She said she uses a structure from Marian Chace, a pioneer in dance movement therapy, to design her sessions, but what she does depends on the people in the group. If the energy level is low ...

She has trained most of the nation’s dance therapists, is also a leader in the related field of drama therapy. Full of honors and awards, Marian Chace still feels a surge of triumph when a ...

What is Dance/Movement Therapy? DMT emerged in the 1940s, led by Marian Chace, one of the founders of modern dance and dance therapy. She worked at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington ...

Dance therapy officially surfaced in the wards of psychiatric hospitals during World War II, when dance instructor Marian Chace used movement to treat veterans in Washington, D.C. The practice was ...

Koprak noted that dance therapy pioneer Marian Chace had the idea of a dance therapy session having warm-up, theme and closure components, while another dance pioneer, Marcia Leventhal ...

The idea of dance therapy first started right after World War II, when Marian Chace, a dance performer assisting veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, incorporated dance into treatment.

This course will give an overview of the history of the field of Dance/Movement Therapy. The main focus will be on the theory, techniques and practice of Marian Chace as a basis for understanding ...

This research was supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Marian Chace Foundation of the American Dance Therapy Association.

This research was supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Marian Chace Foundation of the American Dance Therapy Association.

The roots of dance therapy can be traced to the early 20th century and the work of dancer Marian Chace, who noticed that some of her students were more interested in the emotions they expressed ...

This research was supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Marian Chace Foundation of the American Dance Therapy Association. Examining the impact of dance/movement therapy on ...