Editing and design by Lisa Nelson and Nancy Stark Smith.

"The collected articles for Contact quarterly dance journal 1980-2009."

Includes index.

Introduction to body-mind centering -- Moving from within -- Conscious/unconscious dialogue -- The dancer's warmup -- The training problems of the dancer : letters to Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen -- Origins of expression : the organ system of the body -- The neuroendocrine system -- Sensing, feeling, and action -- The dynamics of flow : the fluid system of the body -- The mechanics of vocal expression -- Perceiving in action : the developmental process -- The action in perceiving -- Living anatomy of vision -- The alphabet of movement (part I) : primitive reflexes, righting reactions, and equilibrium responses -- The alphabet of movement (part II) -- The process of embodiment -- Embodying cellular consciousness -- The place of space : the embryological embodiment of space -- The autonomic nervous system : an experiential perspective -- Dancing through the transitional fluid.

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