ABSTRACT

Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) is growing internationally as an alternative and creative approach to counseling, psychosocial rehabilitation, self-expression, and empowerment. Without any dialogue, movement serves as a means for inspiring people to open up and share their stories and embody their true emotions. Through our organization Kolkata Sanved, we have used this holistic therapy to reach out to community populations who are vulnerable and underprivileged, to provide them with a method for coping, and to help them rediscover their physical autonomy and voice.