Huge response to a Dance and Movement Therapy Session organized by Arts Department

Kannada sangha’s Kaveri College of Arts, Science & Commerce and Board of Student Development, SPPU had jointly organized a Dance and Movement Therapy(DMT) Session on 18^th December 2017.

The session was organised by the Arts department of KAveri College and  received a huge response from the students who are studying Psychology in different colleges across Pune. The Session was organized to make students aware about the

DMT therapy which is used in order to achieve emotional, cognitive, physical and social integration.

Principal Dr. S. B. Kharosekar, praised the initiative and cited the importance of such sessions for the overall development of students. The session was conducted by Ms. Avantika Malhautra (Psychologist and Expressive Art Therapist) and Ms. Aarohi Doshi (Psychologist and Dance and Movement Therapy Facilitator), from Artsphere Pune. The co-ordinator of Arts Dr. Muckta Karmarkar, and the staff members of Faculty of Arts, were also present on the occasion.

Ms. Avantika Malhautra and Ms. Aarohi Doshi informed the students about DMT and its benefits for both physical and mental health, By using different props such as Ribbons, Newspapers, Charts and sketchpens they explained the students how DMT can be used for stress reduction, disease prevention, and mood management. A Body movement and Name choreography activities were also carried out to make them understand about the range of emotions and body image.

The DMT session received huge response and about 56 students from Fergusson College, M.E.S Garware College, Dr. D. Y. Patil College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Nowrosjee Wadia College, Modern College, Ramkrishna More College and Kaveri College of Arts, Science and Commerce participated in the session.         

 The co-ordinator of Arts Dr. Muckta Karmarkar, and the staff members of Faculty of Arts, were also present on the occasion.The session concluded with students giving feedback about the session and certificate distribution. Ms. Gauri Gokhale read the session report. Ms. Mugdha Shivapurkar presented the vote of thanks.