Dance Therapy - History

History

Although dance has been a method of expression for centuries, it wasn’t until the past half centrury that it was characterized as a form of therapy. The development of DMT can be split into two waves throughout history. Long before the first wave of DMT in America (1940’s), the UK developed the idea of dance therapy. The first records of dance being used as a form of therapy date as far back as the 19th century in the UK.

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