A Study on Cases applying to the DMT Program in the Process of creating Dance

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to research and analyze cases applying to the DMT(Dance Movement Therapy) program in the process of creating dance. Each session of the program that consisted of a total of 8 sessions was carried out in 60 minutes per week. The qualitative case research method was conducted based on accumulated date such as research participants(dancers)’ self-reports on each session, video records, in-depth interviews, and group discussions. The research results showed that the DMT program applying to Whitehouse’s active imagination was divided into 3 main areas and 12 sub-areas. Research participants’ physical perception(physical discomfort, physical transformation), emotional perception(trust, stability, responsibility, vividness, happiness, inspirational motivation, positive feeling, sorriness), and thinking perception(expansion of self-perception, expansion of creative· autonomous thinking perception) were drawn from the research. Through these research results, this study got developmental outcomes in expanding dancers’ physical, emotional, and thinking perception, in being specific about sending work images through integration, and in conveying physical meaning in the creation process. It is expected that follow-up studies continue as being interested in applicability of the DMT program in the process of creating dance.