Space, Place and Dramatherapy: International Perspectives (Routledge Research in Creative Arts and Expressive Therapies)

Space, Place and Dramatherapy: International Perspectives provides radical, critical and practical insights into the relevance and significance of space and place in dramatherapy practice. Bringing together an international breadth of contributors, the chapters of this book reveal extensive reflections on the many spaces in which dramatherapists and their clients work and offer research implications for those wishing to critically examine their own symbolic or structural spaces in dramatherapy practice. Chapters consider space and place from many angles: ritual and symbolic spaces; transitional and play spaces; educational and interpersonal spaces; and scenographic and architectural spaces. The book examines the impact of space on human (and more-than-human) relationships, dramatherapy practice and processes and mental health, offering new avenues of research and critical enquiry. This volume is the first of its kind to rigorously elucidate the importance of space within the field of dramatherapy and is essential reading for academics, scholars and postgraduate students of dramatherapy as well as practicing dramatherapists and professionals within the wider domains of arts and health. Cover Endorsements Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Figures Tables Contributors Foreword Reference Preface References Acknowledgements Prelude: The Obviousness of Space of Anything But A Playful and Spatial Reading of S. Freud's Psychoanalytical Technique Space Is a Doubt Conclusion References Part 1: The Built Environment and Scenography in Dramatherapy 1. Teachings from Echo Introduction The World of the Body Bachelard's Philosophy of Space and Dramatherapy Why Echo? The Echo Workshop Reflections References 2. How Hut Making in Dramatherapy Created a Therapeutic Play Space Introduction Discussion Conclusion Notes Bibliography 3. Space Plays a Leading Role: The Therapeutic Power of the Built Environment and Co-Design in Dramatherapy The curtain hides and reveals Discussion Conclusion References 4. Neutral Mask and Embodied Dreamwork, Spaces of Containment Jacques Lecoq Theatre Training Embodied Imagination Case Study Conclusion References Part 2: Education and Play Space in Dramatherapy 5. Learning and Therapeutic Spaces in Dramatherapy and Education Drama, Theatre, Space and Audience Dramatherapy Space Embodied Space and Play in Dramatherapy Anthropological Cultural and Social Space in Dramatherapy Client Spaces in Dramatherapy Dramatherapy, Space and Education Dramatherapy Space, IDBP and Integral Education Concluding Thoughts References 6. Connecting Spaces: Playing to Relate Introduction Trauma Case Study Conclusion References 7. Essential Factors Both Practical and Imaginal for Defining the Dramatherapy Play Space in Special Education Introduction Defining Essential Features of the Dramatherapy Space in Special Education Psychological Space The 'Save Them' Space Private Space Ritualized Play Space The 'Come Find Me' Space Physical Space A 'Good Enough' Therapy Space Imaginative Space Imitation as a Bridging Space I Copy the Others Defining Imaginal Space Co-Creating Imaginal Space Relational Space Self and Other in Space Play Space of the Body Conclusion References Part 3: Ritual, Intersubjective and Spiritual Space 8. The Fullness of Emptiness: The Significance of Space and the Usefulness of the Concepts of Shunya (The Void/Empty Space), Akasha or Vyoman (Open Vastness), Kha (The Enclosed Space) in Hinduism and Buddhism for Dramatherapy Practice The Question of Space in Dramatherapy Practice Therapeutic Space and Sacred Space Space and Locality in Hindu and Buddhist Traditions: Akasha/Vyoman; Shunya and Kha Akasha and Vyoman - The Upper Sky, The Ether, The Open Vastness Shunya - The Empty Space, The Void Space Kha - The Enclosed Space, The Cavity, The Cave, The Grotto Illustrations from Dramatherapy Practice Reflections References 9. 'Clear the Space. Claim the Space. Sanctify the Space': Intersubjectivity and Spirituality in Dramatherapy According to Roger Grainger Does the Universe Have a Centre? A Room for Beauty The Intersubjective Side of Dramatherapy The Spiritual Side of Dramatherapy What is Space Made of? Dramatic Space References 10. Liminality and Ritual in Dramatherapy - The Intersubjective Space The Active Absence of Space The Concept of Space in the Practice of Dramatherapy Space and Ritual in Dramatherapy Liminality Conclusion References 11. Preparing the Ritual Space: The Transition from Everyday Reality to Dramatic Reality Introduction Separating from Everyday Reality The Conditioned Space The Liminal Space (Extraordinary Sacred Space) Client Vignette Preparing for the Return to Everyday Reality Conclusion References Postlude: Future Spaces of Dramatherapy Bibliography Index