Dance and healing

  • Jane Farrelly

Western Sydney University thesis: Master's thesis

Abstract

Dance consciously or unconsciously can by its very creative process from idea or feeling through to performance work and beyond, form a catalyst for healing. This paper provides a written record of a practical, phenomenological, qualitative, dance and healing research project. The researcher's ideas coalesce from three schools of thought. They are health sciences, dance art and faith. Body sciences and homeopathic theory inform the practice of exploratory contemporary dance improvisation. Wholistic and ethical methods of research practice are applied to the study of a range of dance and health concerns
Date of Award2003
Original languageEnglish

Keywords

  • dance therapy
  • health sciences
  • faith and prayer

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