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Dance therapy is the use of dance and movement as psychotherapeutic (healing) tools (Payne, 2006). Dance and movement therapists who specialize in this area have met educational and performance standards set by the American Dance Therapy Association. The term dance is used by dance therapists to stress the “expressive movement and the integrating aspects of the rhythmic use of body movement” (Duggan, 1981, p. 229). Thus, dance therapy connotes the artistic nature of performance through movement and the use of music to promote rhythm and fluidity in this process. “Through dance one becomes more fully alive—physically, emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually. It opens a path toward one’s higher self—a way to transcend the mundane” (Fisher, 1989, p. 15). Dance enables one to cognitively process and overcome frightening events, feel one’s physical self, analyze problems, find constructive solutions for everyday life, and improve one’s body image and self-esteem (Bräuninger, 2012a). Music and music therapy are closely associated with dance and dance therapy.