Dance Movement Therapy | Tripura Kashyap | TEDxMMCOE

Tripura Kashyap pioneered Dance Movement Therapy in India in 1990. She received a 1st class diploma in Bharatanatyam from Kalakshetra, Chennai, and was a performing artist in the Chandralekha dance company, Chennai. She later studied Movement therapy at the Hancock Centre for Dance/movement therapy in Wisconsin, USA, and received an M.A. in Psychology. She worked as a Movement therapist at Halfway homes, Special schools, Treatment / Rehabilitation centers, Senior citizens facilities, and with individual clients for the next 10 years. Tripura Kashyap pioneered Dance Movement Therapy in India in 1990. She received a 1st class diploma in Bharatanatyam from Kalakshetra, Chennai, and was a performing artist in the Chandralekha dance company, Chennai. She later studied Movement therapy at the Hancock Centre for Dance/movement therapy in Wisconsin, USA, and received an M.A. in Psychology. She worked as a Movement therapist at Halfway homes, Special schools, Treatment / Rehabilitation centers, Senior citizens facilities, and with individual clients for the next 10 years. She authored ‘My Body, My Wisdom’ a handbook on Creative dance therapy, and ‘Contemporary Dance: Practices, Paradigms and Practitioners’ published by Penguin and Aayu publications. Tripura is the co-founder of the Creative Movement Therapy Association of India (CMA) and teaches movement therapy certificate and diploma courses. She is also on the visiting faculty of Ashoka University and Ambedkar University, Delhi. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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