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Healing Dance

Healing Dance is a ritual dance form that functions as a therapeutic practice, distinguished by its intentional use of movement sequences within ceremonial contexts to restore physical, emotional, or spiritual well-being.

47

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2.2K

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72

Authors

34

Institutions

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2017–2026

11

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Publications

47

Boiling Energy. Community Healing among the Kalahari Kung

Una Maclean, Richard J. Katz · Journal of Religion in Africa · 1985 · 405 citations

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Neuroscience meets dance/movement therapy: Mirror neurons, the therapeutic process and empathy

Cynthia Berrol · The Arts in Psychotherapy · 2006 · 198 citations

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Dance/movement therapy: A healing art

Miriam Roskin Berger · The Arts in Psychotherapy · 1991 · 142 citations

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African Dance as Healing Modality Throughout the Diaspora: The Use of Ritual and Movement to Work Through Trauma

Nicole M. Monteiro, Diana J. Wall · The Journal of Pan-African Studies · 2011 · 134 citations

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Foundations of dance/movement therapy: The life and work of marian chace

Deborah Thomas · American Journal of Dance Therapy · 1994 · 107 citations

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Authors

72

  1. CL
    Chris Low

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 79 citations

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  2. MB
    Marcia B. Leventhal

    New York University, United States

    2 publications · 23 citations

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  3. IS
    Ilene Serlin

    Saybrook University, United States

    2 publications · 63 citations

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  4. SM
    Steven M. Friedson

    University of North Texas, United States

    2 publications · 139 citations

    2

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  5. PW
    Polly Wiessner

    University of Utah, United States

    1 publications · 23 citations

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Institutions

34

  1. Naropa University

    Boulder, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    90 citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    53 citations

  3. SOAS University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  4. University of Tennessee Health Science Center

    Memphis, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    89 citations

  5. University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    267 citations

  6. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  7. New York Proton Center

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    58 citations

  8. National School of Public Health

    Athens, Greece

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

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Venues

  1. American Journal of Dance Therapy

    19 publications · 476 citations

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  2. The Arts in Psychotherapy

    3 publications · 356 citations

    3

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  3. Botswana notes and records

    1 publications · 23 citations

    1

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  4. Yearbook for Traditional Music

    1 publications · 75 citations

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  5. Journal of Namibian Studies History Politics Culture

    JNS · 1 publications · 10 citations

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