Workshop "Dance of Life® and Dance Therapy"

15 octobre 2010

Workshop "Dance of Life® and Dance Therapy"

Dance Therapy
Dance Therapy prepares you to step into the "Dance of Life"

Dance therapy is not about achieving defined forms of dance, but is concerned with genuine, creative movement. The objective is to re-establish the unity of body, mind and soul.
The increasing tendency towards isolation and growing estrangement in our societies often results in emotional, mental and physical illness. Dance therapy helps people to rediscover themselves, thus achieving greater self-awareness and a sense of well-being. People can find their true inner self through authentic movement. They learn to love themselves and thus learn to love others.

Dance therapy can be applied to all forms of psychic and psychosomatic disorders. Through our own experience in movement and dance we are not only touched physically but also emotionally, mentally and spiritually. The human being makes contact with the conscious and unconscious parts of their personality, learns to accept them and to assimilate these experiences based on their personal history. Accompanying verbal sharing and clarification are of equal importance.

In her video Petra Klein shows the various forms of application of the ancient healing power of the dance, which are the roots of dance therapy - dance scenes from the native American Indians, from African and Oriental dance and the various forms of folk dances found in the different cultures throughout the world. We see how children have no trouble in expressing their emotions. In contrast to this it becomes apparent that many adults are no longer capable of responding directly to their inner impulses.

They have lost their sense of self. It is impressive to see how dance therapy accompanies people in healing deep emotional wounds experienced during childhood. The video shows this process-oriented work - people deeply engaged in their own personal processes. A developmental dance clearly illustrates during which life phases emotional blockages can occur and how the healing power of the dance together with the human relationship can resolve them. Through this primal trust can grow or be reinforced.

The core of Petra Klein's work is the development of our capacity to love and build up relationships - the feeling of belonging to a joyful community. How these prerequisites are formed is made very clear through special dances with emphases on different developmental stages.

Petra Klein's philosophy:
"Dance therapy helps removing inner obstacles - the stones that scatter our path to spiritual wealth and feelings of joy and harmony. Only when we exude inner radiance are we able to light up other people's lives. My aim is to create a reality which makes life worth living, despite possibly unfavorable childhood experiences. Only when such traumas are released are we able to step into the "Dance of Life" and to fully awaken our unity.

In this sense dance therapy prepares you to step into the Dance of Life."

Biography of Petra Klein

Petra Klein has been a psychologist MA and psychotherapist (BDP) since 1980. She qualified as a dance therapist in the USA in 1982. She is one of the pioneers of the dance therapy movement in Europe and lives in the Canaries, on the volcanic island of Tenerife, Spain, where she accompanies people along the path that unfolds their personalities. She is the director of the "International Institute for Dance Therapy IIDT" on Tenerife. There she conducts vacation seminars, educational training, coaching and individual consultation and inspires people through various dance events. By invitation she also presents her work in other countries.

She lectures at the University of Hamburg, Germany and at the University of Zürich, Switzerland. As founder and director from 1983 to 1994 of the "Institut für Tanztherapie Hamburg ITTH" in Hamburg, Germany, she was actively involved in getting dance therapy established in Germany.