TY - BOOK AU - Lessac,Arthur AU - Kinghorn,Deborah TI - Body wisdom: the use and training of the human body SN - 0999616498 AV - QP303 .L46 2019 U1 - 792/.028 19 PY - 2019///] CY - New York, N.Y. PB - Lessac Training and Research Institute KW - Human body KW - Human mechanics KW - Movement (Acting) KW - Corps humain KW - Mécanique humaine KW - Mouvement (Art dramatique) N1 - "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 N2 - "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 ER -