ABSTRACT
This chapter explains a chair study to explore a way to stand up without unnecessarily tightening the bodies. Allowing the body to counterbalance is the key to availability and to the physical act of expressive conducting. There are a variety of obstacles that sometimes impede the natural availability of the bodies. Excess effort impedes the coordination and availability of the body. Expressive conducting replaces tension with availability. If tension is defined as exerting unnecessary muscular effort that results in the restriction of counterbalance, expressive conducting is using muscular energy with availability. Availability is moving body weight with economy. Consequently, moving the center of gravity becomes a whole-body activity resulting in motion both above and below the body's center. This ability to show weight shifting throughout the entire being is a key factor in altering the weightiness of specific sounds while conducting. The hip and center of gravity relationship is an important component of expressive conducting.
