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Author Bartenieff, Irmgard.

Title Body movement : coping with the environment / by Irmgard Bartenieff ; with Dori Lewis
Published New York ; London : Gordon and Breach, 1980

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Description xiv, 289 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Contents Activate and motivate -- The body architecture -- Carving shapes in space -- Inner impulses to move -- Rhythm and phrasing -- Affinities of body, space and effort -- Tensions and countertensions -- Group interaction -- Dance therapy -- Ethnic studies -- Additional applications
Summary "The principal objective of this book is to suggest additional modes of perceiving oneself, other people, and relationships in the world around one, using the live body totally - body-mind-feeling - as a key to coping with the environment." -- Preface
Analysis Body movements. Labananalysis
Notes Body movements. Labananalysis (BNB/PRECIS)
Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 275-286
Subject Laban, Rudolf von, 1879-1958.
Body language.
Dance notation.
Dance therapy.
Human mechanics.
Kinesiology.
Mind and body.
Motor ability.
Movement notation.
Movement, Psychology of -- Cross-cultural studies.
Movement, Psychology of.
Physical therapy.
Movement.
Psychophysiology.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Exercise Movement Techniques.
Orientation.
Author Lewis, Dori.
LC no. 80007454
ISBN 0677055005