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    Dance movement therapy uses dance to promote psychological and physical wellness. It combines movements from different dance styles like waltz, ballroom, and modern dance into a regimen directed by an instructor. Dance rituals have been used therapeutically for thousands of years, and dance movement therapy was founded in the 1950s and gained popularity in the 1970s. A typical session involves a warm-up, focusing exercises, learning the significance of movements, and a processing period at the end.

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    Dance movement therapy uses dance to promote psychological and physical wellness. It combines movements from different dance styles like waltz, ballroom, and modern dance into a regimen directed by an instructor. Dance rituals have been used therapeutically for thousands of years, and dance movement therapy was founded in the 1950s and gained popularity in the 1970s. A typical session involves a warm-up, focusing exercises, learning the significance of movements, and a processing period at the end.

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    Dance Movement Therapy

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    Edward Rubio
    Dance movement therapy uses dance to promote psychological and physical wellness. It combines movements from different dance styles like waltz, ballroom, and modern dance into a regimen directed by an instructor. Dance rituals have been used therapeutically for thousands of years, and dance movement therapy was founded in the 1950s and gained popularity in the 1970s. A typical session involves a warm-up, focusing exercises, learning the significance of movements, and a processing period at the end.

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    Dance

    Moveme
    nt
    Therapy

    By: Edward

    Rubio-Cazares

    and

    Melanie Meza

    What is Dance Movement Therapy?


    (DMT)
    Dance movement therapy
    uses dance to promote
    psychological and
    physical wellness. It
    combines many different
    vocabularies of dance to
    form a regimen for a
    group of patients directed
    by an instructor. It is
    commonly used to treat
    depression and
    immobilizing disorders.

    History of Dance
    Movement
    Therapy(DMT)

    Dance rituals have been used


    therapeutically for thousands of years, it's
    resurgence came in 1950's when the
    American Dance Therapy Association was
    founded by Marian Chance. However, it
    wasn't until the 1970's that therapists began
    to use dance as a form of psychotherapy.

    DMT Process

    Four Stages Preparation,


    Incubation, Illumination, and
    Evaluation.
    Preparation - Consists of
    warm-up exercises.
    Incubation - Patients focus
    on relaxing and awareness.
    Illumination Patients learn
    the movements and their
    significance.
    Evaluation Finishing the
    session while processing
    what they've gained.

    A Session of DMT

    Movements in DMT

    Movements from
    different dances are
    incorporated into the
    therapy depending on
    the needs of the patients
    in the session. These
    movements come from
    dances such as the
    waltz, ballroom, modern,
    line, tango, and the
    foxtrot.

    Bibliography

    http://www.eatingdisorderhope.com/trea
    tment-for-eating-disorders/types-of-tr
    eatments/body-movement-dance-therapy
    http://www.healthpronet.org/ahp_month/
    04_05.html
    http://www.adta.org
    http://samples.sainsburysebooks.co.u
    k/9781134934263_sample_512862.pdf
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22
    164813
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nlp

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