Full Description
Dance and Creativity within Dance Movement Therapy discusses the core work and basic concepts in dance movement therapy (DMT), focusing on the centrality of dance, the creative process and their aesthetic-psychological implications in the practice of the profession for both patients and therapists.
Based on interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary inputs from fields such as philosophy, anthropology and dance, contributions examine the issues presented by cultural differences in DMT through the input of practitioners from several diverse countries. Chapters blend theory and case studies with personal, intimate reflections to support critical descriptions of DMT interventions and share methods to help structure practice and facilitate communication between professionals and researchers.
The book's multicultural, multidisciplinary examination of the essence of dance and its countless healing purposes will give readers new insights into the value and functions of dance both in and out of therapy.
Contents
Part I: About Dance; 1. Dance Comes to the Frontstage in Dance Movement Therapy; 2. Back to Basics: The Aesthetic, Poetic, and Contemplative Movements' Attributes That Heal in Dance Movement Therapy; 3. On the possibility of Authentic Movement: A Philosophical Investigation; 4. The Invisible of the Dancing Body; Part II. Research; 5. The Significance of Dance in Dance Movement Therapy: An International Online Survey with DMT Novices; 6. A Way to Embodiment through Aesthetic Relationship: Transformational Body Tracings; 7. "Being Moved" as a Therapeutic Factor of Dance Movement Therapy; 8. Wording the Complexity of Dance Movement Therapy: A Scoping Review on How Dance Movement Therapists Describe Their Clinical Practice; 9. Creating Breeds Creating; 10. Creating the Dance of Self: A Stage Theory of the Creative Process in Dance/Movement Therapy; Part III: Practice; 11. Dancing Activism: Choreographing the Material with/in Dementia; 12. Seeing with the Heart: The Aesthetics of Dance/Movement Therapy with Older Adults and People with Dementia; 13. Dance-Rhythm-Therapy for Patients with Parkinson's disease; 14. Dance Movement Therapy and Psycho-Social Rehabilitation: Model Sampoornata; 15. Asian Cultural Body, Dance, and Therapy: A Korean Perspective; 16. Dance/Movement Therapy in Japan and Its Cultural Roots; 17. Dance Movement Therapy and Flamenco: Relationships through Traditional Rhythms; 18. Time, Space, and an Aesthetics of Survival: Dance/Movement Therapy and Embodied Imagination after Unimaginable Loss; 19. As the Dance Winds Down: Coping with Aging as a Dance Therapist.
