INTRODUCTION TO DYNAMICS OF DANCE THERAPY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: DANCE 231 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Cultivate body-mind connections through movement experiences, somatic explorations, journaling, art, and discussions. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Gain knowledge of the efficacy of DMT through reading, writing and discussing research in the field. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Gain factual knowledge about the needs of different populations that DMT is effective with e.g. autism, learning disabilities, abuse, woman's issues, elderly, physical disabilities, handicapped, pain, anxiety, depression, etc. through readings, discussion and movement activities. This includes exploring different structures such as individuals, small groups, families and classrooms. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Create a document of movement experiences using props to work on specific goals through movement exploration and discussion. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Understand the flow of a DMT session –role of the beginning, middle and end of a session through movement exploration, videos of actual DMT sessions, and readings. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Cultivate body-mind connections through movement experiences, somatic explorations, journaling, art, and discussions. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Gain knowledge of the efficacy of DMT through reading, writing and discussing research in the field. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Gain factual knowledge about the needs of different populations that DMT is effective with e.g. autism, learning disabilities, abuse, woman's issues, elderly, physical disabilities, handicapped, pain, anxiety, depression, etc. through readings, discussion and movement activities. This includes exploring different structures such as individuals, small groups, families and classrooms. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Create a document of movement experiences using props to work on specific goals through movement exploration and discussion. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Understand the flow of a DMT session –role of the beginning, middle and end of a session through movement exploration, videos of actual DMT sessions, and readings. Audience: Undergraduate