{"product_id":"alphabet-of-movements-of-the-human-body-9781906830830","title":"Alphabet of Movements of The Human Body","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe problem of recording movements of the human body is\u003cbr\u003e almost as old as the art of dancing: it has been said that the\u003cbr\u003e ancient Egyptians had a system of notation, but there is no\u003cbr\u003e real evidence to prove that this was so.\u003cbr\u003e The present system was developed by the Russian dancer\u003cbr\u003e Vladimir Ivanovich Stepanov at the end of the 19th century.\u003cbr\u003e It is based on existing music notation, and although basic\u003cbr\u003e is certainly practical: one has only to read the official\u003cbr\u003e testimonial, signed by such people as Petipa and Johanssen, \u003cbr\u003e to realise this. Lessons in the system were given at the\u003cbr\u003e Imperial Ballet Schools, and many ballets of the period\u003cbr\u003e were notated in it.\u003cbr\u003e Stepanov's book is no more than a skeleton key, showing\u003cbr\u003e the general principles of his system and their application, \u003cbr\u003e yet even as it stands it can be used to decipher old notations\u003cbr\u003e - it was by means of notations made in Stepanov's system\u003cbr\u003e that Nicolai Sergeyev was able to reproduce The Sleeping\u003cbr\u003e Princess for Diaghilev, and other ballets for the Sadler's\u003cbr\u003e Wells Ballet and International Ballet. More recently, other\u003cbr\u003e hands have used the system to revive ballets long thought\u003cbr\u003e to have been irrevocably lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"David Leonard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50434513142034,"sku":"9781906830830","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_42b720c4-8e2a-4b37-9b46-2c0fc2e0a764.jpg?v=1729602992","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/alphabet-of-movements-of-the-human-body-9781906830830","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}