choreology
English
editEtymology
editAncient Greek χορεία (khoreía, “dance”) + -logy
Noun
editchoreology (uncountable)
- The study of the aesthetic and science of forms of dance and other human movement, by means of notation.
Usage notes
edit- Also known as Benesh Movement Notation after Joan and Rudolf Benesh, who developed it in the late 1940s.