In message <p05100303b8d670781c2f@[192.168.2.30]>, Armando Menicacci <armando@noos.fr> writes to keep it simple and straightforward : In terms of dance, not a dictionary definition, a gesture is a movement that has no transference of weight i.e. a hand raised, a nod of the head basically a movement that does not travel. Something that any intermediate dance student would know. Kema > >First of all let me repeat that for me there is a difference between movement >and gesture that is essential. To b really short a movement is the change of >spatial position of a joint in relation to a reference system (e.g. 3D >coordinates). On the other side all the definitions of gesture are leading to the >question of meaning. A gesture, for most of the dictionaries I've seen is a >movement that has a particular meaning for an ethnic group. >For example there are movements in a mechanical watch or in a locomotive, >but there is no gesture. -- Kema T. Ekpei Esq. kema@kema.org.uk www.kema.org.uk
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