Affiliation:
1. 0000000092155771Lesley University
2. 000000008795072XOCD Institute, McLean Hospital
3. 0000000403835679Cook Children’s Hospital
Abstract
Therapeutic circus arts (TCA) present a new arena for drama therapy, capitalizing on the historical connection between circus and theatre arts. To evaluate whether drama therapy core processes also present in TCA, we conduct a qualitative content analysis of research articles centred
on TCA (N = 40). Selected articles were thematically coded, showing that all of drama therapy’s core processes also appear in the TCA literature. Of those processes, ‘empathy and distancing’, ‘play’, ‘life-drama connection’ and ‘transformation’
were especially prominent. Implications include the potential for knowledge sharing and future collaboration between the TCA and drama therapy fields.
Subject
Visual Arts and Performing Arts,Complementary and Manual Therapy
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