Vladimir Ivanovich Stepanov

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Vladimir Stepanov

Wladimir Ivanovich Stepanow ( Russian Владимир Иванович Степанов , scientific transliteration Vladimir Ivanovič Stepanov ; born June 29, 1866 , † January 28, 1896 ) was a Russian dancer in the Imperial Ballet in Saint Petersburg .

Stepanow published dance notation in 1892 under the title L'Alphabet des Mouvements du Corps Humain .

What is special about this notation is that the dance movements are not coded by abstract symbols, but by musical notes in a notation system. Stepanow breaks down complex sequences of movements into the movements that individual body joints can perform and assigns certain forms of musical notes to these basic elements.

literature

  • P. Markow: Teatralnaja enziklopedija, Tom 4: Neschin-Sjarew . Sovetskaya enziklopedija, 1965. (Russian)
personal data
SURNAME Stepanov, Vladimir Ivanovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Владимир Иванович Степанов, Vladimir Ivanovič Stepanov
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian dancer in the "Imperial Ballet" in Saint Petersburg
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1866
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 1896