Abstract
This study presents the notions of body and movement found in Mary Starks Whitehouse’s dance, known as Authentic Movement. Whitehouse was a pioneer in the construction of therapeutic meaning of dance for using Carl Gustav Jung psyche theory. The analysis has been carried out after Whitehouse texts written between 1958 and 1979 and re-edited by Patrícia Pallaro in 1999. These research findings suggest that, in Whitehouse’s view, the body is the physical aspect of the personality, becoming visible through its movement. This may be generated in a continuum between subconscious impulse and Ego control, not only to make the visibility of the current state of psyche possible, but also to generate changes in it. It is expected that this study brings contributions to both the Analytical Psychology and the Art Therapy field.
Keywords:
active imagination; Jung; authentic movement