Protecting dance intellectual property: Proving uniqueness with dance notation.

So here you are, wandering from your bedroom to the bathroom, wondering how you can enhance or assist your career as a dancer while stuck outside of the studio. Protect your own creations and intellectual property; as well as recording (or instead) make sure you have filed a written copy of your work.

You can create your own dances, work on your choreography skills but what then? How many routines can you upload to Youtube or TikTok et al? And how can you protect them as your individual protection?

A good use of your spare time over this period of isolation, is to learn how to write dance notation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_notation

"...Dance notation is the symbolic representation of human dance movement and form, using methods such as graphic symbols and figures, path mapping, numerical systems, and letter and word notations. Several dance notation systems have been invented, many of which are designed to document specific types of dance. A dance score is recorded dance notation that describes a particular dance...."

You will need to decide what system suits you and your work.
https://curlie.org/Arts/Performing_Arts/Dance/Dance_Technology/Notation/

https://www.contemporary-dance.org/dance-notation-and-how-to-write-it.html

Consider the history of dance notation:
https://www.britannica.com/art/dance-notation

Here's a few basics to get your thought processes started.
http://dancenotation.org/lnbasics/frame0.html

Look around on-line for other people's experiences. Practice notating well known routines.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5PUTipC56k

For my daughter Bella, an amazing Misty Copeland performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw_LfOx-1-c

For Daddy Adam, don't tell me you don't know the moves! Go for it! 0:)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6140pdR45Tw


Enjoy!

Ellen 0:)n
Ellen F. Walker