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| Dedication | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Reading and Practice Studies | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Movement Alphabet | |
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| Movement; Stillness; Timing; Shape; Accents | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Movement | |
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| Indication of an Action | |
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| The Basic Staff | |
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| Simultaneous Actions | |
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| Timing | |
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| Sustained Movement | |
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| Indication of Sustained Actions | |
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| Continuity of Movement | |
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| Sudden Movements | |
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| Indication of Sudden Actions | |
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| Spatial Continuum | |
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| Organization of Time | |
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| Length of Pause, Gap | |
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| Stillness | |
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| General Timing, Measured Timing | |
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| Indication of Regular Time Spans (Measures) | |
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| Indication of Meter | |
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| Time Division of a Spatial Design | |
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| Interpreting a Reading Study | |
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| Reading Study No. 1: Movement Patterns in Time | |
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| Arrival at A Shape | |
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| Reading Study No. 2: Action Arriving at a Shape | |
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| Introduction of Dynamics | |
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| Accents | |
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| Reading Study No. 3: Dynamics: Accents | |
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| Review | |
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| Traveling | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Form of the Path | |
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| Floor Plans | |
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| Straight Path | |
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| Duration of Path | |
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| Reading Study No. 4: Straight Paths | |
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| Reading Study No. 5: Duration of Paths; Floor Plans | |
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| Zig Zag Paths | |
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| Circling, Circular Path | |
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| Nature of Circling | |
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| Direction of Circling | |
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| Reading Study No. 6: Straight and Circlular Paths | |
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| Curving Pathrandom, Free Form, Meandering Path | |
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| Reading Study No. 7: Traveling: All Pathway Forms | |
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| Review | |
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| Variations in Traveling | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Main Directions for Traveling | |
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| Directions for Straight Paths | |
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| Reading Study No. 8: Traveling in Different Directions | |
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| Directions for Circular Paths | |
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| Group Circling | |
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| Merlin''s Magic Circle | |
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| The Invisible Circles Around You | |
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| Reading Study No. 9: Circling - Retracing Paths | |
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| Traveling with Turning Included | |
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| Turning Indicated on Floor Plans | |
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| Reading Study No. 10: Traveling with Turning Included | |
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| Amount of Turning and Circling | |
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| Degree of Turning | |
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| Degree of Circling | |
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| Reading Practice A: Degree of Turning, Circling | |
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| Traveling with Continuous Revolving | |
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| Reading Study No. 11: Revolving While Traveling | |
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| Spiral Paths | |
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| Motivation for Spiraling | |
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| Indication of Spiraling | |
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| Amount of Circling for Spiral Paths | |
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| Spiral Paths - Motion or Destination? | |
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| Reading Study No. 12: Spiral Pathssee Floor Plan | |
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| Phrasing of Movement Sequences | |
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| Review | |
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| Absence of Support: Springing (Elevation)and the Five Basic Forms | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Aerial Steps | |
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| Use of Aerial Steps in Dance | |
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| Spatial Expressiveness | |
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| Use of Energy in Springing | |
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| Indication of Springing | |
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| Springing Combined with Traveling | |
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| Size of Spring | |
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| Series of Independent and Rebounding Springs | |
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| Reading Study No. 13: Aerial Steps - Size of Spring | |
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| Reading Study No. 14: Aerial Steps with Traveling | |
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| Aerial Steps: The Five Basic Forms | |
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| Terminology: Everyday Names | |
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| Indication of the Five Basic Forms | |
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| Jump Form | |
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| One foot to one foot (Open statement) | |
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| Hop FormLeap Form (One Foot to the other) | |
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| Skip, Gallop.Assemblé Form (One Foot to Two) | |
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| Sissonne Form (Two Feet to One) | |
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| Reading Practice B: Five Forms of Springing | |
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| Balletic Variations of the Five Basic Forms | |
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| Analysis of Familiar Forms in Ballet | |
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| Hop FormLeap Form | |
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| Assemblé Form | |
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| Jump Form | |
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| Sissonne Form | |
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| Springing Combined with Directions | |
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| Reading Study No. 15: Five Forms of Springing with Directions | |
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| Dynamics | |
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| The Concept of ''Par'' | |
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| Dynamics: Relation to Gravity - Fighting or Yielding | |
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| Fighting Gravity | |
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| Yielding to Gravity | |
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| Duration | |
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| Reading Practice C: Dynamics: Gravity | |
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| Review | |
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| Direction - Definition of Space | |
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| Directionour Relation to Space | |
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| Directions - Variety in Everyday Life | |
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| Dimensional Directions | |
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| Any direction | |
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| The Dimensional Cross of axes | |
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| Reading Practice D: DIMENSIONAL Studies | |
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| The Dimensional Planes | |
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| Movement in the Planes | |
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| The 27 Main Directions | |
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| The Diagonal Directions | |
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| Perceiving Points in Space | |
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| Direction and Level for Gestures | |
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| Combining Directional Actions With Traveling | |
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| Reading Study No. 16: Directional Gestures | |
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| Reading Study No. 17: Directions with Traveling and Springing | |
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| Interpretation of Place | |
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| Interpretation, Expression of Directional Actions | |
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| Expression of Double Directions | |
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| Sagittal Gestures | |
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| Lateral Gestures | |
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| Open Lateral Gestures | |
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| Oppositional Lateral Gestures | |
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| Crossed Lateral Double Gestures | |
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| Vertical Gestures | |
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| Opposing Vertical Gestures | |
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| Pathway Of Directional Movements | |
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| Destination, Motion | |
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| Destination | |
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| Motion | |
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| Review | |
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| Chapter 6 | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Kinesphere | |
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| Movement in the | |