Every Little Movement: A Book About Delsarte

The book begins with a discussion of Frncois Delsarte as a scientist who discovered how the human body moves under the stimuli of emotions. It proceeds to the laws he developed as a result of his research and continues by discussing the application of the science of Delsarte to the art of the dance. Shawn then goes on to describe how Delsarte has influenced the development of American modern Dance.