The Implantation of a Dance Workshop on the Quality of Life in the Work Environment: The Paola Rettore Method

Abstract

Dance routines and sensations are meant to stimulate the body to create circuits to refine perceptions and expressions. Movement experimentation may develop creativity, which produces and expresses dance. Some researches suggest that dance is a tool that might enhance the quality of life. Therefore, this research aimed to evaluate the “Movement Workshop: A Body-Space Experience (MWBSE)” implementation in Company A to promote health and improve their employees quality of life through the Paola Rettore Method (PRM), which was based on the spontaneity proposed by Isadora Duncan to observe nature and the Laban/Bartenieff System. Forty employees engaged in a two-year program of the PRM with sessions twice a week for 20 minutes each. Results suggested that a method based on dance and movement positively affected the work environment.