ABSTRACT
Dance/movement as active imagination was originated by Jung in 1916. Developed in the 1960s by dance therapy pioneer Mary Whitehouse, it is today both an approach to dance therapy as well as a form of active imagination in analysis. In her delightful book Joan Chodorow provides an introduction to the origins, theory and practice of dance/movement as active imagination.
Beginning with her own story the author shows how dance/ movement is of value to psychotherapy. An historical overview of Jung's basic concepts is given as well as the most recent depth psychological synthesis of affect theory based on the work of Sylvan Tomkins, Louis Stewart, and others. Finally in discussing the use of dance/movement as active imagination in practice, the movement themes that emerge and the non-verbal expressive aspects of the therapaeutic relationship are described.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |7 pages
Introduction
part One|30 pages
Personal Origins
chapter Chapter One|5 pages
Dance to Dance Therapy
chapter Chapter Two|8 pages
Trudi Schoop
chapter Chapter Three|6 pages
Mary Starks Whitehouse
chapter Chapter Four|9 pages
Dance Therapy to Analysis
part Two|69 pages
Depth Psychology and the Emotions
chapter |3 pages
Introduction to Part Two
chapter Chapter Five|5 pages
Jung on Body, Psyche, Emotion
chapter Chapter Six|6 pages
The Structure of the Unconscious
chapter Chapter Seven|7 pages
Basic Concepts
chapter Chapter Eight|9 pages
Darwin and Tomkins
chapter Chapter Nine|9 pages
Stewart's Affect and Archetype
chapter Chapter Ten|5 pages
The Primal Self
chapter Chapter Eleven|11 pages
The Realized Self
chapter Chapter Twelve|6 pages
Child Development
chapter Chapter Thirteen|6 pages
Active Imagination
part Three|44 pages
The Moving Imagination