caa a22 4500 605497575 CHVBK 20210128100541.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10465-015-9190-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10465-015-9190-0 Akunna Gladys Department of Theater Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, P. M. B. 5025, Awka, Anambra, Nigeria aut An African Igbo Perspective on Mourning Dances and Their Application to Dance/Movement Therapy [Elektronische Daten] [Gladys Akunna] As a preliminary examination of therapeutic aspects of mourning rites honoring the dead in Igbo communities of South-Eastern Nigeria, this article brings into focus functions of dirges and accompanying mourning dances as a cultural healing system relevant to dance/movement therapy (DMT). The perspective of the author, a Nigerian of Igbo extraction and an active witness of the death dances, is interwoven with psychodynamic and humanistic principles. Discussion centers on how integrating techniques of African Igbo mourning dances into DMT treatment approaches may help alleviate overwhelming suffering and a sense of fear associated with pain of bereavement and loss. European Union, 2015 Dance/movement therapy nationallicence Dirge nationallicence Funeral rite nationallicence Igbo nationallicence Healing nationallicence American Journal of Dance Therapy Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 37/1(2015-06-01), 39-59 0146-3721 37:1<39 2015 37 10465 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10465-015-9190-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10465-015-9190-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Akunna Gladys Department of Theater Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, P. M. B. 5025, Awka, Anambra, Nigeria aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- American Journal of Dance Therapy Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 37/1(2015-06-01), 39-59 0146-3721 37:1<39 2015 37 10465