Posture and Gesture: An Introduction to the Study of Physical Behaviour

Have you ever tried to observe how people shake hands or wave farewell, or how different politicians rise to their feet to speak in parliament? Have you ever wondered what could be learnt about an individual from a study of these “signature” movements and rituals?
Written by Warren Lamb in 1965, this book describes how these and all physical movement can be recorded using notation handed down by his mentor Rudolf Laban who died in 1958. Our movement is composed basically of Shape and Effort,...