Beyond Words: Movement Observation and Analysis

248 Pages·2011·2.3 MB·English

by  Carol-Lynne Moore, Kaoru Yamamoto

SECOND EDITION
CAROL-LYNNE MOORE AND KAORU YAMAMOTO
MOVEMENT OBSERVATION AND ANALYSIS
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2 Beyond Words presents a range of illuminating approaches to examining
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5 Carol-Lynne Moore and Kaoru Yamamoto build on the principles that
6 they expertly explored in the first edition of the book, maintaining a focus
7 on the processes of movement as opposed to discussions of static body
8 language. The authors combine textual discussion with a new set of website-
9 hosted video instructions to ensure that readers develop an in-depth
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2 This fully revised, extensively illustrated second edition includes a new
3 introduction by the authors. It presents a fascinating insight into this vital
4 field of study, and will be an invaluable resource for scholars and practi-
5 tioners in many activities, from performing and martial arts, athletics, to
6 therapeutic and spiritual practices, conflict resolution, business interactions,
7 and intercultural relations.
8 Visual material for Chapters 3, 5, 8 and 9 can be found on the companion
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1 Carol-Lynne Moore has lectured extensively in the U.S. and Europe on
2 Laban theory, including Movement Pattern Analysis, an assessment of
3 executive decision-making style developed from industrial and managerial
4 movement studies. Her most recent publication is The Harmonic Structure
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6 2009). She is a founding member and current President of Motus Humanus,
7 a professional organization for movement specialists in the U.S. She
8 currently teaches at Columbia College, Chicago.
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1 a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, having taught exten-
2 sively in the U.S., Canada, Iceland, and China. He has edited scholarly
3 journals on psychology and education, and published widely in both areas,
4 including ten full-length works on human development, creativity, and
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Second edition published 2012
by Routledge
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© 2012 Carol-Lynne Moore and Kaoru Yamamoto
The right of Carol-Lynne Moore and Kaoru Yamamoto to be
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First edition published by Gordon & Breach 1988
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Moore, Carol-Lynne
Beyond words: movement observation and analysis/Carol-Lynne
Moore, Kaoru Yamamoto.—2nd ed.
p.cm.
1. Dance. 2. Choreography. 3. Movement, esthetics of
I. Yamamoto, Kaoru. II. Title.
GV1595.M59 2011
792.8′2—dc22
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ISBN: 978–0–415–61001–8 (hbk)
ISBN: 978–0–415–61002–5 (pbk)
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11 Observation in practice: as experts see it 177
12 Challenges and horizons 211
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Index 231
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4 hailed as “an original, pioneering a category of its own . . ., the discipline
5 of movement observation and analysis”(Warren Lamb writing in the Fore-
6 word to the first edition, Moore and Yamamoto 1988). Its appearance
7 coincided with a wave of popular curiosity and scholarly inquiry into
8 nonverbal communication. While the realm of the “nonverbal” incorporates
9 static elements of behavior, such as chronic postural alignments, stationary
20111 poses, even clothing choices, Beyond Words concentrated on dynamic
1 dimensions; that is, bodily movements. This was, and remains, a bold choice
2 because “it is indeed difficult to write about how movement can be observed
3 and analyzed. Like a wave that furls and curls and rolls and crashes, then
4 suddenly is no more, how does one pin human movement down?” (ibid).
5 The original Beyond Words was the first movement observation text to
6 take advantage of two twentieth-century innovations—one mechanical and
7 one conceptual. In the first instance, the advent of videotape technology has
8 made it possible to record a variety of movement-events for study and review.
9 In the second instance, the work of polymath Rudolf Laban (1879–1958)
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1 Laban was one of the first individuals to conceive human movement as a
2 psychophysical phenomenon of enormous social and cultural significance.
3 His notation system and taxonomy of human movement provide additional
4 tools for recording, describing, and analyzing nonverbal behavior. Drawing
35 on both innovations, the authors combined written material with “video
6 chapters,” linking theoretical discussion of human movement with practical
7 observation and analysis exercises in the first edition.
8 Readers familiar with the original version of Beyond Wordswill find much
9 unchanged in this revision. Chapter structures and the sequence of presenta-
40111 tion of material follow the pattern of the first edition. Movement analysis
1 is still discussed in the context of human perception, endeavors of many
2 sorts, and the ever-present need to understand the movement behavior of
3 other people in real-life settings. However, certain discussions have been
4 streamlined. Many sections of the book have been updated to incorporate
45111 current findings, notably in neuroscience, that impact understanding of