Body Questions in Practice: Decision-Making Through Movement and the Arts - Paperback

by Thania Acarón (Author)

Body Questions in Practice is a comprehensive multimedia guide to explore life transitions and decision-making, supporting readers during these processes by engaging with body movement and dance.

Author Biography

Dr Thania Acarón (she/her) PhD, BC-DMT, R-DMP, FHEA is a Puerto Rican lecturer, researcher and dance movement therapist (DMT) based in Wales. She obtained her PhD at the University of Aberdeen on the role of dance/movement in violence prevention and is certified as a DMP in the US and UK. Thania currently works as course leader of the MA in Arts, Health & Wellbeing at the University of South Wales. She directs The Body Hotel CIC, a social enterprise that designs and implements dance/movement-for-wellbeing programmes about burnout prevention, employee wellbeing, menopausal health and decision making for organisations and marginalised communities. Acarón has taught in over 10 DMT training programmes around the world, and codirects Fflamingo CIC, and their flagship project House of Deviant, which advocates for LGBTQ+, disability-led and inclusion focussed performance projects. Readers can keep up with Thania's work on social media @thebodyhotel.