This book is about the centrality of movement movement perception and kinesthetic experience
to theatrical spectatorship. Drawing upon phenomenological accounts of movement experience and
the insights of cognitive science neuroscience acting theory dance theory philosophy of
mind and linguistics it considers how we inhabit the movements of others and how these
movements inhabit us. Individual chapters explore the dynamics of movement and animation
action and intentionality kinesthetic resonance (or mirroring) language speech and empathy.
In one of its most important contributions to the study of theatre performance and
spectatorship this book foregrounds otherness divergence and disability in its account of
movement perception. The discussions of this and other issues are accompanied by detailed
analysis of theatre puppetry and dance performances.
