DANCE NOTATION BUREAU INC

LIBRARY/ARCHIVAL SERVICES: THE HEART OF THE DNB'S OPERATION IS ITS COLLECTION OF 872 LABANOTATION SCORES OF DANCES THAT HAVE BEEN CHOREOGRAPHED BY 302 ARTISTS. THIS CORE COLLECTION IS SUPPLEMENTED BY RELATED ITEMS THAT SUPPORT THE STAGING OF THE DANCES, INCLUDING PHOTOS, VIDEOS, MUSIC SCORES AND RECORDINGS, PROGRAMS, COSTUME SKETCHES, AND LIGHTING AND SCENERY DESIGNS - A COLLECTION THAT MAKES THE DNB A UNIQUE ARCHIVE IN THE WORLD OF DANCE. THE DNB'S ARCHIVE IS IN A STORAGE FACILITY IN LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS, NY. PATRONS WISHING TO EXAMINE SCORES AND RELATED MATERIAL MAY CONTINUE TO DO SO BY CONTACTING THE DNB LIBRARIAN AND REQUESTING THE MATERIAL BE SENT BY EMAIL (VIA PDF SCANS) OR BY REGULAR MAIL TO THEIR HOME OR INSTITUTIONAL ADDRESS. SELECTED SCORES ARE AVAILABLE FOR USE IN STAGING DANCES FOR PUBLIC PERFORMANCE THROUGH RENTAL AND CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS WITH THE DNB. SCORE RENTALS ARE A PRIMARY SOURCE OF REVENUE GENERATED BY THE DNB'S ARCHIVE. SCORE RENTAL FEES ARE MODEST TO MAKE THE SCORES MORE AVAILABLE TO THOSE WITH LIMITED BUDGETS. THE DNB'S ONLINE NOTATED THEATRICAL DANCES CATALOG, ACCESSIBLE TO ANYONE WITH AN INTERNET CONNECTION, ALLOWS PATRONS TO BROWSE INFORMATION ABOUT EACH SCORE IN THE COLLECTION. MANY OF THE SCORES IN THE DNB ARCHIVE HAVE KEPT DANCES FROM DISAPPEARING OVER THE YEARS, INCLUDING WORKS BY MERCE CUNNINGHAM AND GEORGE BALANCHINE. THE DNB ADDS NEW SCORES TO ITS COLLECTION AND TO THE ONLINE CATALOG EACH YEAR, THE PRODUCT OF OUR EFFORTS TO NOTATE IMPORTANT OLD AND NEW MODERN DANCE WORKS AND BALLETS. DURING THE PAST YEAR THE DNB HAS NOTATED AND ADDED TO THE ARCHIVE WORKS BY BALLET AND CONTEMPORARY HIP-HOP CHOREOGRAPHERS, INCLUDING SECTIONS FROM KENNETH MACMILLAN'S BALLET, ROMEO AND JULIET, AND A PERFORMANCE PIECE BY RECORDING ARTIST AND CHOREOGRAPHER FKA TWIGS TITLED EUSEXUA. THE DNB PUBLISHES A NEWSLETTER, "LIBRARY NEWS" UP TO FOUR TIMES EACH YEAR, FEATURING ARTICLES BY LABANOTATORS AND DANCE EDUCATORS WORLD-WIDE ON NOTATION TOPICS, INCLUDING THE SCORES IN THE DNB'S COLLECTION. THE NEWSLETTER IS DISTRIBUTED ONLINE TO OVER 2,000 INSTITUTIONS AND INDIVIDUALS.

EDUCATION: THE DNB OFFERS CORRESPONDENCE COURSES IN BOTH ELEMENTARY AND INTERMEDIATE LABANOTATION, AND ONLINE COURSES IN MOVEMENT OBSERVATION AND MOTIF NOTATION. INTENSIVE ONE TO TWO-WEEK WORKSHOPS IN ELEMENTARY LABANOTATION, INTERMEDIATE LABANOTATION, AND MOTIF NOTATION HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN CHINESE AND HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED, PRE-COVID, IN CHINA BY A DNB STAFF MEMBER WHO IS FLUENT IN MANDARIN. WE HAVE ALSO OFFERED IN THE US AND IN CHINA A ONE-WEEK INTENSIVE TEACHER CERTIFICATION COURSE (TCC) IN ELEMENTARY LABANOTATION. AS THERE IS SUFFICIENT DEMAND AND ENROLLMENT, INTENSIVE WORKSHOPS IN ELEMENTARY, INTERMEDIATE, AND ADVANCED LABANOTATION ARE NOW OFFERED VIA ZOOM BASED INSTRUCTION. ALL LABANOTATION AND MOTIF WORKSHOPS ARE COMPARABLE TO A 3-CREDIT COLLEGE OFFERING IN THE SUBJECT. STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING THE US, CHINA, MEXICO, AND THAILAND HAVE ENROLLED IN THE DNB'S ZOOM-BASED, ELEMENTARY, INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LABANOTATION COURSES. THE DNB CONDUCTED VIA ZOOM AND IN PERSON THE FOLLOWING COURSE OFFERINGS DURING THE FISCAL 2024 YEAR:1) SUMMER 2023 ELEMENTARY LABANOTATION WORKSHOP VIA ZOOM FOR STUDENTS IN MEXICO. THE DNB OFFERED AND TAUGHT THE COURSE TO 10 STUDENTS IN COOPERATION WITH THE ORGANIZATION ESPACIO LABAN.2) DNB ORGANIZED AND TAUGHT AN ADVANCED READING SESSION AT THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL KINETOGRAPHY LABAN (ICKL) CONFERENCE IN SUMMER 2024 IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA. 3) STUDENTS CONTINUE TO ENROLL IN THE DNB'S CORRESPONDENCE COURSES IN ELEMENTARY AND INTERMEDIATE LABANOTATION. DURING FY 2024, 10 STUDENTS PASSED THE DNB'S ELEMENTARY LABANOTATION EXAMINATION AND EARNED CERTIFICATES. THE DNB ALSO BEGAN WORKING ON PREPARATION OF AN ELEMENTARY LABANOTATION TEACHER CERTIFICATION COURSE (TCC) TO BE OFFERED IN COLUMBUS, OH DURING SUMMER 2025, ONE WEEK PRIOR THE 2025 ICKL CONFERENCE. DNB IS WORKING WITH LABANOTATION STUDENTS IN CHINA TO PUBLISH A CHINESE EDITION OF THE ELEMENTARY LABANOTATION STUDY GUIDE, A DNB COPYRIGHTED BOOK. DNB ALSO DESIGNED AND PUBLISHED DURING FY 2024 A BROCHURE FEATURING THE DNB'S EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THE BROCHURE WAS DISTRIBUTED TO SEVERAL HUNDRED COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY DANCE DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS TO PROFESSIONAL DANCE COMPANIES. THE DNB'S DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, DIANA BYER, WILL USE THE BROCHURE AS A MARKETING TOOL ON VISITS WITH COLLEGES AND DANCE COMPANIES TO INTRODUCE THE BENEFITS OF DANCE LITERACY --- THE ABILITY TO READ AND LEARN DANCE MOVEMENT FROM A PRINTED SCORE.