Lessac, Arthur,

Body wisdom : the use and training of the human body / Arthur Lessac ; with a new introduction by Deborah Kinghorn. - xvi, 278, 19 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

"An official LTRI publication."

P.B

Includes bibliographical references (pages xii-xiv) and index

Part one: A human ecology -- Part two: Energy and relaxation -- Part three: Energy and relaxation in movement -- Coda.

"This release of Body Wisdom marks the forty-first anniversary (1978-2019) of Arthur Lessac's groundbreaking work that incorporated an unusual philosophy, a sensible system of creative work and exercises, and a vital concept of psychosomatic health into a single discipline applicable to theatre, athletics, therapy, and life in general. Upon its initial release, Body Wisdom was praised by Theatre Quarterly as a 'personal system that is brilliant in its simplicity and as effortless in its flow' - that 'incorporates and inter-relates many principles of Yoga, Alexander, and Laban.' Over the last forty years, the book as served as a fundamental source used in the evolution of Lessac Kinesensic Training, a sensory-based approach applicable to all uses of the body with 'body' defined in its broadest sense to include the physical, vocal, spiritual and imaginative"--Page 4 of cover

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Human body.
Human mechanics.
Movement (Acting)
Corps humain.
Mécanique humaine.
Mouvement (Art dramatique)
Human body.
Human mechanics.
Movement (Acting)

QP303 / .L46 2019

792/.028