Danced healing rituals (in African village compounds, temple courtyards, dance-therapy studios, public theaters, and other social settings) reinvoke old traumas for exorcism and the transformation of fear, convince people that evil is gone or possible to dissipate, and reaffirm communal… — Judith Lynne Hanna Copy Share Image
In the United States and other countries, there has been a decline in public and private support of the arts, including dance. Awareness that dance is not just entertainment but also a form of education and healing may reverse the… — Judith Lynne Hanna Copy Share Image
Danced healing rituals (in African village compounds, temple courtyards, dance-therapy studios, public theaters, and other social settings) reinvoke old traumas for exorcism and the… — Judith Lynne Hanna Copy Share Image
Through dance, people meet demons, ward off death, shake off sin and evil, come to terms with life crises, mediate paradoxes, resolve conflict, revitalize… — Judith Lynne Hanna Copy Share Image
It is the persistence of dance in helping people to resist, reduce, and escape stress since early humanity that attests to its efficacy. — Judith Lynne Hanna Copy Share Image
In the interweave of mind and body, dance is a mode that allows people to work through difficulties, anticipate the future, recollect the past,… — Judith Lynne Hanna Copy Share Image
Saying the lion is kind of the beasts says something about lions and also something about kings. — Judith Lynne Hanna Copy Share Image
In contrast to what the women have been told (that they are dumb and ugly) and how they have been controlled with confined strictures,… — Judith Lynne Hanna Copy Share Image
Dance therapy provides an outlet for energy and a safe and playful environment in which many areas of conflict can be identified and worked… — Judith Lynne Hanna Copy Share Image
He [Wilhelm Reich] believed that the individual's walk, stance, and breath patterns revealed a specific character type. Reich thought chronic muscular tension indicated repression… — Judith Lynne Hanna Copy Share Image
Participants in dance, both dancers and viewers, may experience catharsis and develop a sense of mastery or self-discovery. — Judith Lynne Hanna Copy Share Image
In the United States and other countries, there has been a decline in public and private support of the arts, including dance. Awareness that… — Judith Lynne Hanna Copy Share Image
Among its many uses, dance/movement therapy aims to help people overcome trauma, often by nonverbally bringing the elements of the experience to the fore. — Judith Lynne Hanna Copy Share Image
Contrary to conventional wisdom, dance is not a universal 'language' but many languages and dialects. There are close to 6000 verbal languages, and probably… — Judith Lynne Hanna Copy Share Image
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