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

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

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

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

- Judith Lynne Hanna

It is the persistence of dance in helping people to resist, reduce, and escape stress since early humanity that attests to its efficacy.

- 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

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

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

- Judith Lynne Hanna

The 1980's witnessed a new dance genre in New York City and Los Angeles. Slam Dancing was perhaps a way for adolescent males to deal with the stress…

- Judith Lynne Hanna