Abstract
Gymnasts, divers, acrobats, and ballet dancers throw their weight around, dramatizing, sometimes to the point of danger, a capacity to use the body’s momentum. Perhaps we admire them in part because our ordinary movements share their play with weight—because sitting down in a chair also tosses the body through space.
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: For the end of that man is peace.
Psalm 37:37 (King James Version)
Observe the innocent man, consider the upright: for the man of peace there are descendants....
Psalm 37:37 (The Jerusalem Bible)
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© 1989 Alexandra Pierce and Roger Pierce
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Pierce, A., Pierce, R. (1989). Lifted by Gravity. In: Expressive Movement. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6523-3_3
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