Discourse: Trudi Schoop and Vaslav Nijinsky, and dance as healer

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作者
Berrol, Cynthia F. [1 ]
机构
[1] Calif State Univ East Bay, Hayward, CA 94542 USA
关键词
dance; healing; mime; ballet; mental illness; dance/movement therapy;
D O I
10.1080/17432979.2011.633101
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
Conceived as an entree to discourse, this paper explores the phenomenon of dance as healer, to evoke rather than to answer questions. The intention has been to examine dance in its capacity of healer, scrutinising it in the absence of a formal intermediary intervention such as dance/movement therapy or other somatic models. The early lives of two former luminaries of the dance world are profiled: the first, Trudi Schoop, famed comic mime and early pioneer in dance/movement therapy; the other, Vaslav Nijinsky, renowned dancer and choreographer in the world of ballet. Disparate heritages and life circumstances carried them along radically divergent paths, although both struggled to overcome serious psychiatric issues. Schoop overcame her difficulties vis-a-vis obsessive-compulsive behaviours; Nijinsky's accumulated problems led, ultimately, to chronic schizophrenia. They shared, in common, an overriding passion for and commitment to dance. The discourse focuses on the role of dance, as healer, in their existential journeys.
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页数:15
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