Weaving the Threads Conference

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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9
5.30 – 7.30 pm, Welcome Drinks, The Convent Bakery, St Heliers St, Abbotsford
featuring African dance led by Phillip Light and registrations for conference workshops

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 10

8:30 am	Registration/ workshop selection	Tea and coffee available	Library
9:00 am	Conference Opening Chair: Jane Guthrie	Welcome and background to conference Jane Guthrie, President, DTAA	Refectory
9:15 to 10:10	Keynote Address and Q&A Chair: Connor Kelly	Weaving the Threads: Dancing from One Century to the Next, Sharon Chaiklin	Refectory
10:10 am	Leading session (2 papers x 20 mins, plus 10 mins Q and A) Chair: Jane Guthrie	Can we deliver what we say AND can we say what we deliver? Sandra Kay Lauffenberger The data that counts: including research and evaluation in dance therapy practice Elizabeth Loughlin	Refectory
11:00 am	MORNING TEA		Library
11:30 am	Keynote Address Chair: Sandra Lauffenburger	Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis: A Vital Thread with Many Colours Peggy Hackney
12:00 pm	Concurrent session Papers: Chair: Sandra Lauffenburger (3 papers x 15 mins, plus 10 mins Q and A)	Self-Nurture and Soul-Making: Dance in the Wilderness Beatrice Lucas Listening Through Our Bodies - Exploring Somatic Empathy As A Gateway To Understanding The Non-Verbal Dance Of Relationship Naomi Audette Dancing Your Sacred Centres: Middle Eastern Dance, Movement Therapy and the Chakra System Sally Denning	Refectory
	Concurrent session Papers: Chair: Ben Assan ( 3 papers x 15 mins, plus 10 mins Q and A)	How does the therapist effectively reach, engage and affirm Gen Y? Michelle Royal A tribute: two minds meeting, moving and expanding DMT with cancer sufferer, Mary Builth Dance-movement therapy for people with eating disorders Virginia Woods	Conference Room
	Workshop (one hour)	SensingFeelingDancing - Dance movement exploration featuring the Solar Plexus Chakra in relation to the other chakric centres Maria Sangiorgi	Library
1:00 - 2:00 pm	LUNCH		Library
2:00 - 2:15 pm	Performance	Stretch Movement Theatre	TBC
2:15 pm	Concurrent session Workshop (90 minutes)	Authentic Movement: Embodiment Practice for the Dance/Movement Therapist Connor Kelly	Library
	Concurrent session Workshop (90 minutes)	Dancing the moment- the intersubjective dialogue in dance therapy Dr Heather Hlil and Sue Pratt	Library
	Concurrent session Workshop (90 minutes)	Living and Dancing in Paradox Jennifer de Leon	Refectory
	Concurrent session Workshop (90 minutes)	Supportive, stabilizing and ego-strengthening interventions in dance-movement therapy Brigitte Puls	Conference Room
3:45 - 4:15pm	AFTERNOON TEA		Library
4:15 pm		Movement Choir led by Peggy Hackney	Library
7:00 pm	"The Big Night Out" Conference Dinner Host: Kim Dunphy	Delicious three course dinner and opportunities for informal networking, with performances of barefoot flamenco by Marina Bistrin, Egyptian Raqs al Baladi by Maria Sangiorgi and Hilal (contemporary Egyptian) dance by Natalie Poole	Mamma Vittoria’s Restaurant 343 Johnston Street Collingwood

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 11

9:00 am	Registration	Coffee and tea available	Library
9:30 am	Conference Opening Chair: Elizabeth Loughlin	Welcome and introduction to the day Jane Guthrie, President, DTAA	Refectory
9:35 am	Keynote Speaker Chair: Elizabeth Loughlin	Hanny Exiner Memorial Address Dr Heather Hill, dance therapist and lecturer MIECAT	Refectory
10:05 am	Leading session Chair: Elizabeth Loughlin	The Road Ahead: Global Trends in DMT Jane Guthrie	Refectory
10:30 am	Leading session Chair: Elizabeth Loughlin	Results of a survey: dance-movement therapy in Australia: Hanny Exiner Memorial Foundation research project Kim Dunphy and Tessa Hearnes	Refectory
10:45 - 11:15 am	MORNING TEA		Library
11:15 am	Leading session Chair: Linda Murrow	Program Logic Model: evaluating the contribution of dance-movement therapy. How can dance-movement therapists describe and measure outcomes of their practice? Professor John Toumbourou	Refectory
11:45 am	Concurrent session Papers: (2 papers x 20 mins, plus 10 mins Q and A) Chair: Helen Clark Lapin	Dance-movement therapy and attachment Dr Steve Harvey Moving On: a dance-movement therapy approach to the treatment of anxiety Robyn Price	Refectory
	Concurrent session Papers: (2 papers x 20 mins, plus 10 mins Q and A) Chair: Brenda Stevenson	Dancing for Peace in Angola, Africa: Using Movement-Based Expressive Arts as a Tool for Social Activism Dana Swain One man's experience of accessing and healing traumatic memory Jennifer Helmich Surviving Absence: the relationship of dance movement therapy to war trauma Rob Baum	Library
	Concurrent session Papers: (2 papers x 20 mins, plus 10 mins Q and A) Chair: (tbc)	Baby with Self: Some observations of mothers' perceptions in a community-based mother and baby dance-movement therapy group Elizabeth Mackenzie Birthing the Mother, dance-movement therapy in the birthing process Natalie Poole	Conference Room
	Concurrent session Papers: (2 papers x 20 mins, plus 10 mins Q and A) Chair: (tbc)	Dance therapy and a complex communication system- its impact on a boy with autism Alice Owen Same client: two dance therapists, two approaches Fran Ostroburski and Jenny Neilson	Library
12:45 pm	LUNCH	Performance: Three Songs, Three Dances BAH improvised movement collective This creative and dynamic team of contemporary dance students have a passion for spontaneous movement and quirky characters.	Outside or Library
1:45 pm	DTAA Annual General Meeting	DTAA Annual General Meeting and presentations of the Hanny Exiner Memorial Award for Achievement in DMT and DTAA Professional Membership awards	Library
2:15 pm	Concurrent session Workshop: (90 minutes) Host: tbc	Breathing the dance: breath, sensation, presence: Middendorf breathwork John D Howard	Refectory
	Concurrent session Workshop: (90 minutes) Host: tbc	Concepts and Principles of Marian Chace: Dance Therapy is More than the Circle Sharon Chaiklin	Library
	Concurrent session Workshop: (90 minutes) Host: tbc	Movement. Metaphor and imagery: how can dance and dance movement therapy be employed as tools for health and well-being? Sharon Paetzold	Conference Room
3:45 pm	AFTERNOON TEA		Foyer
4:15 pm	Conference Wrap-upFacilitator: Tony Norquay	Panel discussion: Moving Forward from here- how do we advance our profession? What are the challenges and opportunities Panellists to include Sharon Chaiklin, Peggy Hackney, Steve Harvey, Connor Kelly, Jennider Helmich, Elizabeth Loughlin, Linda Murrow, Heather Hill	Library
5:00 pm	Closing Ritual	Bidding farewell to the conference and colleagues through movement led by Mary Builth	Library