Dance Movement Therapy / Spring 2025

  I   Unit: Positive Psychology Them: Hero's Journey   Introduction   Positive psychology is the scientific study of what makes life most worth living, focusing on both individual and societal well-being. It studies "positive subjective experience, positive individual traits, and positive institutions...it aims to improve quality of life.   The  Hero's Journey  is a classic story structure that's shared by stories worldwide. Coined by American   professor of literature Joseph Campbell (1904 - 1987) the Hero's Journey illustrates how life can be seen as a transformational process. For this reason, anything that happens in one's life, even if negative, can be viewed as part of learning and making sense.     II   Learning Objectives  Understand the Hero's Journey  Explain the different stages of the Hero's Journey Gain an awareness of the importance of one's own journey Experience the creation of one's own indiv...

Brain-storming Types of Clowning Emotion and Movement Movement Percent Speed Percent  Experiential Part of the Class Students move at different speed percentages.   Speed with levels   Sitting to think about the exercise: Concept fragmentation: Cutting the movement in pieces. It is important to find the object in clown state.   Demonstration Natural movement Find the object / Use fragmentation There is also the mime aspect added to it There is character building There is music   Exercise Pairs Choose a situation with a conflict   Last Exercise Blowing the Balloon Using percentages of movement, energy, intensity  Choreographing the Clown routine Performing the routine as a group            

        I   Unit: Self-transformation Theme: Mindfulness   Introduction   Mindfulness is a meditational practice that allows us to remain emotionally, psychologically and mentally healthy.   II   Learning Objectives  Understand the concept of mindfulness Explain how mindfulness relates to self-transformation Gain an awareness of the importance of mindfulness for Dance Movement Therapy Experience mindfulness by following   III Check In     IV Main Lesson  1 The Unconscious   Encountering Archetypal Figures     https://www.google.com/books/edition/Swimming_in_the_Sacred/VLa0EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=In+Los+Angeles+she+worked+together+with+Tina+Keller-Jenny.&pg=PA166&printsec=frontcover   (4:30)  Question 1   What two categories of the content of the unconscious are defined by Jung? Explain the difference   2   History of Dance Movement T...