Dance Movement Therapy / Fall 2024

  I   Check In  Ice Breaker   The ADHD Doctor: “I’ve Scanned 250,000 Brains” You (Steven Bartlett) Have ADHD!!! Dr Daniel Amen https://youtu.be/ycTZ_t-aiuU?si=ThPa14kGDkzsyLxF What makes the brain worse? (21:00-29:00) Question 1 According to Dr. Amen, what makes the brain worse? II   Unit: Body Integration Theme: Trudi Schoop / Rhythm Drumming   Introduction Rhythm can be defined as a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound. Drumming is defined as a continuous rhythmic sound. Thus, rhythm and drumming put together could be described as a strong continuous rhythmic sound with a repeated pattern of movement or sound. Trudi Schoop idea of using rhythm and drumming with people with schizophrenia helped clients to develop a sense of body limits. As clients experience cathexis, their sense of body parts becomes satisfactory. The rhythm and the drumming help clients to be aware of their body parts.   III Learning Objectives Underst...

  I   Check In   Icebreaker # 1 Neuroscientist   (39:40 - 49:14) https://youtu.be/NKyyF9MQXn4?si=VutNhTfomxxFeCoR   II  Unit: Re-integration  Theme: Self-Portrait   Introduction   The self portrait ritual symbolizes the re-integration of all the different parts of self and one's story with renewed insight, vitality and visions for change. These ritual-performances, illustrated in the video below, are enacted with the group and teachers witnessing in the final week of the Tamalpa Level 1 training program.   III   Learning Objectives   Understand the meaning of the full-body self-portrait in the re-integration process  Explain the importance of the metaphoric associations to body parts   Gain an awareness of the relationship between "dancing images" and "personal metaphors" Experience the therapeutic benefits of the full-body self-portrait  Experience the embodiment of awareness and personal metaphors IV Main...

   I  Unit: Assessment  Theme: Mid-Term Quiz   Introduction Every semester I assess your understanding of the content covered so far. Just right before the progress report's dead line, you test your own abilities to retain some of the themes we have learned and experienced together.   Today's quiz evaluates how efficient I have been in communicating ideas about DMT based on your responses to the questions below.   II Objectives Understand the nature of self-assessment Make sense of the various concepts explored in class Gather an awareness of assessment that is conducive to further learning Experience what is like to put into practice the content learned in class   III   Check  in   IV   Main Lesson VOCABULARY 1.The Circle: The circle represents a powerful symbol with perceived characteristics of totality, wholeness and completeness. Forming a circle is used frequently in Dance Movement Therapy (DMT), eme...

   I   Unit: The Language of Movement Theme: Watching & Responding   Introduction The Power of Movement is a film that focuses on the use of dance therapy to allow individuals to reach into themselves and also to facilitate interaction among people. It was produced in 1982 by film-maker Norris Brock and dance/movement therapists Diane Duggan and Judith Bunney.   II Check In III Learning Objectives Understand the diversity of populations dance/movement therapy can help to heal Explain the different approaches of the dance/movement therapists featured in the film Gain an awareness of the role of the dance/movement therapists Experience a hypothetical scenario in which dance/movement therapy can be used IV Main Lesson  Film The Power of Movement by Norris Brock (2:07 -  30:15)     Featured Dance/Movement Therapists Sharon Chaiklin Joan Chodorow Jane Downes Barbara Stain Susan Sandel V A Note to Remember The main role of dance/movement the...

I   Unit: Psychiatric DMT Theme: Patricia Capello   Introduction  Like Chace, Patricia P. Capello also worked with mentally ill patients. Chace represents the origin of the field in the East coast and Cappello represents the present. She was a Senior Dance/Movement Therapist and Acting Team Leader for the Therapeutic Activities Service at Maimonides. Ms. Capello currently is Associate Chair of the ADTA's International Panel and trains and supervises students in DMT with a specialty in Psychiatry. Her methodology is uniquely hers. She uses pop songs to stimulate her clients movement expression. She combines dance with lyrics that have meaning and connect those who are familiar with the songs. Hers sessions end with meaning making which she conveys by verbally asking every client in her group what the lyrics meant to them personally.    II Learning Objectives   Understand Capello's methodology  Explain the meaning of a movement metaphor...