structure,purpose,function,and practice.Labanotation highlights the preservation and continuation of dance literacy through detailed analyses of movement while Motif Notation only focuses on the general observation and recording of main concepts only.To be specific,instead of concentrating on the details,Motif Notation records only the intention,motivation,main structure,and framework of dance.As two universal languages of dance and notation systems,they play a significant role in dance research and analysis.Labanotation and Motif Notation have developed into two complicated notation systems with some shared symbols,but also different ones to serve different purposes.This paper aims to decode Labanotation and Motif Notation by tracing their histories,analyzing their structures as well as the evolution of symbols,the creation of new symbols,as well as the differences between them.The development and practice of these two notation systems in China will also be covered.