Artistic expression of the body to fibromyalgia women

  • Silvana Parente Costa Universidade de Fortaleza, Brasil
Keywords: Dance, pain, fibromyalgia, self, body, performing arts, sculpture, art therapy, expressiveness, body image, dance, video, writing, therapy.

Abstract

Art therapy / fibromyalgia is a methodology created for women with fibromyalgia with the intention to assist in the improvement of their body image and the discovery of expressive potential. Form part of a doctorate of science education at the University of Granada. In the we do workshops with twenty-two women with fibromyalgia, between the ages of 40 and 70 years, using dance, video, performing arts and writing. The analysis of the work has been done through the Scriptures and of the video of the process, gaining understanding of the disease and discovering the potential of movements and expressions.

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Published
2014-02-17
How to Cite
Parente Costa S. (2014). Artistic expression of the body to fibromyalgia women. Arteterapia. Papeles de arteterapia y educación artística para la inclusión social, 8, 61-70. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ARTE.2013.v8.44438
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