"Using a well-known and successful dance and performance method, the authors describe how avatars and robots can be designed to be more comfortable with these technologies"--

Preface ix Acknowledgments xvii Electronic Resources xix Prelude: Opening with Embodied Perspectives 1 Introduction: Inviting Engineers into Movement Studies 3 I Making Meaning through Movement 1 Noticing Movement: Meaning, Measurement, and Experience 27 2 Studying Movement: Somatics, Choreography, and Notation 47 3 Constructing Movement: Somatic Strategies, Choreographic Technologies, and Notational Abstractions through a Laban/Bartenieff Lens 63 II Describing Movement with an Embodied Taxonomy: The BESST System 4 What Is Moving? The Interconnection of Body Parts and Action (Body) 85 5 Where Is the Movement? Spatial Fiducials for Movement (Space) 113 6 When Is the Movement Happening? The Temporal Perception of Movement (Time) 139 7 For Whom Is the Movement? The Relationship between Mover and Environment (Shape) 1658 How Is the Movement Executed? Movement Quality Enables Shading of Motion (Effort) 185 III Translating Movement to Machines 9 Deconstructing Movement: Case Studies in Expression (Answering “Why?”) 209 10 Notating Movement: Advanced Analysis through Symbolic Representation 243 Conclusion: Understanding Movement 283 Outro: Returning to Embodied Perspectives 293 Appendix A: Symbols in the BESST System 297 Appendix B: Movement Scales 311 Appendix C: Effort Configurations 323 Appendix D: Rationale for the Time Component 327 Appendix E: Pedagogy and Group Work 329 Glossary 339 Notes 359 References 367 Index 383