The author takes a new approach to teaching notation through movement exercises, thus enlarging the scope of the book to teachers of movement and choreography as well as the traditional dance notation students.

General Notes; Part 1 Specific Notes for Each Chapter; Chapter 1 Chapter One -MOVEMENT; STILLNESS; TIMING; Chapter 2 Chapter Two -TRAVELLING; Chapter 3 CHAPTER THREE -VARIATIONS IN TRAVELLING; Chapter 4 CHAPTER FOUR -ABSENCE OF SUPPORT: JUMPING (ELEVATION); Chapter 5 CHAPTER FIVE -DIRECTION-DEFINITION OF SPACE; Chapter 6 CHAPTER SIX -FLEXION; EXTENSION; Chapter 7 CHAPTER SEVEN -ROTATIONS, REVOLUTIONS, TURNS; Chapter 8 CHAPTER EIGHT -SUPPORTING, CHANGE OF SUPPORT; Chapter 9 CHAPTER NINE -BALANCE, EQUILIBRIUM; Chapter 10 CHAPTER TEN -RELATIONSHIPS; Chapter 11 CHAPTER ELEVEN -PART LEADING, GUIDANCE; Chapter 12 CHAPTER TWELVE -ONE-SIDED GESTURES: SHAPES AND PATTERNS FOR GESTURES; Chapter 13 CHAPTER THIRTEEN -DIRECTION: THE DIAGONALS; Chapter 14 CHAPTER FOURTEEN -AERIAL STEPS: THE FIVE BASIC FORMS; Chapter 15 CHAPTER FIFTEEN -TURNING OF BODY PARTS: ROTATION, TWIST; Chapter 16 CHAPTER SIXTEEN -FLEXION AND EXTENSION: SPECIFIC FORMS; Chapter 17 CHAPTER SEVENTEEN -RELATIONSHIP: SITUATIONS IN MEETING; LOOKING; Chapter 18 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN -DESTINATION, MOTION; Chapter 19 CHAPTER NINETEEN -SPECIFIC DIRECTIONAL ACTIONS; Chapter 20 CHAPTER TWENTY -DIRECTION: SYSTEMS OF REFERENCE; Chapter 21 CHAPTER TWENTY ONE -DYNAMICS; The Exercise Sheets: Answers;