Beyond Words

Carol-Lynne Moore has lectured extensively in the U.S. and Europe on Laban theory, including Movement Pattern Analysis, an assessment of executive decision-making style developed from industrial and managerial movement studies. Her most recent publication is The Harmonic Structure of Movement, Music and Dance According to Rudolf Laban (Mellen Press, 2009). She is a founding member and current President of Motus Humanus, a professional organization for movement specialists in the U.S. She currently teaches at Columbia College, Chicago.Kaoru Yamamoto is Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, having taught extensively in the U.S., Canada, Iceland, and China. He has edited scholarly journals on psychology and education, and published widely in both areas, including ten full-length works on human development, creativity, and cultural evolution.

'A clearly presented and richly referenced synthesis of theories from anthropology, psychology, and neuropsychology supports their approach to movement analysis. This analysis also considers biological, socio-cultural, individual, and situational influences on human action. The text and accompanying videotape include thought-provoking theoretical discussions, challenging exercises in assessing one's own prejudices and preferences of perception, guidelines for designing observation tasks, and an introductory training in movement observation.' - Carlotta J. Willis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA

• Human Perception.  Process and Structure: Observation in Practice.  Perception of Movement.  Enhancing Movement Awareness.  Body Knowledge/Body Prejudice.  Deciphering Human Movements.  Functions of Movement in Human Life.  Movement as Metaphor.  Movements in Context.  Basic Parameters of Movement . As Experts See It.  Challenges and Horizons.  Process and Structure: Observation in Practice