The Foundation's Educational Mission

Educating the Public

Dance/Movement Therapy is a profession based upon body-mind relationships. Concepts of dance and movement are used psychotherapeutically in a process to further the emotional, cognitive, physical and spiritual integration of clients. Practitioners work with individuals of all ages and with a wide range of emotional and physical problems.

The principles and practice of the dance/movement therapy profession are not well understood by the public or other health and educational professionals. The Marian Chace Foundation (MCF) is dedicated to introducing the power of communicative dance and body awareness as treatment in health and educational settings.

Educating Professionals

The Foundation also works to further educate those in the dance/movement therapy profession. An annual Marian Chace Foundation Lecture Series sponsors scholars whose lectures are then published in the American Journal of Dance Therapy. See right-hand column for past speakers in this series.