Boy, this takes me back about a million years!  As a special research project for a theatre movement class, I was given several books to read, including one on Labanotation, which was one of the standard movement notation systems during those dark ages.  Here's a link that might be helpful:

http://user.uni-frankfurt.de/~griesbec/LABANE.HTML

However, I love Topper's story - it had me on the floor with laughter!  It reinforces a quote from George Patton that I always enjoyed: 

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.