Dance research

thumb|Jaap Kunst, early ethnomusicologist and creator of the term 'ethno-musicology', plays the [[Indonesian triton, beside other traditional Indonesian instruments.]]

aspect of history

Ethnochoreology (also dance ethnology, dance anthropology, ethnic dance) is the study of dance through the application of anthropology, musicology, ethnomusicology, and ethnography. Ethnochoreology attempts to apply academic thought to the meaning and motivations of dance.

thumb|Rudolf Laban presenting his notation system, circa 1929 thumb|Dance workshop based on Laban's notation system, circa 1929 Labanotation (grammatically correct form "Labannotation" or "Laban notation" is uncommon) is a system for analyzing and recording human movement (notation system), invented by Austro-Hungarian choreographer and dancer Rudolf von Laban (1879–1958, a central figure in European modern dance), who developed his notation on movements in the 1920s.

academic discipline

System for analyzing human movement

organization