Authentic movement : a collection of essays by Mary Starks Whitehouse, Janet Adler and Joan Chodorow

Ed. by Patrizia Pallaro.

Introduction - Patrizia Pallaro. Mary Starks Whitehouse. 1 An approach to the center: an interview with Mary Whitehouse - Gilda Frantz. 2 Conversation with Mary Whitehouse - Frieda Sherman. 3 Creative expression in physical movement is language without words - Mary Starks Whitehouse. 4 The tao of the body - Mary Starks Whitehouse. 5 Physical movement and personality - Mary Starks Whitehouse. 6 Reflections on a metamorphosis - Mary Starks Whitehouse. 7 The transference and dance therapy - Mary Starks Whitehouse. 8 C.G. Jung and dance therapy: two major principles - Mary Starks Whitehouse. Janet Adler. 9 An interview with Janet Adler - Neala Haze and Tina Stromsted. 10 Integrity of body and psyche: some notes on work in process - Janet Adler. 11 Authentic movement and sexuality in the therapeutic experience - Janet Adler. 12 Who is the witness? a description of authentic movement - Janet Adler. 13 Body and soul - Janet Adler. 14 The collective body - Janet Adler. Joan Chodorow. 15 An interview with Joan Chodorow. 16 Philosophy and methods of individual work - Joan Chodorow. 17 Dance therapy and the transcendent function - Joan Chodorow. 18 Dance/movement and body experience in analysis - Joan Chodorow. 19 To move and be moved - Joan Chodorow. 20 The body as symbol: dance/movement in analysis - Joan Chodorow. 21 Active imagination - Joan Chodorow

'Authentic Movement, an exploration of the unconscious through movement, was largely defined by the work of Mary Starks Whitehouse, Janet Adler and Joan Chodorow. The basic concepts of Authentic Movement are expressed for the first time in a single volume through interviews and conversations with these key figures, and their most important papers. They emphasize the importance of movement as a means of communication, particularly unconscious or "authentic" movement, emerging when the individual has a deep, self-sensing awareness--an attitude of "inner listening". Such movement can trigger powerful images, feelings and kinesthetic sensations arising from the depths of our stored childhood memories or connecting our inner selves to the transcendent.'

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