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Dance and creativity within dance movement therapy : international perspectives / edited by Hilda Wengrower and Sharon Chaiklin.

Contributor(s): Wengrower, Hilda [editor.] | Chaiklin, Sharon, 1934- [editor.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York, NY : Routledge, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: xxii, 300 pages.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781138337527 (paperback).Subject(s): Dance therapy | Movement therapyDDC classification: 615.85155 DAN
Contents:
Part I: About Dance -- 1. Dance Comes to the Frontstage in Dance Movement Therapy. Hilda Wengrower. -- 2. Back to Basics: The Aesthetic, Poetic, and Contemplative Movements' Attributes That Heal in Dance Movement Therapy. Rainbow Ho. -- 3. On the possibility of Authentic Movement: A Philosophical Investigation. Rona Cohen -- 4. The Invisible of the Dancing Body. Ruth Ronen -- Part II. Research -- 5. The Significance of Dance in Dance Movement Therapy: An International Online Survey with DMT Novices. Iris Brauninger and Ulf-Dietrich Reips. -- 6. A Way to Embodiment through Aesthetic Relationship: Transformational Body Tracings. Marcia Plevin, Dr. Zeynep Catay. -- 7. "Being Moved" as a Therapeutic Factor of Dance Movement Therapy. Sabine Koch -- 8. Wording the Complexity of Dance Movement Therapy: A Scoping Review on How Dance Movement Therapists Describe Their Clinical Practice. Rosemarie Samaritter and Marja Cantell -- Part III: Practice -- 9. Creating Breeds Creating. Susan Imus. -- 10. Creating the dance of self: A stage theory of the creative process in dance/movement therapy. Kristine Purcell. -- 11. Dancing Activism: Choreographing the Material with/in Dementia. Beatrice Allegranti. -- 12. Seeing with the Heart: The Aesthetics of Dance/Movement Therapy with Older Adults and People with Dementia. Donna Newman-Bluestein. -- 13. Dance-Rhythm-Therapy for Patients with Parkinson's disease. Emilie JauffretHanifi, Svetlana Panova, Schott Billmann. -- 14. Dance Movement Therapy and Psycho-Social Rehabilitation: Model Sampoornata. Sohini Chakraborty. -- 15. Asian Cultural Body, Dance, and Therapy: A Korean Perspective. Kyung Soon Ko. -- 16. Dance/Movement Therapy in Japan and Its Cultural Roots. Yukari Sakiyama. -- 17. Dance Movement Therapy and Flamenco: Relationships through Traditional Rhythms. Elena Cristobal. -- 18. Time, Space, and an Aesthetics of Survival: Dance/Movement Therapy and Embodied Imagination after Unimaginable Loss. David Alan Harris. -- 19. As the Dance Winds Down: Coping with Aging as a Dance Therapist. Jane Wilson Cathcart.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 615.85155 DAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available MTU Kerry module CREA61007 - Recommended Reading 38888000947824
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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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: About Dance -- 1. Dance Comes to the Frontstage in Dance Movement Therapy. Hilda Wengrower. -- 2. Back to Basics: The Aesthetic, Poetic, and Contemplative Movements' Attributes That Heal in Dance Movement Therapy. Rainbow Ho. -- 3. On the possibility of Authentic Movement: A Philosophical Investigation. Rona Cohen -- 4. The Invisible of the Dancing Body. Ruth Ronen -- Part II. Research -- 5. The Significance of Dance in Dance Movement Therapy: An International Online Survey with DMT Novices. Iris Brauninger and Ulf-Dietrich Reips. -- 6. A Way to Embodiment through Aesthetic Relationship: Transformational Body Tracings. Marcia Plevin, Dr. Zeynep Catay. -- 7. "Being Moved" as a Therapeutic Factor of Dance Movement Therapy. Sabine Koch -- 8. Wording the Complexity of Dance Movement Therapy: A Scoping Review on How Dance Movement Therapists Describe Their Clinical Practice. Rosemarie Samaritter and Marja Cantell -- Part III: Practice -- 9. Creating Breeds Creating. Susan Imus. -- 10. Creating the dance of self: A stage theory of the creative process in dance/movement therapy. Kristine Purcell. -- 11. Dancing Activism: Choreographing the Material with/in Dementia. Beatrice Allegranti. -- 12. Seeing with the Heart: The Aesthetics of Dance/Movement Therapy with Older Adults and People with Dementia. Donna Newman-Bluestein. -- 13. Dance-Rhythm-Therapy for Patients with Parkinson's disease. Emilie JauffretHanifi, Svetlana Panova, Schott Billmann. -- 14. Dance Movement Therapy and Psycho-Social Rehabilitation: Model Sampoornata. Sohini Chakraborty. -- 15. Asian Cultural Body, Dance, and Therapy: A Korean Perspective. Kyung Soon Ko. -- 16. Dance/Movement Therapy in Japan and Its Cultural Roots. Yukari Sakiyama. -- 17. Dance Movement Therapy and Flamenco: Relationships through Traditional Rhythms. Elena Cristobal. -- 18. Time, Space, and an Aesthetics of Survival: Dance/Movement Therapy and Embodied Imagination after Unimaginable Loss. David Alan Harris. -- 19. As the Dance Winds Down: Coping with Aging as a Dance Therapist. Jane Wilson Cathcart.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

MTU Kerry module CREA61007 - Recommended Reading

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • About the Editors (p. xii)
  • About the Contributors (p. xiii)
  • Foreword (p. xix)
  • Acknowledgments (p. xxiii)
  • Introduction (p. 1)
  • Part I About Dance (p. 7)
  • 1 Dance Comes to the Front Stage in Dance Movement Therapy (p. 9)
  • 2 Back to Basics: The Aesthetic, Poetic, and Contemplative Movements' Attributes that Heal in Dance Movement Therapy (p. 25)
  • 3 On the Possibility of Authentic Movement: A Philosophical Investigation (p. 35)
  • 4 The Invisible of the Dancing Body (p. 46)
  • Part II Research (p. 59)
  • 5 The Significance of Dance in Dance Movement Therapy: An International Online Survey with DMT Novices (p. 61)
  • 6 A Way to Embodiment through Aesthetic Relationship: Transformational Body Tracings (p. 84)
  • 7 "Being Moved" as a Therapeutic Factor of Dance Movement Therapy (p. 96)
  • 8 Wording the Complexity of Dance Movement Therapy: A Scoping Review on How Dance Movement Therapists Describe their Clinical Practice (p. 111)
  • 9 Creating Breeds Creating (p. 124)
  • 10 Creating the Dance of Self: A Stage Theory of the Creative Process in Dance/Movement Therapy (p. 141)
  • Part III Practice (p. 155)
  • 11 Dancing Activism: Choreographing the Material With/In Dementia (p. 157)
  • 12 Seeing with the Heart: The Aesthetics of Dance/Movement therapy with Older Adults and People with Dementia (p. 178)
  • 13 Dance-Rhythm-Therapy for Patients with Parkinson's Disease (p. 191)
  • 14 Dance Movement therapy and Psychosocial Rehabilitation: Model Sampoornata (p. 206)
  • 15 Asian Cultural Body, Dance and Therapy: A Korean Perspective (p. 219)
  • 16 Dance/Movement therapy in Japan and its Cultural Roots (p. 233)
  • 17 Dance Movement therapy and Flamenco: Relationships through Traditional Rhythms (p. 249)
  • 18 Time, Space, and an Aesthetics of Survival: Dance/Movement Therapy and Embodied Imagination after Unimaginable Loss (p. 265)
  • 19 As the Dance Winds Down: Coping with Aging as a Dance Therapist (p. 281)
  • Index (p. 288)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Hilda Wengrower, PhD, DMT, is co-editor with Sharon Chaiklin of The Art and Science of Dance Movement Therapy: Life is Dance and has published papers and chapters in multiple languages on subjects related to dance movement therapy. She teaches internationally.
Sharon Chaiklin, BC, DMT, is a founding member and past president of the American Dance Therapy Association and past president of the Marian Chace Foundation. She has worked clinically for many years and taught internationally.