The Thinking Body Todd Mabel ElsworthPaperback
The Thinking Body Todd Mabel ElsworthPaperback 2017 Reprint of 1937 Edition. Complete with all Illustrations from the 1937 edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical…
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The Thinking Body Todd Mabel ElsworthPaperback
2017 Reprint of 1937 Edition. Complete with all Illustrations from the 1937 edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software.
Todd's ideas involved using anatomically based, creative visual imagery and consciously relaxed volition to create and refine neuromuscular coordination. Mabel Elsworth Todd is considered the founder of what has come to be known as 'Ideokinesis', a form of somatic education that became popular in the 1930s amongst dancers and health professionals. Lulu Sweigard, who coined the term Ideokinesis, and Barbara Clark furthered Todd's work.
Todd's work was published in her book The Thinking Body (1937), which is now considered by modern dance schools to be a classic study of physiology and the psychology of movement. Her work influenced many somatic awareness professionals of her day, and is often cited along