choreology

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χορεία (khoreía, “dance”) +‎ -logy.

Noun

choreology (uncountable)

1. The study of the aesthetic and science of forms of dance and other human movement, by means of notation.

Usage notes

• Also known as Benesh Movement Notation after Joan and Rudolf Benesh, who developed it in the late 1940s.

Derived terms

• choreological
• choreologist
• choreomusicology
• ethnochoreology

 

References

• Richard Holden, choreologist