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Noa Eshkol
Born 1924, Kvutzat Degania B
Died 2007, Holon 
 

Bibliographical Notes

 
Studies
1943-1945          - Dance and body culture studies, Tehila Ressler School, Tel Aviv
1946-1948          - Art of Movement Studio, Manchester, Great Britain (Teachers: Rudolf Laban and Lisa Ullmann)
                         - The Sigurd Leeder School of Modern Dance, London
 
Dance and Movement Notation
1954-1993          - Noa Eshkol's Chamber Dance Group (with changing participants) performed her dances, composed in the Eshkol-Wachman Movement Notation (EWMN) system she had created with Avraham Wachman, in Israel and around the world, and participated in various festivals, including the Spoleto Festival, Italy, and the Israel Festival, Jerusalem
1968                  - Founded the Movement Notation Society in Israel
1972                  - Founded and headed the Research Center of Movement Notation in the Faculty of Visual and Performing Arts,Tel Aviv University
1984                  - Founded and organized the First International Congressof Movement Notation, Israel
 
Teaching
1951-1985         - The Cameri Theater Drama School, Tel Aviv
                        - Beit Zvi Drama School, Tel Aviv
                        - Faculty of Dance, the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
                        - School of Physical Education, Kibbutzim College of Education, Tel Aviv
                        - School of Physical Education, University of Illinois, Springfield, Illinois
                        - Diploma studies in Movement Notation, Tel Aviv University
1968-1969         - Guest Professor in the University of Illinois, Springfield, Illinois (research on simultaneous movement)
1972-1990         - Professor in the Faculty of Visual and Performing Arts,Tel Aviv University
 
Publications
1955                  - Movement Notation: a Proposal (Rehovot: Weizman Institute) (co-authored by Avraham Wachman)
1958                  - Movement Notation (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson) – the first book on the EWMN method (co-authored by Avraham Wachman)
1958 - 2007        - Over thirty publications published by theMovement Notation Society and the Research Center of Movement Notation at Tel Aviv University, on the application of EWMN in different fields – such as the documentation of dance and movement styles, animal behavior, deaf and dumb sign language, graphic-kinetic art, etc


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