Abstract
This research paper is based on embodied, phenomenological and narrative methodologies and is a movement psychological narrative about Clara's and Asta's dance therapeutic processes in the dance therapy form Dansergia1,2. As fate would have it, they are both currently preparing themselves to say goodbye to their mothers. Asta meets love behind the hard realities of life, while Clara, by accepting her mother's approaching death process, opens up for new life energy beyond stiffness in her own body which has lasted for years. The theme of the article is how birth and death, taking leave and new beginnings are woven together in rhythmic wave movements which affect all human movement processes. In a societal context, the article may be regarded as a critical voice. It points to the division between fast-paced, youth-fixated western society's often hidden death processes on the one hand, and Clara's and Asta's existential processes on the other. In the dance therapeutic space, there is room to look at both death and life.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy: An International Journal for Theory, Research and Practice |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Pages (from-to) | 171-184 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISSN | 1743-2979 |
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| Publication status | Published - Aug 2010 |