Articles from the ‘care’ collection
Prioritizing Dancers’ Mental Health
Kathleen McGuire Gaines, founder of Minding the Gap, shares why improving dancers' access to mental health resources is more important than ever.
November 9, 2020 | Read Article
Coping, Hoping, Creating and Relaxing
More ways in which dancers are coping, hoping, creating and relaxing in the midst of the coronavirus epidemic.
April 6, 2020 | Read Article
Supporting a Spectrum of Movement Choices
An Interview with Rebecca Haseltine Rebecca Haseltine is a Body-Mind Centering practitioner and teacher in the Bay Area who developed Body Learning, a comprehensive practice of hands-on bodywork, movement therapy, and somatic education. Here, she shares more about the application of Body Learning, including with people with disabilities, and how […]
April 8, 2019 | Read Article
Using Dance to Heal
An Interview with Marybeth Weinstock BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Marybeth Weinstock has a PhD in Clinical Psychology, a Master’s degree in Dance/Movement Therapy, and has been practicing since the 1980s. She currently lives in Pacific Grove, California where she runs a private practice, though she has lived and worked on both […]
March 2, 2017 | Read Article
Where Dance and Physical Therapy Meet
Abbey Richards is a dancer and physical therapist. She shares how each pursuit has informed the other. ~~ Why did you decide to go into physical therapy? Was it based in your experience in dance? My experience with physical therapy (PT) started when I was 14. I developed tendinitis and […]
March 30, 2016 | Read Article