This book explores the relationships between movement and painting in order to better understand the nature of any relationship between dance and the visual arts. It begins with a look at early movements made by the infant and how these develop with the child's increasing sensory awareness and muscular control. Some comparisons are sought between the child's first attempts to combine emotional and visual impressions in his drawings and the chimpanzee paintings studied by Desmond Morris. Some fundamental movement forms are shown to be common to both the child's and the chimp's activities. In later chapters, visual expression and movement in older children are considered and explored in relation to the development of motor, emotional, and visual awareness. Common ground and differences between the child, the adult artist, and the dancer are sought and discussed in relation to motivation, imagery, and perception. This exploration encourages the reader to seek new ways of looking at familiar objects and to expand understanding of the common origin of the many varieties of human expression. Individual chapters are devoted to: drawing activities, kinesthetic motivation, images in drawing, images in movement, dance and art, the painter Jackson Pollack, and symbols. References and a bibliography are appended. (MM)