Just as the body is personal, so is the space it occupies. “We must distinguish between space in general and the space within reach of the body,” Laban explained. He called this personal reachable space the “kinesphere.”
The kinesphere is the space surrounding the body whose periphery can be reached by easily extended limbs without taking a step. Outside the kinesphere lies the rest of space, which can only be accessed when we begin to locomote.
Even when traveling through space in general, the kinesphere is an ever present extension of the body itself. As Laban observed, “We never leave our movement sphere but carry it always with us, like an aura.”