Dance/Movement as Resilience, Unity and Community in Rwanda: Shared Experience over Difference

Growing together toward a more socially just experience of humanity is of profound concern within communities across the nation, and is of essential relevance within the dance/movement therapy community, in particular. Acknowledging individual difference is pervasive. However, rationale for shifting...

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Published inAmerican journal of dance therapy Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 5 - 15
Main Author Orkand, Susan Carey
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.06.2020
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Dance
Education
Genocide
Health Psychology
Personality and Social Psychology
Psychology
Rwanda
Dance
Dance/movement therapy
Social justice
Rwanda
Body-mind strategies
Resilience
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Summary:Growing together toward a more socially just experience of humanity is of profound concern within communities across the nation, and is of essential relevance within the dance/movement therapy community, in particular. Acknowledging individual difference is pervasive. However, rationale for shifting the focus to “shared experience” and its benefits is highlighted in this paper. Dance in Rwanda, and its cultural relevance to resilience and connection before and after the 1994 genocide, illustrates the invaluable healing impact of this relationally based approach. A service project that encompasses dance/movement therapy and other body mind strategies for widows of genocide will be described as a salient example of the efficacy for developing resilience, unity, and connection.
ISSN:0146-3721
1573-3262
DOI:10.1007/s10465-020-09325-8