the Theory of dance / movement therapy was developed on the basis of empirical experience of dance / movement therapists, analyzing the successful experience of treatment of patients (as Marion Chace in the case of working with psychotic patients in the hospital SV. Elizabeth, read about it here - https://www.b17.ru/article/105877) and based on the classic design of metapsychology Sigmund Freud analytical psychology of Carl Gustav Jung, bodily-oriented approach of Wilhelm Reich, etc.
(Marian Chace)
"the First lady of dance / movement therapy" by M. chase was a member of the Jungian society in Washington, and in his work, in many ways, relied on the works of Freud and young. She used: first, the concept of the unconscious Freud - his ideas, through the body, through the study of movement patterns, it is possible to access the unconscious; second, Jung's ideas about the therapeutic nature of creative expression and active imagination as an analytical method. Using dance as a manifestation of "active imagination" by M. chase and her followers developed the theory and practice of dance / movement therapy.
Rudolf von Laban, a German dancer and teacher, founder of "Expressive dance," he proposed a system of analysis of movements (the Laban-analysis). This system was also rapidly adopted dance / movement therapists. Laban wrote that the movement changes the state of a person, and due to the movement of dance can influence different parameters. The author analyzes not only the conscious but also the unconscious movements. He calls them "shadow", based on the theory of Jung.
a Serious impact on the theory of dance / movement therapy has also had the work of Wilhelm Reich. He developed the psychoanalytic concept of protection "I" from threatening the integrity of its unconscious impulses. Protective mechanisms of the psyche are creating chronic muscle tension in the body - "muscular armor." It determines the characteristic of body position and posture of the person. Therapy is aimed at eliminating muscle and acting out in the facial, vocal, and pantomimic reactions of blocked emotions, while examining mental recall of material associated with them.
(Wilhelm Reich)
In dance / movement therapy to release, eliminate muscle clips (myopically) paid much attention. Using dance specific movements (pulling, twisting, etc.), stretching (stretching), etc. going study of the body at the level of the muscle and fascia, as well as elaboration of the updated "pop-up" mental material.
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