WAEF 2023 General Promgram

05 Dec

The World Arts and Embodiment Forum (WAEF)

General Program

(Released on Dec 5, 2022)

R/K: Roundtable group discussion/Key conversation

W: Workshop

P: Presentations

A: Art Performance

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Pre-Conference (February 25 & March 3/4, 2023)

Organizer:	Inspirees Education Group
Partners:	Art Therapy Italiana, Russian DMT Association, Shanghai Sports University, DfPD/MMDG, Beijing Normal University, IACAET, CAET

25-Feb

Format	Title	Speaker(s)	Topic
P	A Thematic Exploration of Space Effort As A Tool To Manage Healthy Relationships and Boundaries.	Rotem Hornedo	Clinical application/Wellbeing/Professional practice
P	Sharing of practice in creative dancing and dance therapy groups for the elderly in Chinese high-class nursing institutions	Peng Lin, Xing Shanshan	Education/Clinical application/Indigenous healing
P	Arts-based and mixed methods research in an evidence-based practice world	Elizabeth (Liesbet) Manders	Research
W	Movement, Dance, the Brain Ageing Journey and the Role of the DMT in making a difference	Richard Coaten	Clinical application/Social justice

3/4-Mar (US, China dates vary due to time difference)

W	Art of Embodied Organizational/Corporate Development and Leadership	Malini Nagpal	Leadership
p	Learning Dance Movement Therapy but how?	Brigitte Züger	Eduction
W	Accompanying change！ Choreo-therapeutic strategies in dance/ movement therapy	Fabian Chyle-Silvestri	Professional practice
W	Dancing From Our Baselines: Distinguishing Effort Use in the DMT Session to Increase Our Understanding of the Danced Dialogue	Cheryl Clark	Clinical application/Social justice
W/K	Dancing Equity: Working toward engagement, access and connection in culturally diverse communities	David Leventhal	Community/Wellbeing/Professional practice

Dance Therapy/Movement Therapy Summit (March 9-12, 2023）

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Organizer:	Inspirees Education Group
Partners:	Art Therapy Italiana, Russian DMT Association, Shanghai Sports University, IACAET, CAET

9/10-Mar (US, China dates vary due to time difference)

Format	Title	Speaker(s)	Topic
P	Harnessing Beauty in the Healing Practice of Dance/Movement Therapy	Rebekka Dieterich-Hartwell, Anne Margrethe Melsom, Mary Patterson, Lara Tant	Clinical application/Wellbeing/Professional practice
P	Enhancing Resilience: Teaching Embodiment Practices to Adolescents and Young Adults	Susan Bauer	Education/Wellbeing
W	LivingDance~LivingMusic: Where Dance is the Star and Psychology the Supporting Actor.	Danielle L. Fraenkel, JeffreyMehr	Theory/Clinical application/Social justice
P	The Neuroscience of Dance Therapy	Wolfgang Mastank	Theory/Clinical application
P	Reflections on the Influence of Ethnic Chinese Cultural Attribute on Individual Vitality in Dance Therapy	Hao Xin	Clinical application/Indigenous healing/Professional practice
P	Developing Methods for a receptive dance movement therapy	Rosemarie Samaritter	Theory/Clinical application
W	Where is the Dance in Dance Movement Therapy (Psychotherapy)?	Jeannette MacDonald	Clinical application/Professional practice
O	Opening	Tony Zhou, Vivien Speiser
K	Global Panel – From tradition to diversity, innovation and breakthrough: Key conversations on dance and movement therapy around the world	Sharon Chaiklin, Helen Payne, Yael Barkai, Rosa Maria Govoni, France Schott-Billmann, Anne Fisk, Diana Fischman, Irina V. Biryukova, Sabine Koch, Rainbow Ho, Devika Mehta, Sudesh Mantillake, Wolfgang Mastnak, Connor Kelly, Marcia Plevin, Kyung Soon Ko	History/Community/Professional practice

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10/11-Mar (US, China dates vary due to time difference)

P	Indigenous Practice and Teaching of Dance Movement Therapy: Eastern and Western Perspectives	Linda Cao Baker	Education/Indigenous healing/Professional practice
P	Move before we dance–Localized Practice and Experience in Dance/Movement Therapy	Zhang Mao	Indigenous healing/Professional practice
W	The Concept of Yin and Yang in Dance/Movement Therapy —- A Cycle of Return, Re-feeding and Vitality	Katee Yan Shen, Hao Xin	Education/Community/Professional practice
P	Dance Rhythm Therapy between tradition and modernity	France Schott-Billmann	History/Theory
W	Introduction to Physical Storytelling with Application to Supervision within Dance Therapy	E. Connor Kelly	Professional practice/Clinical supervision for DMT
P	Expressive Arts Therapy for building Empathy and Self-Esteem in Adolescents	Mausam Nagda	Community/Indigenous healing/Wellbeing
P	Dance/movement therapy for autism children	Magulan Danmu	Community/Performance/Wellbeing
P	Buddhist Psychology intersects with Dance Movement Therapy	Anubha Doshi & Tripura Kashyap	Indigenous healing/Wellbeing/Spirituality
P	Introducing Dance Movement Psychotherapy in Eastern European Psychiatric Hospitals and Mental Health Communities	Loredana Larionescu	Clinical application/Community/Professional practice
K	Western Teachers, Chinese Students: How Shall We Meet?	Joan Wittig, Marcia Plevin, Rosa Maria Govoni, Christina Devereaux, Ted Ehrhardt, Tony Zhou, Katee Shen and others	Education/Clinical application/Community

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11/12-Mar (US, China dates vary due to time difference)

P	How can DMT help children who experienced neglect and abuse embody their experience that occurred during the pre-verbal stage?	Mioi Forster-Nakayama	Clinical application/Professional practice/Disability
W	Culturally Sensitive Dance Movement Therapy for Grief and Trauma Recovery	Ilene Ava Serlin	Clinical application
P	Using the relationship with our cells and inner ecosystem to bridge inner connection and outer expression within the field of Dance Movement Psychotherapy	Aparna Ramkrishnan	Clinical application/Wellbeing
W	The resilient dancing of a mountain community.	Monica Re	Community/Wellbeing/Professional practice
P	Dance movement therapy for depression: the evidence so far and future directions	Vicky Karkou, Supritha Aithal, Zoe Moula, Emma Perris	Clinical application
P	The contribution of DMT in the exploration, integration and prevention of birth trauma.	Ana Luisa Meza Ferrari	Education/Wellbeing/Trauma
P	Dance Movement Therapy tools to empower female community leaders in rural areas who have been victims of the armed conflict in Colombia.	María Andrea García	Community/Social justice/Professional practice
W	Dancing to Reconcile: Fostering Community Healing after Armed Conflict through Dance/Movement Therapy	David Alan Harris	Clinical application/Community/Justice and Reconciiation after Armed Conflict
K	A dynamic dialogue engaging diverse arts and embodied perspectives on meeting trauma and building resilience	Susan Scarth, Amber Gray, Farah Fancy, Michelle Chan, Ronen Meirovich, Sevin Seda Güney, Ulrich Sollmann	Clinical application/Indigenous healing/Ecology

Creative Movement Summit (March 24-26, 2023)

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Organizer:	Inspirees Education Group
Partners:	Association of Creative Movement (Italy), IACAET, CAET

24-Mar

Format	Title	Speaker(s)	Topic
P	Creative resources in times of fear and uncertainty	Maria Elena Garcia	Education/Wellbeing
W	Reviewing the Creative Dialogue Project: Using Online Creative Arts Improvisations across Countries and Cultures during the COVID Pandemic	Steve Harvey, E. Connor Kelly, Tingting Song, Tanvi Rodriques	International Crisis
P	Be-coming Tree: Live streamed transnational project building global resilience through embodied arts	Penny Best, Jatun Risba, Danièle Minns	Community/Ecology/Performance
W	Embodied architecture – a new perspective of the life space	Elisabetta Leodori, Evelena Bassu, Micaela di Benedetti	Community/Wellbeing/Professional practice
P	Through actions of the body we can develop the longest sustaining memories.	Tang Wanling	Education/Performance/Professional practice
O	Opening	Curators
P	Moving on the bridge between Creative Movement and Dance Movement therapy: an inquiry of their similarities and differences in training and practice	Marcia Plevin & Joan Wittig	Education/Wellbeing/Professional practice
W	Minds in Motion: Creative Movement as a Language for Learning	Susan Griss	Education
P	Creative Movement applied to dancers: testimony of a didactic path	Patrizia Macagno	History/Education
A	The Regenerative Body	Elikem Kunutsor	Performance/Wellbeing/Spirituality

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24/25-Mar (US, China dates vary due to time difference)

W	Mettler-based Creative Dance: Cultivating Individual Expression and Collective Dance-Making	Mary Ann Brehm	Education/Community/Wellbeing
P	Creative movement and conducting for students of music education	Riccardo Lombardo	Education/Professional practice/Music
W	The Body as Felt, Known, Poetic Place. A songline of eco-relationship with all sentience through image and dance improvisation.	Narelle Carter-Quinlan	Ecology/Wellbeing/Spirituality
P	The sense of (creative) movement: Possible interactions/integrations between Creative Movement and Philosophy	Simona Donato	Education/Ecology/Philosophy
P	Localization Practice of Children’s Creative Dance Course	Chen Li	Education/Professional practice
P	Play and creativity in adulthood through the Creative Movement Gracia-Plevin Method®	Tiziana Giansante	Education/Wellbeing
W	Body awareness and movement for skills-based learning and self-care in higher education: a model based on Dance Movement Therapy	Rosa-María Rodríguez-Jiménez	Education/Wellbeing/Soft skills development
P	Creative Dance as Experiential Learning in State Primary Education: The Potential Benefits for Children	Helen Payne	Theory/Education/Professional practice
A	Spring Tides of an Unspoiled Girl	Loredana Larionescu, Alexandra Balasoiu	Community/Performance/Social justice

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26-Mar

P	Discover Moving Nature: Movement Activities Resource for Care-Givers and Professionals	Jordine R Cornish	Clinical application/Community/Wellbeing
W	Dance Ability® – An inclusive dance practice to break through isolation！	Fabian Chyle-Silvestri	Community/Performance/Professional practice
A	The creative process in the time of Covid-19 on the example of choreopoetry with creative movement	Mojca Kasjak & Alenka Vidrih	Preformance
W	Changing Flow states through connective dance/ movement practices in the Parkinson’s community.	Melanie Brierley	Community/Wellbeing/Professional practice
P	Merging Science with the Sacred: Self-care through Somatics, Dance and the Spiritual Wisdom of our Indigenous Ancestors	Helene Su	Ecology/Wellbeing/Spirituality
P	Dancing through Landscapes – Dance Movement Therapy meets Landscape Analytics	Julia Morozova	Education/Ecology
P	[Video] Path to creativity: a story of an experience with children during the lockdown	Gea Lucetti	Education/Wellbeing
K	The Training, Practice and Application of Creative Movement in different realities	Harvey, Conner, Griss, Garcìa, Best, Xiong, Rodriguez, Shen, Plevin	Education/Community/Wellbeing

Laban/Bartenieff Movement System Summit (April 10-13, 2023)

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Organizer:	Inspirees Education Group
Co-Organizer:	University of Essex (UK)
Partners:	East 15 Acting School, São Paulo State University (Brazil) , IACAET, CAET

10/11-Apr (US, China dates vary due to time difference)

Format	Title	Speaker(s)	Topic
P	LBMS in decolonial educational actions in Brazil	Lilian Freitas Vilela	Education/Community
P	A Kinesthetic Empathy Approach to 21st Century Ballet Training: Integrating LBMS and Research in the Cognitive Sciences	Shannon Cuykendall	Education/Social justice/Professional practice
P	The application of LBMS for the major of Dance choreography in Chinese university	LIU Dan	History/Clinical application/Professional practice
K	The Application of LBMS in China	Tony Yu Zhou, Katee Yan Shen, Peng Xiaoxi, Liu Shaobo, Cheng Yun, Ma Chunliang, Guo Yuanyuan, Magulan Danmu	Education/Community/Professional practice
P	Finding space: internal-external, body-mind dialogues in dance practice	Jayne McKee	Professional practice
W	Movement Strategies for String Players/Rhythm in Relationship	Maya Felixbrot, Alex Welch, Leonie van Essen, Desiree van Drongelen	Education/Performance/Professional practice
P	Re-Imagining Laban: Dynamic Transformations in Contemporary Dance Practice	Alison Curtis-Jones	Education/Performance/Movement Dance Training/Creative Practice
P	Space research of Standard Dance under the concept of “Space Harmony”	LIU Shao bo	Education/Performance/Professional practice
O	Opening	Curators
W	Moving Our Selves	Katharina Conradi & Joanna Brotman	Professional practice
P	Movement Pattern Analysis – An assessment in its own right. Getting to the core of things.	Beverley Dunn	Spirituality/Professional practice/Leadership

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11/12-Apr (US, China dates vary due to time difference)

P	Bartenieff, Kestenberg, and Lamb: A Triumvirate of Minds	Carol-Lynne Moore	History
P	Letter to the field	Camila Simonin Lima de Moura	History/Performance/Social justice
P	The Propagation Path of Laban’s Movement Theory in China (1940s-1980s)	Peng Xiaoxi	History/Theory/Social justice
W	Introduction to Klein Technique™	Susan Klein	Education
P	Laban’s women’: the silent bodies of knowledge	Juliet Chambers-Coe	History/Social justice
W	Embodied Fundamentals – exploring somatic approaches to Bartenieff Fundamentals through improvisation.	Helen Kindred	Education
P	On Transversality: Ullmann, infrastructures, ethics	Alexandra Baybut	History/Theory
A	Female Traces	Helen Kindred & Sandra Sok	Performance
P	In her footsteps: Irmgard’s Walk through history	Susan Lynn Wiesner	History
W	Inner/Outer: Perspectives based in Movement Experience and Observation	Karen Studd & Cat Maguire	Education
K	Plural perspectives for LBMS in Brazil: educational experiences with babies, children and adults	Adriana Vilchez Magrini Liza, Adriano José Pinheiro, Lilian Freitas Vilela	Education

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12/13-Apr (US, China dates vary due to time difference)

W	Embodied Witnessing – cultivating resonance and clarity	Tara Stepenberg	Theory/Social justice/Professional practice
W	Playfully Tuning into Consciousness through Breath, Sound, and Space	Laura Victoria Ward	Ecology/Wellbeing/Spirituality
P	Somatic Interventions for the most common Obstacles of Mind. Exploring the Body-Mind connection	Pauline Memelink	Wellbeing/Professional practice/Personal development
P	Exploring Rudolf Laban’s Effort and Space as planes of consciousness	Juliet Chambers-Coe	Theory/Performance/Spirituality
P	Movement Dynamics: Pedagogical research into accessing the exploration of qualitative expression	Alessandra Ruggeri, Melanie Clarke	Education
P	Examining the Position of Choreosophy in Laban Theory and its Contemporary Significance for Society	Lin Wang	Theory/Community/Wellbeing
W	Organicism and Fracture: Adhering to and rupturing dynamic affinities for creative practice and dynamic movement training	Alison Curtis-Jones	Education/Performance/Contemporary developments
W	Your Movement Habits Create Your Life	Mariah-Jane Thies	Wellbeing
K	Movement Pattern Analysis: Integrating First and Third Person Perspectives	Carol-Lynne Moore, Laurie Cameron, Brenda Connors	Professional practice

Authentic Movement Summit (April 20-23, 2023)

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Organizer:	Inspirees Education Group
Partners:	Russia DMT Association, IACAET, CAET

20/21-Apr (US, China dates vary due to time difference)

*Format*	*Title*	*Speaker(s)*	*Topic*
P	Authentic Movement – An Entry Point to Symptom and Chronic Illness	Elyn Selu	Clinical application, Wellbeing, Professional practice
P	Desire – An awakening into the deep body	Brinda Sarah Jacob	Community
P	Closing my eyes to see you	Sarka Bartuskova	Education/Clinical application
P	Effects of a Single Movement Intervention on Psychiatric Patients with Depression: Interoceptive Awareness as a Mediating Factor	Cheng Zengyan	Clinical application
P	MoverWitness interdisciplinarity	Eila Goldhahn	Theory/Ecology/Performance
W	Ebb and Flow: continuity of experience through Art and Authentic Movement	Rosa Maria Govoni & Mimma Della Cagnoletta	Wellbeing/Professional practice
O	Opening	Curators
W	Duet: Blending Internal Family Systems (IFS) with the Discipline of Authentic Movement (DAM)	Susan E Cahill & Betina Waissman	Theory/Clinical application/Spirituality
K	Roundtable discussion with panel and delegates on questions arising from the international teachers of AM inquiry group	Tina, Helen, Irina, Soraya, Marcia, Rosa Maria, Yael (moderator: Hilda)	Reflexions on various themes made with an International Authentic Movement Teachers Discussion Group

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21/22-Apr (US, China dates vary due to time difference)

W	The body knows: harvesting the essence of gesture integrating meditation and aspects of Authentic Movement	Susan Bauer	Wellbeing/Spirituality/Professional practice
W	DreamDancing: Engaging the Opposites through Authentic Movement	Tina Stromsted	Clinical application
P	Do not look at me	Monika Ptasinska	Clinical application/Professional practice
P	Authentic Movement and Zen practice	Ding Jie	History/Theory/Professional practice
W	Authentic Movement Inspirations and influences on the development of Physical Storytelling	E. Connor Kelly	Community/Wellbeing
W	Expanding the edges of synchrony and attunement	Terese Gjernes & Riki Bloom	Theory/Clinical application/Social justice
K	An Evolution of Embodied Consciousness: Celebrating Janet Adler’s New Book (In-person at Massachusetts, USA and LIVE-STREAMED FOR WAEF)	Paula Sager & Bonnie Morrissey	History/Community/Spitituality

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22/23-Apr (US, China dates vary due to time difference)

W	Invitation to Find A Bit of Witch Power in Your Body: A workshop for female identified persons	Annie Blair	Social justice
P	TI VEDO _ I SEE YOU A collective journey in Authentic Movement	Collective of the AM Master 2019-2020	Performance/Spirituality/Professional practice
P	Honoring the dancing female body, embodiment of soul and spirit ot the time	Antonella Monteleone	Clinical application/Social justice/Spirituality
P	Clarity of Verbalization: The importance of language in the practice of Authentic Movement	Katee Yan Shen	Professional practice
P	The Knowing Body: direct experience, embodied ways of knowing, embodied language and development of embodied witness consciousness.	Aleksandra Schuller	Theory/Clinical application/Spirituality
W	The discipline of authentic movement and the development of the ecological self	Helen Payne	Ecology/Clinical practice/Community/ Wellbeing/Spirituality
P	Overcoming Social Isolation Through Arts In Virtual Communities (Authentic Movement Solo Groups)	Olga (Olesya) Bondareva	Community/Wellbeing/Professional practice
K	Seminar with Janet Adler	Janet Adler	Theory/Wellbeing/Spirituality