Gestalt Projects
Gestalt Projects features collaborative performances between art and dance that utilize the processes of embodied movement research to explore reconciliation, processing grief and loss, longing, and angst. Gestalt Projects utilizes dance as embodied movement research to illustrate how the autonomic nervous system (ANS), as explored through the polyvagal theory, art-based research, and Gestalt Therapy, converges in a single methodology. This embodiment movement research revealed implicit wisdom by offering movement material for dance. In this context, embodiment encompasses several aspects: proprioception (awareness of movement in space), neuroception (awareness of internal sensations), embodied relational awareness (the sensations in the body in relationship with the other and the field), and the expression of one’s inner sensations through the arts (art-based research). After describing embodied movement research through the lens of polyvagal theory, art-based research, and Gestalt Therapy, and how these approaches converge into a unified methodology, dance pieces will be presented to illustrate this phenomenon through dance films.
Short dance films that are between 2 to 5 minutes each
English and some Portuguese
Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82878441618?pwd=lpIfJ74KKiv6ZV2LZarokM2G1Mn8WB.1
Meeting ID: 828 7844 1618
Passcode: BeArt
Giselle Ruzany – United States
Ph.D., L.P.C., R-DMT, is a Gestalt therapist, artist, researcher, contemporary choreographer, dance educator, and mindful movement practitioner. She is licensed to practice in Colorado, Virginia, Florida, and Washington, DC, where she currently operates in Woodley Park. In her movement-based trauma-informed psychotherapy sessions, she integrates mindful movement and embodied inquiry. Fluent in both Portuguese and English, Ruzany frequently travels between her two homes in Rio de Janeiro and Washington, DC. She is particularly interested in the intersection of dance and psychology, exploring how the somatic experience informs both fields to foster healing and connection. Ruzany has published chapters and articles, teaches at Antioch University, and has presented her work at various conferences, symposiums, theaters, and universities.