MS Dance/Movement Therapy at Sarah Lawrence College
Degrees/Certifications:Masters
Bronxville, NY
Posted byAni Cook
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The Sarah Lawrence Dance/Movement Therapy program is a 2-year Master’s degree that invites you to engage in critical thinking about the body, movement, and relationships. You will learn a way of thinking and being in the world that promotes interpersonal sensitivity, cultural dexterity, and an ability to effect change through listening, understanding, and engaging the whole being.
The Dance/Movement Therapy program:
- Blends theoretical perspectives and practical fieldwork
- Integrates the historical, developmental, cultural, and clinical aspects of dance's ability to heal and promote change
- Empowers students to explore their own relationships with dance from the perspective of personal growth, reflective use of self, and social action
- Enables students to develop and integrate their own movement abilities using their cognitive, emotional, and social resources as a means of building connections with their clients and facilitating growth and change
- Permits students to engage with professionals from the Dance, Psychology, Child Development, Art of Teaching, and Health Advocacy programs
- Provides a setting for ongoing research and innovation among established practitioners