Dual Diagnosis Disorders

There is an essential connection between art and life that can facilitate healing and change. The work focuses on new aesthetic that reflects the here and now of peoples’ authentic life experiences, rather than the beauty of a specific dance form or technique.

 

This process is based on the following principles.

 

Our bodies are vehicles of awareness.Body sensations, postures, and gestures reflect our history, our culture, and our current ways of being.When we engage in expressive movement, dance, and the expressive arts, the ongoing themes and patterns from our lives are revealed.When we work on our art (a dance, drawing, poem, song, or performance), we are also working on something in our lives.The symbols we create in our art contain valuable messages which speak to the circumstances of our lives.The ways we work as artists teach us about the ways we relate to ourselves, others, and the world.