The body language read below of the elevator fight will appear in the New York Daily News.
Solange, Jay Z, Beyoncé fight in the elevator video is in the New York Daily
News. The video is at the link below.
BY PATTI WOOD
After reviewing the shocking
Standard Hotel elevator footage, I’m certain of two things:
Solange Knowles’ anger has been
building up for some time – and Jay Z and Beyonce are used to her outbursts.
There are many
indications that she had a long-standing source of anger.
Let's start with her weapon
moves, Solange pointed and jabbed her
finger at him over 12 times.
And she kept after him even
after being held in the arms of the body guard, she didn’t just have one
problem with him. She had a list. She had lots that she wanted to tell him.
It’s very interesting that
Solange does most of the beginning of attack with her feet.
That’s her primal wiring. The feet are the most honest portion of the
body.
Her kicks are violent and they
don’t abate quickly. Again this shows that her anger has been building
up for a while.
Jay Z and Beyonce barely moved there
body language stayed straight up down forward with aggression of backward in
retreat. That’s telling.
They were oddly both standing
straight up and down, while Solange had multiple clusters of attack
moves including body, feet, chest, arms and hands and head and chin thrusts,
They didn’t feel the need to
become aggressive or defensive because they had seen this behavior before.
Beyonce faced toward her sister
but does not show any overt correction behavior to stop her. Jay Z’s posture
movements and facial expression suggests he was not afraid of her. He was
protecting himself, but only slightly.
For example when kicked he
held her foot but doesn’t; counter attack.
This tells me they’re used to her venting and venting, and then stopping
The most fascinating part of the
nonverbal read is that Solange's outburst turned on when she got into the
elevator and turned off as she calmly walked out behind them.
Patti Wood is an Atlanta-based
body language expert and author of the book, “Snap: Making the Most of First
Impressions and Body Language.”
Patti Wood, MA, Certified Speaking Professional - The Body Language Expert. For more body language insights go to her website at www.PattiWood.net. Check out Patti's website for her new book "SNAP, Making the Most of First Impressions, Body Language and Charisma" at www.snapfirstimpressions.com. Also check out Patti's YouTube channel at http://youtube.com/user/bodylanguageexpert.
