<P> Labanotation is a record of the facts, the framework of the movement, so that it can be reproduced . </P> <P> The symbols are placed on a vertical staff, the horizontal dimension of the staff represents the symmetry of the body, and the vertical dimension represents time passing by . </P> <P> The location of a symbol on the staff defines the body part it represents . The centre line of the staff represents the centre line of the body, symbols on the right represent the right side of the body, symbols on the left, the left side . </P> <P> The staff is read from bottom to top and the length of a symbol defines the duration of the movement . Drawing on western music notation, Labanotation uses bar lines to mark the measures and double bar lines at the start and end of the movement score . The starting position of the dancer can be given before the double bar lines at the start of the score . </P>

Labanotation is still used as one of the primary movement notation system in dance