Сестре Јанковић и Лабанова кинетографија
The Janković sisters and Кinetography Laban

Summary/Abstract: Based on the archival material from the Legacy of Sisters Janković, which is stored in the National Library of Serbia, this article critically examines Ljubica and Danica Janković’s relation to today’s world-renowned dance notation, kinetography Laban. Te analyzed archival material includes the transcript of the frst edition of Laban’s notation called Schriftanz in German, as well as several unpublished manuscripts by Ljubica Janković. Even though the Janković sisters were familiar with kinetography Laban, they (especially Ljubica) were its great opponents. Instead of learning and using kinetography Laban, they developed their own dance notation system in early 1930s and used it until Ljubica’s death in 1974. In this article, the relationship of the Janković sisters’ dance notation to Rudolf Laban’s kinetography is considered in the context of the wider processes of development of ethnochoreology, traditional dance notations, as well as the history of kinetography Laban in Europe in the frst half and mid-20th century.

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