What did you say? Body language often more telling than words.(LIFE - SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY)

From: The Washington Times | Date: October 27, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: Shelley Widhalm, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Movement analyst Karen Bradley teaches her students that understanding body language will help them increase their range of expressivity and get into the character they want to portray onstage.

Yet, body language - including body movement, posture, gestures, facial expression and oculesics or eye movement - is relative to a person's culture and varies with the individual, she says.

"We don't believe ever...

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