ABSTRACT
There are two fundamental aspects of the relationship between the human body and space: one is physical, and one is cultural. Physical body acts are used to communicate in context, within a cultural space that is shared by other bodies. Culturally, a body occupies space as a semiotic dimension, a three-dimensional map of meaningful areas whose values and meaning potential are defined by specific cultures in specific times. The interaction between human body and space as a semiotic dimension that generates movement-based discourse is achieved through projections of body parts towards meaningful portions of space that create motivated movement. As the notion of instantiation is at core of Functional Linguistic theory which informs the Functional Grammar of Dance (FGD), relationship between instantiation, realisation and system will be analysed after the description of the FGD. Narrative projections are choreographic affordances that involve upper and lower body limbs, head and torso in movements towards five directions: up, down, forward, backward and sideways.
