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Perspectives on Dance Therapy: The Lived Experience of Children
Author: Karen Bond
This paper ranges through some futures perspectives on dance therapy. First it illuminates children’s drawings as a fresh source of dance therapy theory. Then it takes a postmodern turn, suggesting that performance can be an integral part of a dance therapy program. Finally, questions are raised about the relevance of Western models of dance therapy in a world characterized by increasing cultural pluralism, and about the impact of global information technologies on dance therapy theory and practice. The paper ends on a confident note, citing the words of a child gathered after a dance therapy session: “I hope the kids in the world will learn what I learned today.”
Dance And Intellectual Disability: Current research and practice
Author: Kim Dunphy
This article offers an overview of dance practice with people who have intellectual disabilities. A brief survey of literature from Australia and the USA is followed by a discussion of some practical applications of that theory, including current groups and their activities.
Out of the Cupboard ….to the Brightness
Author: Heather Hill
This paper discusses a 1993 research study that attempted to describe and understand moments of experiential meaning within the dance therapy process for a patient with dementia. The writer places the study in context by discussing the nature of dementia and the common view of it as a loss of self. An overview of phenomenological methodology in the early stages follows, with later interpretation through reference to the literature in the fields of dance, neurology and dementia care. The main discussion revolves around the understandings gained concerning the meaning of the dance therapy experience for the patient. The paper concludes that dance therapy offered not only a quality experience in the moment but a change in the person’s sense of self.
Teenage Warriors: Dance Movement Therapy With Adolescents In A Residential Setting
Author: Pauline Brown
Dance movement therapy offers an alternative way to work with adolescents in groups. The history and theoretical basis of group work with adolescents can inform the practice of dance movement therapy in this specialist area. Clinical examples provide an illustration of a group format and exploration of group process.
Movement And Dance Therapy In Head Injury: An Evaluation
Author: Jane Guthrie
This paper was developed from research into the effectiveness of a Movement and Dance Therapy (MDT) program in Head injury rehabilitation, where a mixed method enquiry was conducted into the relationship between MDT and movement quality and control. The results suggested that a cause and effect relationship was established, although the sample size prevents generalisation of the results to the head injury population. The paper highlights that, despite the physical focus of the study, support also emerged for application of MDT as an holistic approach to bring about change in all other than just physical.
Using Laban Movement Analysis To Assess Progress In Dance Therapy
Author: Alice Owen
This case study of a man with autism who participated in a Dance Therapy Program over a twelve month period examines his spontaneous dance, comparing two sessions five months apart using scales that were based on Laban Movement Analysis (LMA). The scales were The Movement Observation Scale by Samuels and Chaiklin (Costonis 1978) and The Movement Diagnostic Scale by Martha Davis (Costonis 1978). A third scale was also devised by the author to indicate improvements in the client’s ability to initiate specific movements.
The Shared Dance: Dance therapy with mothers and infants in the hospital outpatient infant clinic
Author: Elizabeth Loughlin
This article describes significant aspects of dance therapy for mothers and infants who are experiencing difficulties in their relationship. It examines how the psychodynamic notions of “holding” (Winnicott) and “selective affect attunement” (Stern) direct the dance therapy intervention. It outlines how Bollas’ transforming “aesthetic moment” may account for the emotional and the different physical patterns of relating that occur within the shared dance between mother and infant.
Dance Therapy For The Socially Disadvantaged Parent And Child
Author: Fran Ostroburski
This paper discusses the development of the dance therapy program at Canterbury Family Centre where there has been a shift from a creative dance focus with children and caregivers to dance/movement therapy with children and parents. A creative model using music, objects and design is underpinned by an Object Relations Theory framework, particularly Winnicott’s concepts of imaginative living, the area between internal and external reality and the use of transitional objects.
Dance Movement Therapy with adults who experienced sexual abuse in childhood – the early phase of recovery
Author: Jennifer Helmich
This paper describes dance movement therapy with adults who experience post traumatic stress. It focuses on the first phase of trauma recovery ‘the establishment of safety in the body’ and describes how this may provide a therapeutic foundation for the re-experience and transformation of traumatic memory. Illustrations are presented from the case studies of two women who experienced sexual abuse in childhood.
Let Your Inner Child Dance
Author: Bella Grossberg
Assuming that the essence of the child shares a great deal in common with the essence of the adult ‘real self‘, dance movement therapy is an appropriate and powerful tool to address old childhood issues, beliefs and patterns to manifest change psychodynamically.
Sacred Dance As A Form Of Dance Therapy
Author: Evelyn Defina
This paper is offered as a foundation and introduction to the specialised area of dance therapy within a Christian context. It presents a descriptive account of the philosophy and principles, concepts of dance therapy within a Christian context. The movement system, Harmonics, as founded by Bill and Paula Douthett, of Sacred Dance Ministries International, will be discussed. This movement system has been implemented within Christian circles all over the world during the last 30 years.
The dance from the depths and the dance from the plains: comparisons and reflections on dance therapy and Aboriginal dance
Author: Beatrice Lucas
This paper explores the significance of landscape for the creation of authentic dances and how its shapes, forms and spiritual associations relate to the dancer’s identity and create meaning. The vertical and the horizontal dimensions are explored both within the dance process and within a transpersonal framework. Possibilities for ‘cross-fertilisation” between dance therapy and Aboriginal dance is considered, taking into account own research findings, psychocultural and ecological thought, and insights by Aboriginal elders.
Attuning with the Dreamtime: cultural linking through dance and movement therapy
Author: Mary Builth
This paper is based on a workshop that aimed to explore links between cultures through the power of the dance. The relationship between Aboriginal culture, dance and mother earth is explored. A description of the experiential component of the workshop demonstrates the potential for dance movement therapy to transform a person into an integrated expressive being. Through connection of the inner and outer being it offers the opportunity for personal power and healing.
An Afterword: Being the Devil’s Advocate
Author: Theresa Jackson
This article comments on the past and future of dance therapy practice around the world and in Australia. It proposes that two types of knowledges must be developed within the field: horizontal and vertical; that academic and learned knowledge must accompany awareness of community, cultural and universal issues.