DAN 291-C / Dance Movement Therapy / Spring 2026

      I   Unit: Body Integration Theme: Innermost Fantasy    Introduction   Trudi Schoop believed in exploring, through dance/movement, the fantasy life of clients diagnosed as psychotic. In order to bring the client to the world as others saw it, Schoop believed in the importance of engaging the patient in understanding and temporarily joining the client in his/her delusions, hallucinations and ideations. II Learning Objectives   Understand the role of the dance/movement therapist in helping patients with schizophrenia Explain  the therapist approach when working with patients diagnosed with schizophrenia Gain an awareness of how joining the clients' innermost fantasy positively affects the clients' well-being Experience the therapeutic process through a personal recollection on one's own innermost fantasy  III   Mindful Walking practice will be played the weeks of Feb 26 and March 25 Check file on email. Mindful Walking Yo...

    Guest Teacher Yael Schweitzer Intro   Sensing: Connecting with your body, with your breath, with the space.   Moving:   A)Walking around the room and make a stop to face another person.   B) Warm Up (In Mettler's language it is Tunning Up and Tunning In).   Individuation   Stretching, different body parts, try to see what is true for your at this movement, feel free to use the floor. Try to open eyes as looking to your body parts and then try with eyes closed. Some people are twisting and bending, so let us add that to your exploration. Try to see what kind of movement are coming out for you, if you are trying something you have not tried before.     Try rolls  with your hands, your neck, your body in general, with eyes closed and eyes open. It is OK to just enjoy this movement. Sense different body parts as you roll. Now will go into undulating. Give more movement to it to transition into swinging. Try to swing all bod...

  I Check In II   Unit: Body Integration Theme: Trudi Schoop / Rhythm Drumming   Introduction Rhythm can be defined as a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound. Drumming is defined as a continuous rhythmic sound. Thus, rhythm and drumming put together could be described as a strong continuous rhythmic sound with a repeated pattern of movement or sound. Trudi Schoop idea of using rhythm and drumming with people with schizophrenia helped clients to develop a sense of body limits. As clients experience cathexis, their sense of body parts becomes satisfactory. The rhythm and the drumming help clients to be aware of their body parts.   III Learning Objectives Understand the importance of observation when working with clients. Explain the use of body-ego technique in the treatment of patients with schizophrenia Gain an awareness of the importance of rhythm in Schoop's body-ego approach  Experience the hypothetical application of rhythm dru...

  I   Check In   Icebreaker # 1 Neuroscientist   (39:40 - 49:14) https://youtu.be/NKyyF9MQXn4?si=VutNhTfomxxFeCoR   II  Unit: Re-integration  Theme: Self-Portrait   Introduction   The self portrait ritual symbolizes the re-integration of all the different parts of self and one's story with renewed insight, vitality and visions for change. These ritual-performances, illustrated in the video below, are enacted with the group and teachers witnessing in the final week of the Tamalpa Level 1 training program.   III   Learning Objectives   Understand the meaning of the full-body self-portrait in the re-integration process  Explain the importance of the metaphoric associations to body parts   Gain an awareness of the relationship between "dancing images" and "personal metaphors" Experience the therapeutic benefits of the full-body self-portrait  Experience the embodiment of awareness and personal metaphors IV Main...