AUTHOR=Maiorani Arianna , Liu Chun 

TITLE=Developing Kinesemiotics: Challenges and solutions using the Functional Grammar of Dance

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Communication

VOLUME=Volume 7 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/communication/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2022.958349

DOI=10.3389/fcomm.2022.958349

ISSN=2297-900X

ABSTRACT=16	This article aims at testing the applicability and the possibility of adaptation of the Functional
17	Grammar of Dance, which is at the core of the development of the new interdisciplinary
18	research  area  called  Kinesemiotics.  As  a  model  of  analysis  for  movement-based
19	communication, the Functional Grammar of Dance has already been used for the analysis of
20	classical ballet choreography, and it is currently employed in a collaborative research project
21	involving the authors of this article and their research group at Loughborough University in
22	the UK, the University of Bremen in Germany, and the English National Ballet. The testing
23	opportunity is provided by the challenging analysis of an iconic choreography of the 20th
24	century: Lamentation, a solo piece created by Martha Graham. The analysis will show the
25	applicability of the theory and the adaptability of the model of analysis, and it will also provide
26	examples of the way a new type of annotation based on this grammar has been created and
27	applied using the ELAN annotation software. The use of ELAN includes the implementation of
28	a specifically compiled controlled vocabulary providing labels for coding the materiality,
29	structure and semantics of dance discourse systematically.