{"title":"Abstracts from the 2024 Research and Thesis Poster Session of the 59th Annual American Dance Therapy Association Conference, Moving Through to Regenerate: Dance/Movement Therapy, October 24–27, 2024","authors":"Chevon Stewart","doi":"10.1007/s10465-025-09413-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10465-025-09413-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the theme of the 59th annual American Dance Therapy Association conference, <i>Moving through to regenerate: dance/movement therapy</i>, the Research and Practice committee presents five abstracts which feature new and innovative research. The Research and Thesis Poster Session is a vital component of the ADTA Conference, providing a platform for researchers and practitioners to share their work, exchange ideas, and connect with colleagues. The abstracts presented in this paper offer a variety of research approaches focused on topics such as dance/movement therapy and pediatric treatment, dance/movement therapy and correctional facilities, and dance/movement therapy and body observation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":44552,"journal":{"name":"AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DANCE THERAPY","volume":"47 1","pages":"70 - 76"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: Creative Bodies in Therapy, Performance and Community: Research and Practice that Brings Us Home, Edited by: Caroline Frizell and Marina Rova; Routledge, 2023, 195 Pages","authors":"Nora Buonagurio","doi":"10.1007/s10465-025-09414-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10465-025-09414-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44552,"journal":{"name":"AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DANCE THERAPY","volume":"47 1","pages":"77 - 81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Marian Chace Foundation Lecture 2024 from the 59th Annual American Dance Therapy Association Conference: A Journey of a Creative Rebel: An Embodied Experience","authors":"Charné Furcron, Laurie Jones","doi":"10.1007/s10465-025-09410-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10465-025-09410-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper features the transcript for the Marian Chace Foundation Lecture 2024 from the 59th Annual American Dance Therapy Association Conference led by Dr. Charné Furcron with an introduction by Dr. Laurie Jones.</p><p>Dr. Furcron states: As a creative rebel, dance has played a significant role in my life. It has empowered me to express myself, challenge stereotypes, and advocate for inclusivity. Through representation, intersectionality, and authentic relationships, dance has the power to challenge societal norms and bring people together. I hope that sharing my story will inspire others to embrace their own creativity and intersectional identities to create a world that is more inclusive and equitable by embracing the power of dance.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":44552,"journal":{"name":"AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DANCE THERAPY","volume":"47 1","pages":"60 - 69"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring Healing Elements Inherent in Lee-Chen Lin’s Principles of Movement Using Theory of Laban Bartenieff Movement Analysis","authors":"Zhuoni Wang, Kyung Soon Ko","doi":"10.1007/s10465-025-09412-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10465-025-09412-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study explores the healing elements inherent in the six movement principles proposed by Taiwanese choreographer Lee-Chen Lin, which emphasizes the mind–body connection, and connects them to the movement elements of Laban Bartenieff Movement Analysis (LMBA) to explain the implied possible bodily felt experiences that can apply to dance/movement therapy. Based on the analysis, Lee-Chen’s principle DING (定) is similar to Bartenieff’s nine principles of head–tail connectivity. JING (静) can be understood as stillness, one of the twelve basic movements of LBMA. SONG (松) can be understood as the concept of core support. CHEN (沉) is similar to the concept of Grounding. HUAN (缓) can be linked to the concept of strong, sustained, direct, bound flow, which is a compounded effort factor, and JIN (劲) is described as fighting. This study also discusses the existence of similar concepts for body-mind health across the different cultures between the East and West, which is a meaningful finding and a bridge tool in the clinical and educational practice of DMT.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":44552,"journal":{"name":"AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DANCE THERAPY","volume":"47 1","pages":"43 - 59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Relationships in Motion: Exploring Partner Dancing as an Embodied Psychotherapeutic Approach for Couples Therapy","authors":"Rami Eckhaus","doi":"10.1007/s10465-024-09409-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10465-024-09409-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This qualitative study explored the potential of partner dancing (PD) as a process supporting couples therapy. It examined the experience of PD as a therapeutic experiential medium that reflects upon the dynamics and interactions of couples who are presently engaged in therapy. Additionally, it sought to investigate whether PD supports and enhances these couples’ therapeutic process. A phenomenological design focused on the couples’ experiences of learning PD. Five couples undergoing therapy, in parallel with the research, engaged in four weekly PD sessions incorporating movement and reflection led by the researcher who was a dance/movement therapist and a PD instructor. Data collected involved interviews capturing couples’ experiences regarding PD’s relational impact and its influence on their therapeutic process, alongside pre/post interviews with the couples’ therapists, and video reflection provided by a dance/movement therapist. Qualitative Analysis revealed eight emerging themes: communication, intimacy, synchronization, attunement, negotiating spaces, interpersonal dynamics, shifts, and PD as couples therapy. Findings provided insight into how PD can enhance therapeutic processes for couples, acting as a psychological playground that illuminates couples’ capacities to connect on multifaceted levels. This study contributes to literature on incorporating creative movement-based approaches complementing traditional talk therapy for couples.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":44552,"journal":{"name":"AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DANCE THERAPY","volume":"47 1","pages":"23 - 42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dance of the Soul: Integrating Spirituality and Religious Practices in Dance/Movement Therapy","authors":"Angela M Grayson, Charné Furcron, Tannis Hugill, Pamela Faith Lerman, Voniè Stillson, Marybeth Weinstock","doi":"10.1007/s10465-024-09405-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10465-024-09405-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Since the formation of the Spirituality and Religion Affinity Group of the ADTA Multicultural and Diversity Committee (MDC), group members have been afforded the opportunity to share how this part of their identity shapes their dance/movement therapy practice. The similarities and differences in approaches and experiences of each author makes visible a part of their identities that was once hidden in their clinical practice. The areas of sacred healing space, self-care, the Feri tradition, Jewish practice, providing space, and sacredness of the body as they relate to spiritual/religious practice within clinical practice will be explored.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":44552,"journal":{"name":"AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DANCE THERAPY","volume":"46 2","pages":"124 - 134"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142413300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michal Pitluk Barash, Einat Shuper Engelhard, Michal Elboim-Gabyzon, Yori Gidron
{"title":"Effects of Physical Therapy Integrated with Dance/Movement Therapy on Heart Rate Variability and Fall-Related Variables: A Preliminary Controlled Trial","authors":"Michal Pitluk Barash, Einat Shuper Engelhard, Michal Elboim-Gabyzon, Yori Gidron","doi":"10.1007/s10465-024-09407-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10465-024-09407-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Falls among older adults are influenced by both physical and psychological risk factors. This pilot study specifically examined the impact of integrating Dance/Movement Therapy (DMT) into a regimen of physical therapy exercises (PTE) for fall prevention. The primary objectives included examining the effect of post-PTE+DMT intervention on heart rate variability (HRV), a psychophysiological marker, and fall risk factors. Additionally, this study aimed to examine correlations between HRV and levels of fall risk. Eight community-dwelling older adults (median = 83 [interquartile ranges: 80.5–85.75]) from a day center for senior citizens were randomly assigned to either a PTE+DMT group or a PTE group. A post intervention battery of HRV, physical and psychological fall risk assessments, was conducted. The results of nonparametric analysis demonstrated the potential impact of the PTE+DMT intervention in improving balance and self-efficacy measures related to falls when compared to participation in PTE alone. No statistically significant differences were observed between the groups in term of HRV and other physical and psychological fall risk factors. The emerging trends in the associations between HRV, fall risk, and balance levels suggest the potential utility of HRV as an objective psychophysiological marker for assessing fall risk levels. Moreover, the results underscore the potential advantages of interventions that integrate both physical and psychological components to mitigate fall risk in older adults, emphasizing the intricate mind–body connection.</p><p>The ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT05948735, July 7, 2023.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":44552,"journal":{"name":"AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DANCE THERAPY","volume":"47 1","pages":"3 - 22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10465-024-09407-x.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Re-patterning the Lover Dance: Chi for Two Awareness of Our Polyvagal Anatomy, “Biting/Snapping,” and Language","authors":"Dee Wagner, Mukti Jarvis, Fred Shelton","doi":"10.1007/s10465-024-09406-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10465-024-09406-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>When lovers sense anxiousness in their bodies—and want to “bite each other’s heads off,” they might go to couples counseling for help with communication. Like parents trying to help siblings “use their words,” counselors try to help lovers talk. In couples dance/movement therapy, it is helpful to look at the physiology of language with awareness provided by the method called <i>Chi for Two</i>. <i>Chi for Two</i>—The Energetic Dance of Healthy Relationship was originated by a long-time dance/movement therapist. It synthesizes knowledge of nervous system functioning, infant development, and trauma patterning, which is passed down over generations, plus how the therapeutic relationship shifts attachment styles. Dance/movement therapists who have this knowledge can help lovers recognize when their interactions awaken unfinished infant/parent dances involving the “biting/snapping” rhythm from the Kestenberg Movement Profile system, adapted for <i>Chi for Two</i>. (The authors use the word “lovers” to name people who are engaging in mutually consensual sexual sharing with one another.) The biting/snapping rhythm is key in articulating language. When lovers can recognize what is happening in their bodies during their efforts to use words, they can learn to bring the bite/snap infant movement expressions to dance/movement therapists to work through those moves. When lovers work through the infant movement patterns with the dance/movement therapist in the presence of a romantic partner, but not acted out with the romantic partner, lovers can celebrate their partners’ bravery in doing their individual healing and relational re-patterning.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":44552,"journal":{"name":"AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DANCE THERAPY","volume":"46 2","pages":"158 - 166"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142412402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}