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Perspectives on dance therapy: the lived experience of children

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Keywords: Children’s dance, transformation, aesthetic perception, meaning-making, reflection, performance

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This chapter ranges through some future perspectives on dance therapy. Firstly it illuminates children’s drawings as a fresh source of dance therapy theory. Then it takes a post-modern 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 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.”

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Visual Impairment – An Addendum

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Dual sensory impairment, Dance process, Non-verbal children, Visual Impairment

An addendum to the article in previous issue entitled ‘Visual Impairment’ (Moving On Vol. 1, No. 3), this article further explores research into dance therapy for children with dual sensory impairment. The main focus was a framework developed over the course of the study. A summary chart of the framework entitled ‘Right Dance’, illustrates the process applied with young nonverbal children in a therapeutic group dance class. The article includes excerpts from results and concludes with adaptions to other populations.

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Love is Blind: Musings on Research as an Art-Science Duet

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Dance therapy methodologies, DMT efficacy, Dual sensory impairment, vision loss and hearing loss

Empirical evidence either supports dance movement therapy (DMT) for the efficacy of its techniques, or is assumed because therapeutic gains are inherent in the act of dancing. These were two theories that emerged\ from this article on research into the effects of dance therapy for children in a deaf/blind unit. The article mainly focuses on outlining the measurements for scientific testing followed by results of statistical analysis. The article concludes with further large scale study initiatives.

The chart of ‘Right Dance’ is missing, see next edition of Moving On, Vol. 1, No. 4, for an addendum to this article where the chart is printed instead.

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