Contrary to conventional wisdom, dance is not a universal 'language' but many languages and dialects. There are close to 6000 verbal languages, and p…

- Judith Lynne Hanna

Dance therapy provides an outlet for energy and a safe and playful environment in which many areas of conflict can be identified and worked through, …

- Judith Lynne Hanna

Among its many uses, dance/movement therapy aims to help people overcome trauma, often by nonverbally bringing the elements of the experience to the …

- Judith Lynne Hanna

He [Wilhelm Reich] believed that the individual's walk, stance, and breath patterns revealed a specific character type. Reich thought chronic muscul…

- Judith Lynne Hanna

Saying the lion is kind of the beasts says something about lions and also something about kings.

- Judith Lynne Hanna

The symbolism in any kind of dance allows for recall, reenactment, and reexperience of events for purposes of resisting, reducing, transforming, and …

- Judith Lynne Hanna

In contrast to what the women have been told (that they are dumb and ugly) and how they have been controlled with confined strictures, the dance clas…

- Judith Lynne Hanna

Participants in dance, both dancers and viewers, may experience catharsis and develop a sense of mastery or self-discovery.

- Judith Lynne Hanna

In the United States and other countries, there has been a decline in public and private support of the arts, including dance. Awareness that dance …

- Judith Lynne Hanna