Keywords: Reich, dance movement therapy, emotional release, armouring, body therapy
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In this article the author offers a ‘very selective overview’ of Reich’s work and a discussion of similarities and potentially beneficial extensions for dance movement therapy practice. In particular she discusses energetic and therefore emotional release through triggering of the body’s autonomic response. She proposes that emotional release can be a potentially useful extension of dance movement therapy’s common use of emotional representation.
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