The Concept of Dance Therapy and the Body in Dance Therapy Education

This title may look natural or odd, depending on who reads it.The Body in creative therapies was a theme of a congress in Finland.The first reaction of a Finnish therapist and educator was: whose body?Can one dance without a body?In deep trance yes, but in dance therapy?This essay discusses the idea of the body in two different dance therapy forms, the body of knowledge, and how to make sense of therapy or how therapy may make sense.The perspective is integrative.