What career options do dancers have? Is there an option other than teaching or performing or choreographing? YES! Become a dance/movement therapist!
Archive for July, 2009
So You Think You CAN’T Dance… Anymore?
Posted in dance, dance therapy, dance/movement therapy, What is Dance/Movement Therapy?, tagged Ade Obayomi, ADTA, career, choreography, counseling, dance, dance education, dance/movement therapy, graduate school, Melissa Sandvig, mental health, movement therapy, So You Think You Can Dance, this woman's work, Tyce Diorio on July 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Moving Through Grief…
Posted in dance, dance therapy, dance/movement therapy, grief, mindbody, nonverbal, What is Dance/Movement Therapy?, tagged active imagination, dance therapy, dance/movement therapy, embodiment, grief, grieving, jung, nonverbal on July 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A description of a dance/movement therapy intervention with a high-functioning client grieving the death of a family member.
Dancing Down the Aisle!!!!
Posted in dance, tagged celebration, Chris Brown, dance, Forever, joy, ritual, video, wedding, youtube on July 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A registered dance/movement therapist’s perspective on the now famous wedding party that danced down the aisle!
Dizzy Feet Foundation – Increasing Access to Dance
Posted in dance, dance therapy, dance/movement therapy, laban, tagged Carrie Ann Inaba, dance education, dance therapy, dance/movement therapy, diversity, Dizzy Feet Foundation, Katie Holmes, Mark Shankman, Nigel Lythgoe, service, So You Think You Can Dance on July 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Back in January, when the newly-inaugurated President Obama issued a national call to service, I began a national dialogue with my dance/movement therapy colleagues about how to answer the President’s call and also meet the recently articulated goals of the American Dance Therapy Association to further develop diversity in our profession. My initial post was [...]
This Woman’s Work
Posted in dance, nonverbal communication, tagged Ade Obayomi, choreography, dance, dance therapy, dance/movement therapy, Melissa Sandvig, nonverbal communication, So You Think You Can Dance, Tyce Diorio on July 23, 2009 | 6 Comments »
A dance/movement therapist’s response to the communicative power of dance as revealed in This Woman’s Work, performed on So You Think You Can Dance.
What Does Dance/Movement Therapy Look Like?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged breathwork, counseling, dance therapy, dance/movment therapy, mindbody connection, mirroring, rapport, trust on July 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I get that question all the time. “What sort of dance steps do you teach?” “Can you show me what dance therapy looks like?” Actually, I can’t. Not really. I can show you examples of interventions that might be used but even those would shift and morph during the therapeutic process. Dance/movement therapy is not [...]
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As a board certified dance/movement therapist, I have the privilege of experiencing and witnessing the power of dance and the bodymind connection every day with my clients. This blog is an invitation to you - to learn more about the the profession of dance/movement therapy and the healing that is inherent in dance. Visit often, comment or question whenever you feel moved to do so and please visit the blogs below for further knowledge about this wonderful profession.
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