CMA CMA Shape & Shape Flow Analysis 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A 'spoke-like' directional movement in Shape theory creates:
- A curved arc through space
- A straight line from the body toward a point in the environment (Correct answer)
- A three-dimensional volumetric enclosure
- A rotational pathway
Correct answer: A straight line from the body toward a point in the environment
Spoke-like directional movement creates a straight linear reach, like a spoke on a wheel radiating from the hub to the rim.
Question 2: In Shape theory, 'condensing' Shape Flow refers to:
- Growing outward in all dimensions
- Shortening, narrowing, and hollowing — shrinking the body inward (Correct answer)
- Moving in the horizontal plane
- Using strong effort qualities
Correct answer: Shortening, narrowing, and hollowing — shrinking the body inward
Condensing Shape Flow is the inward, shrinking quality — the body narrows, shortens, and hollows, reducing its three-dimensional volume.
Question 3: Which of the following movements would most exemplify 'carving' or 'shaping'?
- Pointing a finger at a light switch
- Hugging another person, wrapping the arms volumetrically around them (Correct answer)
- Breathing in deeply
- Performing a straight-armed punch
Correct answer: Hugging another person, wrapping the arms volumetrically around them
Hugging exemplifies carving/shaping because the arms and body mold three-dimensionally around another person in the environment.
Question 4: The Shape quality of 'spreading' relates to which spatial dimension?
- Up/Down (lengthening)
- Forward/Back (bulging)
- Side/Side (widening) (Correct answer)
- Rotational (twisting)
Correct answer: Side/Side (widening)
Spreading is the widening or opening sideways — a Shape Flow change in the side-to-side or width dimension of the body.
Question 5: In assessing developmental movement, a CMA notes a child's inability to use carving/shaping. This suggests a deficit in:
- Spatial awareness and environmental relationship-building (Correct answer)
- Personal body rhythm and breath
- Linear reach and retract skills
- Effort variation
Correct answer: Spatial awareness and environmental relationship-building
Carving/Shaping is the mode through which movers relate volumetrically to the environment; its absence suggests difficulty forming three-dimensional relationships with space and people.
Question 6: Shape Flow Support refers to:
- The floor or surface the body rests on
- The way Shape Flow changes underlie and support Effort expression (Correct answer)
- A technique for supporting injured movers
- The memorization of spatial scales
Correct answer: The way Shape Flow changes underlie and support Effort expression
Shape Flow Support describes how the body's growing/shrinking three-dimensional changes serve as a substrate that supports and facilitates Effort expression.
CMA CMA Shape & Shape Flow Analysis 2
A 'spoke-like' directional movement in Shape theory creates: