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Imagine you are standing inside a giant, invisible bubble that stretches as far as your fingers and toes can reach.
In theater, that bubble is called your personal space, and learning to control it makes you a confident performer.

Personal Space vs. General Space

Your personal space is the area around your body that moves wherever you go. General space is the entire room or stage that you share with other actors.
A dancer and movement theorist named Rudolf Laban studied this in the 1920s, calling an actor's personal sphere of movement the kinesphere.
How do actors change the shapes of their bodies while moving through that space?

Levels and Pathways

Actors use three different movement levels: low (close to the floor, like crawling), medium (standing normally or crouching slightly), and high (stretching up tall on tiptoes).
When you travel across the room, the trail your feet leave is called a pathway, which can be straight, curved, or zigzag.
Levels and pathways shape where you go, but what gives your movement a clear beat and mood?

Rhythmic and Expressive Movement