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# Embodiment: Bodily Kinesphere

## Bodily Kinesphere

#### Body movements are

* ..motion of all or parts of the body, especially at a joint or joints. 
* ..include **abduction, adduction, extension, flexion, rotation,** and **circumduction.**

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### Bodily Kinesphere

Kinespheres can be used on a variety of scales, from the human body to small thumb-movements. In this chapter, we ask you to think about the bodily kinesphere

* ![Kinesphere (Laban Movement Analysis) http://nick-rood.blogspot.com/2013/11/research-project-laban-movement-analysis.html](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8H3wlI9dn6k/UnooGPFWmfI/AAAAAAAAATA/CtL74y3IGgs/s1600/center_of_kinesphere1.jpg) kinespheres on a variety of scales
* ![small-scale kinesphere for hand & fingers](https://thespaceintherelationship.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/laban-icosahedron.jpg) bodily kinesphere (medium-scale)
* <img src="/files/-LiiymI9X2DBpbUATtuM" alt="" data-size="original"> example of bodily movement in transition
* <img src="/files/-Lnd8Ne_3xYxGiJHJxvq" alt="" data-size="original"> [example of movement in bodily kinesphere](http://www.presidentsmedals.com/Entry-15430)
* <img src="/files/-Lij3m7cEznPSMP1D0L2" alt="" data-size="original"> example of humanoid telepresence robot

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