Danielle Laurion, MA, R-DMT, GLCMA, LMHP
Danielle graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a master’s degree in Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling and a graduate level certificate in Laban Movement Analysis. Danielle uses movement with diverse populations in order to address the spectrum between wellness and therapeutic needs, specializing in psychosocial approaches. Currently, she directs Reach for It a movement group for people with Parkinson’s Disease and elders. She also worked for five years with youth and adolescents in CHI’s Residential Treatment Facility. Beyond the therapeutic realm, Danielle also runs the dance program at Omaha South High School, the dance minor at the University of Nebraska—Omaha, and directs the modern dance company The Moving Company. Recently, she was nominated as a new board member for Nebraskans for the Arts and on the Standards in Action committee for the National Dance Society.
Danielle graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a master’s degree in Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling and a graduate level certificate in Laban Movement Analysis. Danielle uses movement with diverse populations in order to address the spectrum between wellness and therapeutic needs, specializing in psychosocial approaches. Currently, she directs Reach for It a movement group for people with Parkinson’s Disease and elders. She also worked for five years with youth and adolescents in CHI’s Residential Treatment Facility. Beyond the therapeutic realm, Danielle also runs the dance program at Omaha South High School, the dance minor at the University of Nebraska—Omaha, and directs the modern dance company The Moving Company. Recently, she was nominated as a new board member for Nebraskans for the Arts and on the Standards in Action committee for the National Dance Society.
Creative Arts Therapy
Instructor: April Follmer, MS, LMHP
Louisa W. Foster PSYD, RDT/BCT
Stephanie Jacobson, MFA
Danielle Laurion MA, R-DMT, GLCMA, LMHP
Pamela Mueggenberg, M.S., LMHP
Bridget M. Shevlin, MT-BC, CCTP
Sunday, June 21st - Saturday, June 27th
(3 credits)
Through reading, discussion, and experience students gain understanding of a wide range of creative arts modalities and therapeutic approaches. Appropriateness of application of modalities and methods for various populations is discussed. Art (drawing, painting, sculpting), poetry, journaling, storytelling, dance/movement, sand play, music (instruments and singing) are explored and woven intermodally with drama.
In this course, participants are exposed to specialized disciplines beyond their current level of training and/or outside of the purview of Drama Therapy. Use of these modalities, without proper training and supervision, would exceed their scope of practice. Participants are responsible for ensuring that they are in compliance with professional standards and limits of practice as defined by the ethics code, as well as licensing and credentialing laws in the state of practice.
Introduction to Bunraku Puppetry Ensemble Wednesday 6/24 6-9pm:
Bunraku puppetry is an ideal meld of both mime, mask and puppetry; connecting three individual minds into one. In this workshop participants will work in small groups to build and bring a character to life through creating shared thought and action.
Indonesian Shadow Mask Workshop Thursday 6/25 6-9pm:
Participants will explore movement and practice building techniques of Indonesia- based Mask performance. Pooling the tools of shadow, silhouette, Laban and Lecoq technique into a theater practice that calls for character development from the outside-in.
Instructor: April Follmer, MS, LMHP
Louisa W. Foster PSYD, RDT/BCT
Stephanie Jacobson, MFA
Danielle Laurion MA, R-DMT, GLCMA, LMHP
Pamela Mueggenberg, M.S., LMHP
Bridget M. Shevlin, MT-BC, CCTP
Sunday, June 21st - Saturday, June 27th
(3 credits)
Through reading, discussion, and experience students gain understanding of a wide range of creative arts modalities and therapeutic approaches. Appropriateness of application of modalities and methods for various populations is discussed. Art (drawing, painting, sculpting), poetry, journaling, storytelling, dance/movement, sand play, music (instruments and singing) are explored and woven intermodally with drama.
In this course, participants are exposed to specialized disciplines beyond their current level of training and/or outside of the purview of Drama Therapy. Use of these modalities, without proper training and supervision, would exceed their scope of practice. Participants are responsible for ensuring that they are in compliance with professional standards and limits of practice as defined by the ethics code, as well as licensing and credentialing laws in the state of practice.
Introduction to Bunraku Puppetry Ensemble Wednesday 6/24 6-9pm:
Bunraku puppetry is an ideal meld of both mime, mask and puppetry; connecting three individual minds into one. In this workshop participants will work in small groups to build and bring a character to life through creating shared thought and action.
Indonesian Shadow Mask Workshop Thursday 6/25 6-9pm:
Participants will explore movement and practice building techniques of Indonesia- based Mask performance. Pooling the tools of shadow, silhouette, Laban and Lecoq technique into a theater practice that calls for character development from the outside-in.