Dance – PsychologyTomorrowMagazine

The Pole-arizing Taboo of Female Sexuality

October 2, 2015 Velleda C Ceccoli PhD 3

It may seem odd to write about female sexuality for our issue on all things taboo, yet female sexuality remains taboo on many levels. For one thing, many women still blush when discussing their body […] […]

Odelya Gertel Kraybill, PhD – How I Found My Rhythm Back After Trauma

April 28, 2015 Editor 0

Free as a bird In the family of my childhood, music, dancing and laughter were coping mechanisms for our many difficulties. I danced ballet for several years as a child and still carry a wonderful […]

On Being Children and Dancing Through Life

March 25, 2015 Velleda C Ceccoli PhD 1

Childhood is a magical time. Everything is new and full of surprises. Discovering the body and its ability to move is one of those surprises, and a revelation that continues to unfold as children grow […] […]

AGEing AS CREATIVE TRANSFORMATION: Mikael Baryshnikov at ANY age

December 24, 2014 Velleda C Ceccoli PhD 3

Martha Graham used to say that a dancer’s body does not lie. And indeed this is so, particularly as a dancer ages. In fact, aging as a dancer usually means the end of your dancing […] […]

Mademoiselle Non and the ROAR of Woman

October 14, 2014 Velleda C Ceccoli PhD 0

Little girls often dream of becoming ballerinas after seeing their first ballet. I certainly did, to the great joy of my mother, who also had danced in her youth and happily passed on her toe […] […]

GENIUS LOCI: Dance, space & guardian spirits

August 3, 2014 Velleda C Ceccoli PhD 0

I have just returned from one of my yearly pilgrimages to Italy, where I had occasion to dwell with the guardian spirit of art, for it was all around me, turn whichever way I might. […] […]

The Consciousness Explorers Club Summer Events in Canada

July 31, 2014 Editor 0

The Consciousness Explorers Club Meditate. Celebrate. Activate. “I don’t do drugs. I am drugs.” – Salvador Dali Celebrate So just like Salvador says, we are all drugs, surging and slumping, in love one minute and seething […]

Jiří Kylián and the Naked Art of Dance

May 31, 2014 Velleda C Ceccoli PhD 0

The Czech choreographer, Jiří Kylián, made an international splash with his full piece ballet “Sinfonietta,” choreographed to the music of his compatriot, Leoš Janáček. It was performed at the Spoleto festival in Charleston, North Carolina […] […]

Ann Van den Broek and The Dance of Trauma

April 14, 2014 Velleda C Ceccoli PhD 2

As a psychoanalyst and a dancer I am keenly aware of the connection between mind and body, between thoughts and feeling states, and the way that each influences the other. Intense emotions like fear, anxiety, […] […]

Magdalena Bak-Maier, PhD – Self-love: Healing the Heart with Dance

February 15, 2014 Editor 1

Your eyes stare into mine, yet I feel the door to your soul shut. Your body is cuddled next to mine, wrapped in a blanket. You’re hugging me the way you hug vivid dreams or […]