MoveScape Center (MSC): I’m sure readers are eager to know how you manage to enter and leave homes through the chimney. The famous poem by Clement Clark Moore makes it sound easy.
Santa (S): I know, but it takes more than laying a finger on the nose and nodding to get up a chimney.
MSC: So what is your secret?
S: I use Laban’s idea of spatial tension. He relates diagonal pathways to mobility – I use these to hop in and out of my sleigh. For traveling through the chimneys, however, I really concentrate on maintaining a strong vertical tension. You know, there is something magical about spatial tension….
MSC: I swear Santa winked when he said this!