The lived experience of creative/therapeutic dance
| aut.embargo | No | en |
| aut.thirdpc.contains | No | |
| aut.thirdpc.permission | No | |
| aut.thirdpc.removed | No | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Smythe, Liz | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hurst, Anne Frances | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-10-13T00:25:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-10-13T00:25:14Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2010 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2010-10-12T23:56:42Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This phenomenological study explores the lived experience of group creative/therapeutic dance (CTD). Key concepts informing the phenomenon are outlined: the historical role of expressive arts and healing, alliance to dance/movement therapy (DMT), phenomenology, arts, creativity, and spirituality. There was a paucity of research available related to this study. A review of this research showed positive experiences of CTD activities. A purposive sample of four participants took part in guided in-depth interviews, drawing on their experiences and meaning of two forms of CTD: 5Rhythms® dance and dreambody dance. Interpretive and existential lifeworld reflection was used in a thematic analysis of the data (van Manen, 1997). Significant themes emerging were: the first time, arriving/transitioning, 'being' in body, mood, relationality/communality, time, space, creative freedom, embodied spirituality and becoming/transformation. The discussion confirms the 'play' in these interweaving themes and the therapeutic potentiality within the experience. As an evolving health focused activity, implications for practice, education and research coincide. I argue that there is potential for CTD as a therapeutic medium for understanding the self. I recommend further applied phenomenological studies to deepen understanding, evaluation and application of the therapeutic potential of CTD. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10292/1015 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_NZ |
| dc.publisher | Auckland University of Technology | |
| dc.rights.accessrights | OpenAccess | |
| dc.subject | Phenomenology | |
| dc.subject | Hermeneutic | |
| dc.subject | Dance/movement therapy | |
| dc.subject | Creativity | |
| dc.subject | Embodiment | |
| dc.subject | Spirituality | |
| dc.subject | 5Rhythyms dance | |
| dc.subject | Dreambody dance | |
| dc.subject | Process orientated psychology | |
| dc.subject | Arts | |
| dc.title | The lived experience of creative/therapeutic dance | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Auckland University of Technology | |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters Theses | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Health Science |