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History

The Dance-Movement Therapy Association of Australia was formally incorporated in 1994. This followed many years of hard work by a steering committee and operations as the Dance Therapy Working Party, a sub-committee of Ausdance. The attached article by Andrew Morrish describes the development of the dance-movement therapy profession in Victoria until 1989, before the formation of the DTAA.

The Development of Dance Therapy Practice in Victoria: The Status Quo and the Future
Andrew Morrish, Vice Chairperson and Convenor Dance Therapy Working Party, AADE Victoria
Conference paper presented at National Conference of the AADE, April 1989

The DTAA has held three national conferences, in 1992, 2000 and 2007. View 2007 conference website

Keynote speaker: Joan Chodorow's presentation at the 2000 conference: Dance Therapy: Moving Towards Wholeness

Presentations arising out of the 2007 conference have been published in Dance Therapy Collections 3. Abstracts available here