Dance: Perceptions, Cultural Aspects & Emerging Therapies (Fine Arts, Music and Literature)

This book discusses the perceptions, cultural aspects and emerging therapies of music and dance, including highlighting the connection that dance has had with spiritual experiences from ancient times to the present day, how dance education could generate a sense of national identity and social cohesion, dance movement therapy (DMT) in 21st century Nigeria, the utility of DMT in the care of Nigerian children with special needs, an examination of the institution of creative art therapies in education as a potent means of enriching and expanding the sector, and perceptions of flamenco dance as a cultural, aesthetic and psychological phenomena with the possibilities of using elements of this dance in psychotherapeutic and medical settings as well.