Motation

Mo`ta´tion


n.1.The act of moving; motion.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Notably, these series bring to mind Lawrence's 1965 conception of "motation," an experimental system for graphically notating three-dimensional movement that is modeled on the sequential action in individual frames of film--a departure from dance notation's focus on discrete gestures.