Marian Chace Foundation Film Screening and Panel Discussion: Dance Therapy: The Power of Movement

Abstract

This year, the Marian Chace Foundation faced an an unexpected turn of events. This created a shift in programming that called for quick creative thinking and flexibility in long held traditions. In lieu of a traditional lecturer, the 2021 Marian Chace Foundation Lecture began with a film screening of Dance Therapy: The Power of Movement and culminated with a professional panel including some of the women involved with the 1982 film. The panel moderator guided inquiries around the conception and creation of the film, the clinical processes, and general knowledge of the practice of dance movement therapy. Transcripts of the panel discussion highlight the rich dialogue between those women who were paving the way for dance movement therapy to be a respected career in the United States of America and provided a glimpse, through both the film and the panel, of the remarkable, therapeutic work they were providing decades ago. The 2021 Marian Chace Foundation film screening and professional panel can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L7jMlngmLA.