Dance and Creativity within Dance Movement Therapy International Perspectives

About the Editors

About the Contributors

Foreword by Sondra Fraleigh

Acknowledgements

Introduction

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 T. H. 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 Bräuninger and Ulf-Dietrich Reips. 　　　　　
6. A Way to Embodiment through Aesthetic Relationship: Transformational Body Tracings. 

   Zeynep Çatay and Marcia Plevin.

7. "Being Moved" as a Therapeutic Factor of Dance Movement Therapy.　Sabine C. 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
   
9.  Creating Breeds Creating.      Susan Dee Imus.
10. Creating the Dance of Self: A stage theory of the Creative Process in Dance/Movement Therapy. Kristine Purcell.
    
    Part III. Practice
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 Jauffret-Hanifi, Svetlana Panova, France 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 Cristóbal Linares.
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.

Biography

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.

"Heartfelt admiration and appreciation to Sharon Chaiklin and Hilda Wengrower as they envision and co-create a completely new edited collection together with leading members of the international Dance/Movement Therapy community. The reader is a privileged witness." 　

Joan Chodorow, Ph.D., BC-DMT, author of Dance Therapy and Depth Psychology: The Moving Imagination

"The editors offer a precious and original contribution to the development of new perspectives for DMT in the contemporary world. It is an effective tool to update as a dance therapist and also to dialogue with colleagues from other professions in light of shared scientific acquisitions. New research and applications testify to the vitality of this discipline within different cultures. This book represents an important didactic support for dance movement therapists and a stimulating encounter for other experienced professionals."

Vincenzo Puxeddu, M.D., Ph.D., DMT, EADMT President (European Association Dance Movement Therapy), co-director DMT Master program Paris University