Nancy Beardall, Valerie Blanc, Ebony Nichols, Yaya Cofield, Fernanda Greco Quentel, Sofia Lee, Marea Newroz, Sahita Pierre-Antoine, Stephanie Sinclair
{"title":"Creating Spaces for Discoveries in Movement Observation and Beyond","authors":"Nancy Beardall, Valerie Blanc, Ebony Nichols, Yaya Cofield, Fernanda Greco Quentel, Sofia Lee, Marea Newroz, Sahita Pierre-Antoine, Stephanie Sinclair","doi":"10.1007/s10465-023-09395-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10465-023-09395-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this commentary, dance/movement therapy (DMT) educators, practitioners, and students discuss the current issues, lived experiences, and ongoing debates surrounding movement observation frameworks and their impact on DMT education and client populations. The commentary claims that expanded perspectives are needed on how to begin the process of observing the body through different identities, experientials, and theoretical perspectives. The discussion is framed by insights gained from the larger DMT community, and the DMT program at Lesley University. This emerging conversation explores new frameworks, applications to clients, and dialogues between movement observation systems with voices from recent graduates and higher education professionals. The goal of this paper is an ongoing collaborative effort that reflects on culture, community, movement preferences, and life experiences.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":44552,"journal":{"name":"AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DANCE THERAPY","volume":"46 1","pages":"52 - 66"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139608329","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":"The Reality of Vulnerable Research: Honoring Humanness Amid a Pandemic","authors":"Rebekka Dieterich-Hartwell, Rosie Davis Aubrey","doi":"10.1007/s10465-023-09393-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10465-023-09393-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This article describes the journey of a health equity research study that changed course due to challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and the precarity of the population of focus. Although the mixed methods intervention and dance/movement therapy protocol did not transpire as intended, we gained much relevant insight from the 12-month process. We here highlight the original six-week protocol, recruitment efforts and important clinical observations during the recruitment phase, as well as a detailed synopsis in form of a case study of the one participant who completed the study. We also take a critical look at the limitations of clinical human research and raise the question when to pivot from or abort a project, keeping in mind what ultimately matters, the respect, value, and care of an individual. We close with implications for engaging in research with vulnerable communities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":44552,"journal":{"name":"AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DANCE THERAPY","volume":"46 1","pages":"12 - 33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138602172","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":"Mortality, Mortuaries, and Movement - Implications of Dance/Movement Therapy and Death: A Literature Review","authors":"McKenna Allred","doi":"10.1007/s10465-023-09391-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10465-023-09391-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Dance/movement therapy (DMT) is a somatic-based psychotherapy approach that can supplement existing therapy techniques or stand on its own as effective psychological treatment. As a growing field, DMT continues to expand its application to different populations. This literature review analyzed the implications of DMT application for individuals who are dying. While the application of DMT with diverse populations has been studied, the literature regarding the application of DMT with dying individuals is slim. Medical, spiritual, and emotional treatment during death have received considerable attention in academic literature, however, the application of many body-based psychological treatment interventions has not been studied as thoroughly. Literature concerning the cultural attitudes towards death in Western and non-Western cultures, mental illness and death, and the literature that has been published thus far concerning DMT and death were analyzed as a framework to better understand the potential application of DMT with dying individuals. While research still needs to be conducted in order to best apply DMT in the treatment of dying individuals, the research points to strong potential for the creation of further evidence-based care.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":44552,"journal":{"name":"AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DANCE THERAPY","volume":"45 2","pages":"150 - 168"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50453548","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: Dance/Movement Therapy for Infants and Young Children with Medical Illness: Treating Somatic and Psychic Distress, DMT with Infants, Children, Teens, and Families, by Suzi Tortora and Miri Keren, New York: Routledge, 2023, 218 pages","authors":"Daniel S. Schechter","doi":"10.1007/s10465-023-09390-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10465-023-09390-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44552,"journal":{"name":"AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DANCE THERAPY","volume":"45 2","pages":"264 - 267"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50518976","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":"The 2022 International Panel: Adapting and Transforming: The Immigrant Experience of Dance/Movement Therapists","authors":"Patricia P. Capello, Miriam Roskin Berger, Cecilia Fontanesi, Corinne Marquart-Ott, Deborah Montalvo, Elissaveta Iordanova, Thania Acarón, Tania Lazuk, Grace Ho, Zeynap Catay, Zuzana Ševčíková","doi":"10.1007/s10465-023-09389-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10465-023-09389-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The 27th ADTA International Panel explored the journeys of dance/movement therapists who have experienced both the realities and challenges of the immigrant experience: learning a new language, leaving a familiar culture, uprooting families, leaving friends, and becoming a member of a new community. Nine panelists offered a verbal description of their unique stories which were accompanied by videos demonstrating their personal dance/movement expressions. By listening and observing, we had the valuable opportunity to see the resilience of adaptation and acclimation that is inherent in dance/movement therapists from around the world. The following are abridged and edited versions of the panel presentations which have been modified to provide an overview of the panel. The complete transcript, with references and links to accompanying videos, can be found by accessing the 2022 ADTA Conference Proceedings via the American Dance Therapy Association and via the following YouTube link: https://youtu.be/fAN_81CMTk8?si=UVfq8kTXr_4YEUjP.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":44552,"journal":{"name":"AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DANCE THERAPY","volume":"45 2","pages":"238 - 262"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50494287","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":"Correction: Marian Chace Foundation 2022 Lecture & Introduction from the 57th Annual American Dance Therapy Association Conference, Heartlines: Gathering Wisdom from Many Streams; Montreal, Canada","authors":"Amber Elizabeth Lynn Gray, J. Ryan Kennedy","doi":"10.1007/s10465-023-09388-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10465-023-09388-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44552,"journal":{"name":"AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DANCE THERAPY","volume":"45 2","pages":"263 - 263"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50496217","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}
Shahd A. A. Amro, Rebecca E. Barnstaple, Shayla Schwartz, Adil Kabeer, Joseph Francis Xavier DeSouza
{"title":"COVID-19 and Neuroinflammation: A Vital Role for Dance/Movement Therapy in Long-Term Health Outcomes","authors":"Shahd A. A. Amro, Rebecca E. Barnstaple, Shayla Schwartz, Adil Kabeer, Joseph Francis Xavier DeSouza","doi":"10.1007/s10465-023-09387-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10465-023-09387-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>There is mounting evidence that COVID-19 infection is related to neuroinflammation, which has been associated with the development of neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s Diseases. Holistic, mind–body tools and techniques commonly used in dance/movement therapy directly support neural mechanisms that may help prevent or slow this process. This article reviews recent biological research on the development and progress of COVID-19 and outlines an emerging connection between infection and the onset or progression of neurodegenerative illness, while indicating a role for dance/movement therapy in pandemic response and recovery.\u0000</p></div>","PeriodicalId":44552,"journal":{"name":"AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DANCE THERAPY","volume":"45 2","pages":"137 - 149"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10465-023-09387-4.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47571255","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":"Fun, Fitness, and Relaxation: Using Participatory Research to Explore Dance/Movement Therapy with Women Navigating the Criminal Justice System in Australia","authors":"Ella Dumaresq","doi":"10.1007/s10465-023-09386-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10465-023-09386-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper communicates findings from a doctoral research project which used dance/movement therapy (DMT) to engage two women navigating the criminal justice system in Australia. A feminist-informed participatory research design was applied to learn about each woman’s experience and to explore the possible health promoting benefits of community-based DMT. Women serving time on community correctional orders were invited to attend drop-in DMT workshops which were held in a drug and alcohol recovery centre. Participants were invited to offer feedback which was analyzed using reflexive and interpretative methods of ethnographic data generation. Three themes emerged through the data which were understood to reflect simple notions of fun, fitness, and relaxation in DMT. Although limited to a small number of participants, this study undertook a close reading of each woman’s feedback and considered themes in light of trauma theory. Drawing from the women’s responses, the study articulates the beginnings of an ‘exercisePLUS’ perspective: a theoretical rationale which validates the role of exercise in DMT and discusses its potential therapeutic significance. Neurobiological trauma frameworks are used to articulate the findings, however, the research seeks to challenge assumptions within the medical model, such as the ‘expert’ positioning of the therapist. In doing so, this research aims to contribute toward the further development of community-based perspectives in DMT practice, and, offers a theoretical rationale for the use of DMT within a forensic context.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":44552,"journal":{"name":"AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DANCE THERAPY","volume":"45 2","pages":"169 - 190"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10465-023-09386-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46615850","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}