History 1.
A History of
the Development of the Laban Notation System
(Hutchinson Guest 1995, p56)
(Hutchinson Guest 1995, p56)
39.14 Time
Significance in Hook Placement
Originally a
hook attached to a gesture or a support symbol modified the whole sign, thus placement did not have to be exact. This can be seen in
39r taken from Laban 1956; the same was used
in AHG 1954. Knust established that the hook had time significance, 39s, thus the moment of contact could
be add at the beginning (a), the middle (b)
or at the end (c) of the gesture. This rule also applied to hooks on sliding gestures; adopted by ICKL in 1963 the
rule brought with it the need to
distinguish between unit timing and specific timing.
