ABSTRACT
The aim of a movement may be specifically to relate the performer in some way to another person or to an object. Its specific purpose (i.e., the projected relationship) is more important than the movement itself, and hence it is the aim rather than the action itself which is recorded. Such relationships may encompass degrees of contact ranging from glancing at, addressing, or gesturing toward the person or object from a distance, to touching, grasping, and finally weight-bearing, either partially or fully. These possibilities are discussed in detail in Chapter 20. We shall first consider examples of contact of the legs with each other and then with the floor, a specific feature of many dance forms.
