Examples of Mentality-Inspired Movement

- Jamie Benson

 
- Dr Leora Kuttner

Both these artists stylise into choreography the manifestation of pain and of itch, the ability to feel which, is a mental capability, and so both sensations are different states in which the mind can be. They are internally felt, but these two artists, as dancer and dance director, manage to externalise those mentalities by simulating the movement of somebody suffering from either feeling. To an extent, our mental state becomes reflected in our movements, and has some influence over the way we move - our physical capability of movement is constrained and restricted by the presence of pain, and an itch has the power to manipulate us into abnormal movement.

          Together these works help me to conclude that the mind has some power over the movement of the body - but I am yet to explore if the bodily structure, positioning and posture can affect thinking processes.