Abstract:The convergence of dance art and therapeutic culture engendered the development of dance‐movement therapy in the mid to late 20th century internationally. This article traces the sociopolitical, institutional, and aesthetic influences that coalesced in this process by contrasting histories of dance‐movement therapy in Hungary and in the United States. The professionalization dance‐movement therapy, through which it established its own theory, practice, and training institutions, occurred first in the United St… Show more
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