[Adta] message to so you think you can dance

[Lora Wilson]

Susan and others,

This is a great idea - a way to do outreach directly to the audience (who IS 
reading the board) by directly responding TO a board-poster.  Superficially, 
it might look like that post will only be read by one or two persons... BUT, 
if we respond to posts that the VIEWERS ARE WRITING - exactly as Susan did, 
reframing their perceptions in dmt terms... but in THEIR threads, not our 
own, MAYBE, just MAYBE, the kids/viewers reading those posts will start 
responding with questions, inquiries, comments (like "dance therapy sounds 
cool" actual quote from a few days ago)  and maybe THIS is the way we  build 
the numbers... by getting the non-dance therapists out there who are posting 
every second to start responding to US.

Look at the "hot" topics that are on the left hand side and see if any of 
them lend themselves to a dmt reframe.  I've seen many topics that reference 
"dance is healing" or "dance is my therapy" or emotional stuff.

I really think there is gold in them there hills, folks.  Let's keep 
panning! :-)

Lora Wilson, MA, DTR
Newport Beach, CA


>From: "skdmt2" <skdmt2 at bellsouth.net>
>To: <adta at adta.org>
>Subject: [Adta] message to so you think you can dance
>Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 14:21:00 -0400
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>   saw this message under judges, etc,
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>I hope  that Mary is feeling better after Mia's piece from the other night.
>I gathered she was going through the sickness or death of a parent herself.
>When art reaches you that way, it truly is art.
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>I responded:
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>Regarding Mary's choreograpy. It looked like she used her own personal
>experiences & transformed them into a work of art that probably touched 
>most
>of us who witnessed it. In my work as a dance therapist, I encourage the
>women I work with to transform their feelings expressively,through their
>movements, rather then to bury  or numb them. We "process' these feelings 
>so
>that they can be understood both on a body level as well as a cognitive or
>intellectual level.This is an important part of my philosophy as a dance
>therapist that I believe promotes growth and insight.
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>Perhap Mary's choreography was reflective of meaningful events in her lfe
>and because she was able to  experience and understand them, she was able 
>to
>also  transform them into a dance & communicate these feelings to those who
>would perform it. Her expression touched a chord in herself, her dancers 
>and
>us.
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>Bravo Mary- I can only guess that this may be so & if it is, you allowed
>your life feelings to be shared as an art &  your ability to do this, is,
>indeed an art.
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>Maybe others can also respond??
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>Susan
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>Susan Kleinman, MA, ADTR, NCC
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