Date of Award
5-2020
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Abstract
This thesis aims to explore the parallels that are present between Argentine social tango and dance/movement therapy. Through a personal embodied inquiry of both the dance form and the therapeutic modality, the author draws a comparison of therapeutic elements such as collective and shared experience, attunement and the therapeutic relationship, expansion of movement repertoire, presence in the here-and-now, and integration of the whole self. The analysis demonstrates that while each form is distinct, there is also commonality and a shared language that grounds them both at the center of movement as a form of therapy. Tango is a social dance in and of itself, and dance/movement therapy embodies many different forms of movements and dances, however, at the heart of both forms is the whole, vulnerable self centered around a collective and shared experience.
Recommended Citation
Rosado Cofresí, Natalia E., "Tango And Dance/Movement Therapy: A Partner Dance" (2020). Dance/Movement Therapy Theses. 71.
https://digitalcommons.slc.edu/dmt_etd/71