Tango And Dance/Movement Therapy: A Partner Dance
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Authors
Rosado CofresÃ, Natalia E.
Issue Date
2020-05-01
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dance/movement therapy , tango , attunement , integration , collective effervescence , connection , Dance
Dance Movement Therapy
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Dance/Movement Therapy Theses
Abstract
This thesis aims to explore the parallels that are present between Argentine social tango and dance/movement therapy. Through a personal embodied inquiry of both the dance form and the therapeutic modality, the author draws a comparison of therapeutic elements such as collective and shared experience, attunement and the therapeutic relationship, expansion of movement repertoire, presence in the here-and-now, and integration of the whole self. The analysis demonstrates that while each form is distinct, there is also commonality and a shared language that grounds them both at the center of movement as a form of therapy. Tango is a social dance in and of itself, and dance/movement therapy embodies many different forms of movements and dances, however, at the heart of both forms is the whole, vulnerable self centered around a collective and shared experience.
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