By Puja Bhattacharjee
Music and dance can help relieve stress. Dance therapy uses dance set to music to help heal people with social or psychological impairments and special needs. Through the dance, participants can express their emotions and improve creativity and imagination. The movements also help improve motor skills.
Photo at top: Dance movement therapist Jennifer Bacani in a class at St. Paul’s House, Chicago (Puja Bhattacharjee/MEDILL)
