From crocodile to woman - the multidimensionality and energy dynamic of movement seen in light of the dance therapy form Dansergia

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The chapter focuses on movement as primary language, exxploring the multidimensionality and energy dynamics of movement through the connections between the concepts of body and energy. A session from the dance therapy form Dansergia with a woman, here called Clara, is narrated, analysed and compared to a daily life scene with the child Nina. These scenes are discussed in relation to phenomenological and energy theoretical aspects in order to open the research field for psychological themes, which include the body and yet do not exclude culture, history, and community. In order to respect the nonlinear movement language of the body, data and theory are in this chapter woven closely and organically together to follow the processes of Nina and Clara.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Dance/Movement Therapy : Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Findings
EditorsSabine C. Koch, Iris Bräuninger
Number of pages12
Place of PublicationBerlin
PublisherLogos Verlag Berlin
Publication date2006
Pages154-165
ISBN (Print)3832512373
Publication statusPublished - 2006

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