notation of dance movements by means of diagrams
• (n.) A treatise upon dancing.
(from the article `Weaver, John`) Weaver`s writings on dance are of major significance. His Orchesography (1706) was the first English version of the French choreographer Raoul-Auger ...
Or`che·sog'ra·phy noun [ Greek ... dance + -graphy .] A treatise upon dancing. [ R.]
orchesography The description or notation of dancing by means of diagrams, etc.