September 23 - 26, 2010
Brooklyn, New York
Creating the Mind-Body Mosaic: Theory, Research and Practice in Dance/Movement Therapy
The 45th Annual Conference will celebrate and advance the work of dance/movement therapy, considering the mind-body mosaic as a metaphor. The dynamic integration of psyche and soma brings together the guiding wisdom of theory, clinical applications, synergy in our communities, knowledge from neuroscience, dance/movement therapy research and our roots in dance. In dance/movement therapy, people and communities move their lives and create from them a mosaic: a cohesive and beautiful whole.
Hotel: Marriott New York at the Brooklyn Bridge
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To view the full conference schedule, click here
To view the Thursday, September 23 Intensives, click here
***There have been 2 schedule changes in Thursday's Intensives***
- IS2, DMT and White Identity in a Multicultural World: Where do I fit in? How can I help? with Elizabeth Templeton is now a half-day intensive, beginning at 9:00 am and ending at 12:00 pm.
- A new intensive has been added as IS9! Counseling's Vision 20/20 and DMT: Considering your Future with Leslie Armeniox. IS9 is a half-day intensive starting at 1:00 pm and ending at 4:00 pm. To find out more about this intensive, please click on the link above (intesives link or full conference schedule link).
Want to learn more about the presenters and international panel? Biographies located here
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BC-DMTs and R-DMTs - Do you need to pick up some CEs?
By attending this conference you will be able to earn CEs!
Continuing Education: ADTA (Provider #5739) is an approved provider for the 
National Board of Certified Counselors and will offer continuing education for NCCs. Many state LPC Boards also accept NBCC approved hours; you may wish to contact your state board to get information on their approval requirements. Continuing Education Certificates will be available in your packet. ADTA is an NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP™) and may offer NBCC approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP ™ solely is responsible for all aspects of the program.
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Don't miss out on these special events:
Banquet Dinner and Dance with music by Soul Be It: Saturday, September 25
Check out our musical quest at their website - www.soulbeit.com - where you hear the band and learn more about them!
Marian Chace Foundation Lecture: Saturday, September 25
The Need to be Seen - From Winnicott to the Mirror Neuron System DMT Comes of Age - Suzi Tortora
Dr. Tortora is a board certified and New York State licensed dance movement psychotherapist and nonverbal communication analyst. She has extensive experience working in private practice with infants, children and their families, providing individual and group psychotherapy. Her expertise includes infant-parent dyadic nonverbal communication video analysis sessions to assist the parents in understanding how their child’s and their own nonverbal cues are influencing the attachment relationship. She has also created dance therapy programs for medically ill pediatric patients. Dr. Tortora he provides training programs nationally and internationally including at the Zero to Three National Training Institute and the World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH); has been featured on radio and television programs including NPR; Good Morning America, ABC-TV; Eyewitness News WABC-TV; and the New Yorker magazine.. She is on the faculty of the postgraduate Institute for Infants, Children & Families of the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services; the masters dance therapy program at Pratt Institute; and the New School for General Studies. She is a Board Member of the New York Zero to Three Network; and on the Advisory Board of MarbleJam Kids, Inc, where she directed the adaptation of her Ways of Seeing program for their art, music and dance therapy program for Autistic children. She has published papers about her therapeutic and nonverbal communication analysis work with children, parent-infant dyads, and Autism Spectrum Disorders. Dr. Tortora recently published a book, The Dancing Dialogue: Using the communicative power of movement with young children.
Performances
New York University
(Our) Last Indulgences
Choreography by Deborah Damast
Lighting design and photography by Cris Dopher
92 Street Y
Harkness Repertory Ensemble (HRE)
Bottomland Group Walk
Photo credit: Jeff Day
92 Street Y
Harkness Repertory Ensemble (HRE)
Flowers Arabesque
Photo credit: Jeff Day
Setsuko
Shirabyosi-Mai (Japanese Court Dance)
In Japan, Shirabyosi-Mai is the first dance in which women wore men's costumes, including a scarlet hakama, sword, and fan. According to Tsurezuregusa and Heikemonogatari, this tradition started around the 10th century.
International Panel: Saturday, September 25
MEN IN DANCE THERAPY: As Therapists and Clients
It is clear that the ranks of the dance therapy profession consist mainly of women, but it is also clear that we are fortunate to have men throughout the world who have made highly significant contributions. The panel will focus on their personal experiences as dance movement therapists and educators in their respective countries, and on their work with men and boys. The focus will be on issues uniquely involving men, and on problems that arise through being in this largely female profession. Some topics to be covered include work with men who have been victims of sexual abuse and the contrast in movement expression in men from different continents.
Dr. Guillermo Molina, ARGENTINA
Pavel Bic, CZECH REPUBLIC
Roland Schankula, GERMANY
Dr. Vincenzo Puxeddu, ITALY
Shoichi Machida, JAPAN
Dr. Sunyoung Park, KOREA
Zvika Frank, NETHERLANDS
Dr. Alexander Girshon, RUSSIA
Dr. Oleh Romanchuk, UKRAINE
David Alan Harris, SIERRA LEONE, USA
Ted Ehrhardt, USA
Dr. James Murphy, USA
Jeff Gilbert, USA
Dr. Miriam Roskin Berger, Chair
Patricia Capello, Associate
Nohemi Contreras, Tim Harling, Grace Ho, & Dilshad Patel, Assistants