WHITEHOUSE, Mary
Pages: 26-29
Under the name Dance in Rehabilitation Dr. Alma Hawkins, chairman of the dance department at U C L A , and vary Whitehouse, leader in the field of movement awareness, have created a highly stimulating and somewhat experimental graduate seminar. This year students interested in relating their knowledge of movement largely gained through the experience of dance as an art form to the expanse of human behavior explored many approaches to their subject simultaneously. During the spring quarter they participated in movement sessions led by Mrs. Whitehouse, kept journals of their experiences, led groups of their own in hospitals, and gathered for informal evening lecture conversations. Follow is a (slightly edited) piece of one evening talk by Mary Whitehouse.
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