We Are Movement

How much do you know about your body? How much does your body know about you? Internationally celebrated choreographer and director Sir Wayne McGregor is renowned for his trailblazing innovations in performance. His ongoing enquiries into movement and the body have radically defined dance in the modern era. Over the past three decades he has discovered that our intelligence lies not only in our brains but in our bodies too. In We Are Movement McGregor argues that physical intelligence is instinctive pre-verbal and continually upgrades itself. Mastering it will allow us all to release the knots in our physical and emotional selves leaving us free to experience new forms of creativity and connection.Drawing on his research with elite performers athletes cognitive neuroscientists anthropologists and technologists he shows how we can all become more physically fluent. Using simple steps from practicing mindful walking to harnessing our bodies'' chemical reaction to stress he teaches us how to become better communicators and more creative thinkers so we can ultimately live fuller lives. Elegant cutting-edge and practical We Are Movement is a user-friendly guide to priming your physical intelligence that will revolutionise the way you live your life.