Introduction:Roudolf Laban is the man who created a way in which we can analyze, experience and interpret human movement. He developed Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) which is a theoretical and experimental vision of human movement. (Konie 2011) LMA helps you understand your body and use it to its full potential. There are four main subdivisions in the LMA which are body, effort, form and space (BESS) (Adrian 2008). The following academic review will analyze body, effort, form, and space and then apply them to my character, Nora, and her monologue from Brighton Beach Memoirs. Body: The body is the first concept of Laban's four components of movement. The body can be defined as the human body and its physical and structural characteristics, as well as the coordination and reflexes of the body. (Longstaff 2007) The body can also be described as its foundations. These body foundations are breath, core-distal connectivity, head-tail connectivity, superior-inferior connectivity, mid-body connectivity, and body-diagonal connectivity (NYU movement [sa]). Breath is a vital element of movement and survival. Breath is what initiates movement and supports our movement. Breath is a connecting factor that connects our body to movement. If we do not initiate our movements with the breath there will be no fluidity or connectivity and injury may occur (Longstaff 2007). For optimal movement of the body it is necessary to breathe optimally. To be able to breathe optimally you need to breathe in three dimensions. Three-dimensional breathing occurs when inhaling the rib cage expands and the diaphragm moves downward as an automatic control and exhaling the diaphragm passively moves to the position that pushes the air out... in the center of the paper... May 8 2014Konie, R. 2011. A brief overview of Laban's movement analysis. [OR]. Available: www.movementhasmeaning.com Accessed 28 April 2014Longstaff, JS 2007. Laban Analysis.[O]. Available: http://www.laban-analyses.org/laban_analysis_reviews/laban_analysis_notation/overview/summary.htm Accessed 22 April 2014Longstaff, J. S. (1996). Cognitive structures of kinesthetic space; Reevaluation of Rudolf Laban's choreography in the context of spatial cognition and motor control. PhD Thesis. London: City University, Laban Centre.Longstaff, JS 2011. Spatial organization of new choreography. [OR]. Available: http://www.laban-analyses.org/jeffrey/2011-Rudolf-Laban-1926-Choreographie/chapter-07/07-04.jpg Accessed 1 May 2014Penrose, M. 2010. Kinesphere.[O]. Available: http://www.ballet-dance.com/200405/articles/images/kinespherecopy.jpg Accessed April 22 2014