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Dance Movement Therapy in Europe

The European Network for the Professional Development of Dance Movement Therapy held its 9th Annual Meeting in Rethymnon, Crete, on the 12th and 13th September 2005.

The main purpose of this network is:

• to create a European Association;
• to exchange information concerning training programmes, professional associations and research;
• to promote and stimulate new programmes and research.

The meeting in Crete was attended by representatives of the national associations and educational programmes for Dance Movement Therapy in Finland, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
They discussed the following issues:

• the development of national Dance Movement programmes in relation to the European educational Bachelor-Master structure;
• the problem of financing the Masters programmes;
• the problem of conflicting requirements for professional qualifications from governments, universities and professional associations;
• an ongoing inventory and exchange of research projects, relevant to the development of Dance Movement Therapy;
• methodological and ethical aspects of research in the field.

The meeting concluded with a decision to create a website for the European Network to facilitate communication and exchange for the further development of Dance Movement Therapy in Europe.

As this website does not as yet exist, further information about Dance Movement Therapy can now be obtained at the website of the British Association for Dance Movement Therapy: http://www.admt.org.uk