Embodied Performances

BEATRICE ALLEGRANTIis a choreographer (for dance theatre and film), clinical practitioner (in the UK NHS in adult mental health, special needs schools and in private practice) and is a researcher and convener on the Dance Movement Psychotherapy MA at University of Roehampton, UK. A key focus of her work is on embodiment or how we can 'be in' and develop our relationship with our bodies through integrating dance movement, psychosocial and biological processes and understandings of human agency. Visit authors website: www.embodiedpractice.co.uk

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Bodies as Knowledge Embodying Ethics The Autobiographical Body The Relational Body  The Political Body Conclusions Endnotes Bibliography Index