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What is a dance therapy?

A method of psychological treatment in which movement and dance are used to express and deal with feelings and experiences, both positive and negative. Also called movement therapy.


What are the different types of dance therapy?

There are different forms of dance and different dance styles that can be learned but dance/movement therapy is not a type or style of dance. Dance therapy is a process. Dance therapy is a creative arts therapy modality (similar to art therapy or music therapy) used by a trained professional to help further the integration of body, mind, and spirit. Dance/movement therapy is a means of expression and is not the imposing of a form of dance on the body. It is a psychotherapy like verbal therapy (counseling). Instead of using conversation between therapist and client, the dance therapist uses improvisational movement in a kinesthetically empathic way to meet a client where he or she is. In illness, whether physical or psychological, there are movement patterns that often repeat themselves or tensions may be held in parts of the body ( Nemetz, 1995). Dance therapists have a unique set of therapeutic skills that involves acknowledgment and development of the nonverbal language of the body through synchronous rhythm, pattern, and attunement. Dance therapy involves the therapist's interaction with clients to "discover new ways of moving and validating feelings and expressions" (Nemetz, 1995). Blanche Evan sums up dance therapy as something that "seeks to express rather than impress".


Facts about Jazz dance in the 1930's?

Jazz dance has roots in African-American culture and found popularity in the swing era of the 1930s and the 1940s. Jazz dance was an evolution of tap dancing, which was used in many minstrel shows and vaudeville performances. Jazz dance also incorporated influences from ballroom dancing, as well as Caribbean and African dances.


When was the dance move of locking first used?

Locking otherwise known as Campbellocking is a dance move that was originally used in the late 1960's and made famous by a Don Campbell amongst other fad dance moves.


What happens at a dance performance?

Well, it depends on your dance studio, but when I used to dance we would get there and put on our first dance costume. Then my class would meet backstage. When it was our turn we went out there, did our dance, and ran back to the dressing room. That's about it

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What is a dance therapy?

A method of psychological treatment in which movement and dance are used to express and deal with feelings and experiences, both positive and negative. Also called movement therapy.


What are the different types of dance therapy?

There are different forms of dance and different dance styles that can be learned but dance/movement therapy is not a type or style of dance. Dance therapy is a process. Dance therapy is a creative arts therapy modality (similar to art therapy or music therapy) used by a trained professional to help further the integration of body, mind, and spirit. Dance/movement therapy is a means of expression and is not the imposing of a form of dance on the body. It is a psychotherapy like verbal therapy (counseling). Instead of using conversation between therapist and client, the dance therapist uses improvisational movement in a kinesthetically empathic way to meet a client where he or she is. In illness, whether physical or psychological, there are movement patterns that often repeat themselves or tensions may be held in parts of the body ( Nemetz, 1995). Dance therapists have a unique set of therapeutic skills that involves acknowledgment and development of the nonverbal language of the body through synchronous rhythm, pattern, and attunement. Dance therapy involves the therapist's interaction with clients to "discover new ways of moving and validating feelings and expressions" (Nemetz, 1995). Blanche Evan sums up dance therapy as something that "seeks to express rather than impress".


Why was dance invented?

Dance was first used, I believe, as a form of worship. It then branched into the entertainment field.


Facts about Jazz dance in the 1930's?

Jazz dance has roots in African-American culture and found popularity in the swing era of the 1930s and the 1940s. Jazz dance was an evolution of tap dancing, which was used in many minstrel shows and vaudeville performances. Jazz dance also incorporated influences from ballroom dancing, as well as Caribbean and African dances.


Who first called his therapy methods behavior threapy?

The term "behavior therapy" was first used by the psychologist E. L. Thorndike in 1911. However, it was not until the 1950s and 1960s that behavior therapy became a widely recognized and practiced form of psychotherapy, particularly through the work of psychologists like B.F. Skinner and Joseph Wolpe.


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Proton therapy has been used in cancer treatment since the 1950s, with the first patient being treated in Berkeley, California in 1954. Since then, technological advancements have led to more widespread adoption of proton therapy for various types of cancer.


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