Rhythmic Expressions workshop by Zill Botadkar, Lighthouse, Mumbai
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• “Dance/movement therapy can serve both as a bridge for contact and provide a vehicle for communication with individuals.”
• Dance Movement Therapy (DMT):
– Kinesthetic empathy, mirroring
– Working in circle & other forms (relationships)
– Symbolism, movement metaphor
– Rhythm
– Verbalization
• Use of music, props, dramatic/narrative elements
Benefits:
– Body, movement and spatial awareness
– Expressive-motor skills and body posture
– Self-confidence, positive body-image and self-image
– Playful interaction and communication, empathy and attunement
– Expression of self and feelings through body and movement
– Promoting creativity
– Improving concentration and learning skills (i.e. by helping manage feelings that interrupt learning)
– Enhancing body, spatial, kinesthetic awareness and self-awareness
– Improving self-image, self-esteem and personal autonomy
– Broadening one’s expressive-motor abilities
– Developing trusting relationships (kinesthetic empathy, care for each other) and social skills
– Expressing and giving form to one’s own feelings and thoughts, processing of emotions through creative process and verbalization
– Learning and rehearsing new ways of coping
– Helping experience links between thoughts, feelings and actions, between body and mind, movement and language (sense of wholeness of self)
Reasons why one should participate in dance and Movement Activities:
• Dance keeps both the body and the brain active, vital for people of every age
• Dance offers a way to improve strength and flexibility, which helps keeps muscles and joints healthy
• Choosing to start a new hobby can help you meet new people and make friends with people who have similar interests
• Dance helps you learn about your body, improving your posture and balance
• Taking time out in the day to partake in a hobby can help to reduce stress levels
• Dance can offer insight into other cultures, either through the dance style itself or meeting new people
• Dance can help build vital communications skills needed
• Participating in dance can help increase your self esteem and confidence through mastering new skills
• Dance offers a creative outlet for people to express their personalities in a safe environment
• Dance is a fun way open up new possibilities, keep healthy and enjoy yourself
• Dance Movement Therapy (DMT):
– Kinesthetic empathy, mirroring
– Working in circle & other forms (relationships)
– Symbolism, movement metaphor
– Rhythm
– Verbalization
• Use of music, props, dramatic/narrative elements
Benefits:
– Body, movement and spatial awareness
– Expressive-motor skills and body posture
– Self-confidence, positive body-image and self-image
– Playful interaction and communication, empathy and attunement
– Expression of self and feelings through body and movement
– Promoting creativity
– Improving concentration and learning skills (i.e. by helping manage feelings that interrupt learning)
– Enhancing body, spatial, kinesthetic awareness and self-awareness
– Improving self-image, self-esteem and personal autonomy
– Broadening one’s expressive-motor abilities
– Developing trusting relationships (kinesthetic empathy, care for each other) and social skills
– Expressing and giving form to one’s own feelings and thoughts, processing of emotions through creative process and verbalization
– Learning and rehearsing new ways of coping
– Helping experience links between thoughts, feelings and actions, between body and mind, movement and language (sense of wholeness of self)
Reasons why one should participate in dance and Movement Activities:
• Dance keeps both the body and the brain active, vital for people of every age
• Dance offers a way to improve strength and flexibility, which helps keeps muscles and joints healthy
• Choosing to start a new hobby can help you meet new people and make friends with people who have similar interests
• Dance helps you learn about your body, improving your posture and balance
• Taking time out in the day to partake in a hobby can help to reduce stress levels
• Dance can offer insight into other cultures, either through the dance style itself or meeting new people
• Dance can help build vital communications skills needed
• Participating in dance can help increase your self esteem and confidence through mastering new skills
• Dance offers a creative outlet for people to express their personalities in a safe environment
• Dance is a fun way open up new possibilities, keep healthy and enjoy yourself