THEORETICAL BASES OF DANCE/MOVEMENT THERAPY

Abstract

The article is devoted to dance/movement therapy — a special kind of psychotherapy that uses a dance movement for the development of social, emotional and physical life of the individual. This is a form of psychosomatic treatment aimed at identifying links between mental conflicts and somatic symptoms, on exemption from physical and mental stress. The article examines the theoretical foundations of dance therapy, his¬tory of its formation, basic directions and forms of work.