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Movement and dance and music complement each other. The action involved in moving to music, whether formal or informal, allows clients the freedom to express themselves in a way not possible in stillness or silence. The awareness that follows can help individuals realize they are exerting themselves in ways they might never have imagined. The beat of the music makes such expression possible. Once clients have chosen new creative actions or danced in a set pattern, their awareness of self is never the same again. In a study jointly using music therapy and dance movement therapy with severely affected autistic adults, researchers found that treatment positively affected selective behaviors, emotions, and interpersonal interactions (Mateos-Moreno & Atencia-Doña, 2013). In other words, the combination of music and movement made a difference.

A healthy integration of sacred and secular music in fostering positive outcomes can be found today in the musical combinations of those who perform the blues and performers of religious music. Many blues performers have made this type of music their orientation to life after struggling to perform in the confines of churches. Their satisfaction with this arrangement has generally proved beneficial to them as well as to their audiences. They often move as they play, and their audiences sway in time with the beat of their sound, thus combining music, movement, and, at times, dance.