# Embodiment: Kinesthetic Space ### TOOLS **Kinesthetic Space**\ [Gestural](https://annemarleen.gitbook.io/immersive-design/canvas/canvas-iii) Space\ [Bodily](https://annemarleen.gitbook.io/immersive-design/canvas/canvas-iv) Space ## Kinesthetic Space [Kinesthetic Space](http://www.laban-analyses.org/jeffrey/1996-jeffrey-scott-longstaff-phd-thesis/IIB_kinesthetic_space.htm) deals with how closely the participants are to touching, from being completely outside of body-contact distance to being in physical contact, which parts of the body are in contact, and body part positioning. ([Longstaff, 1996](http://www.laban-analyses.org/laban_analysis_reviews/laban_analysis_notation/space_harmony_choreutics/kinesphere_scaffolding/polyhedra.htm)) ![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*N-5kiqlZe27sc0lRaYq-0A.jpeg) ![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) ![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*IA63V48ws0vuE40DFehBgQ.jpeg) ![LMA icosahedron // kinesphere](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8122/8692382554_9b4f70604c_b.jpg) Laban Movement Analysis is a method and a language invented by Hungarian dancer, teacher and author Rudolf Laban (1879-1958). Laban Movement Analysis can be used to explore the full range of human condition. Taking the body as a reference, the kinesphere is also the container of a cube (containing all diagonal directions and dimensions) and of an icosahedron made by three bi-dimensional planes: it contains angular geometry inside a round geometry. ![cube (containing all diagonal directions and dimensions)](https://thespaceintherelationship.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/laban-cube.jpg) ![icosahedron made by three bi-dimensional planes](https://thespaceintherelationship.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/laban-icosahedron.jpg) ![Icosahedron](http://workflow.arts.ac.uk/artefact/file/download.php?file=620899\&view=83254) source: ## Laban Movement Analysis ![LMA](https://assets.rbl.ms/9851125/origin.jpg) Laban Movement Analysis is a theoretical and experiential system for the observation, description, prescription, performance and interpretation of human moment. This can be used in acting and dance to create an emotional response from the audience. Rudolf Laban identified four factors of movement: * Space: Direct or Indirect * Weight: Heavy or Light * Time: Quick or Sustained * Flow: Bound or Free **Theoretical Imagery** * [Theoretical Imagery: Laban Movement Analysis II](http://www.laban-analyses.org/laban_analysis_reviews/laban_analysis_notation/space_harmony_choreutics/planes/laban_planes_icosahedron.jpg) * [Theoretical Imagery: Laban Movement Analysis II](https://dryuc24b85zbr.cloudfront.net/tes/resources/6241650/image?width=500\&height=500\&version=1337895742000) * [Theoretical Imagery: Laban Movement Analysis III](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Laban-effort-graph.jpg) * [Theoretical Imagery: Laban Movement Analysis IV](https://godenicks.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/images-3.jpg) ![Motion Capture](http://images.en.koreaportal.com/data/images/full/30518/traditional-methods-of-motion-capture-that-involves-ping-pong-balls-and-multiple-cameras.jpg?w=750) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://annemarleen.gitbook.io/immersive-design/embodiment/kinesthetic.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.