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What is the oldest known attempt at dance notation?
What is the oldest known attempt at dance notation?
- The Municipal Archives of Cervera, Spain
- A manuscript from the 15th century (correct)
- A manuscript from the 16th century
- A manuscript from the 17th century
What is one of the main challenges in creating a dance notation system?
What is one of the main challenges in creating a dance notation system?
- Making it easy to write (correct)
- Making it easy to read
- Making it easy to understand
- Making it easy to remember
What is the main reason why many dance notation systems have failed?
What is the main reason why many dance notation systems have failed?
- It is too complex (correct)
- It is too simple
- It is too difficult to remember
- It is too difficult to read
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Study Notes
- Dance notation has undergone many unsuccessful beginnings because it is more complex than music.
- The first known attempt at notation was recorded in two manuscripts preserved in the Municipal Archives of Cervera, Spain, in the second half of the fifteenth century.
- Since then, many other systems have been devised, but all have eventually fallen into disuse.
- One of the difficulties in notation is that it must be easily written and read.
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