Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	Delancy, Elizabeth
URN	etd-10312007-215943
Title	In God's Presence: Conquering Addiction through Dance
Degree	Doctor of Philosophy
Department	Humanities Program
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title John O. Perpener, III Committee Chair Nancy Smith Fichter Committee Member Neil Jumonville Committee Member Tricia Young Committee Member William Cloonan Committee Member
Keywords	Drug Treatment Therapy Christian Dance Beracha Dance Institute Crack Cocaine In Tallahassee FL Alexia Jones
Date of Defense	2007-10-16
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to provide an historical examination of founder/director Alexia Jones' use of Christian-based dance as a treatment for substance addiction through the Beracha Dance Institute. This study analyzes how Jones' integrative process intuitively drew on the similar techniques and methodologies of clinical dance therapy and those of faith-based dance ministries. Jones' work combined the transformative and restorative properties of both of these applications of dance. In addition, Jones' work, and the sources it drew on, echo the healing dance rituals that have been used in traditional societies throughout the ages. Consequently, an historical analysis of her work necessitates looking at the foundations of, and analogies between, the clinically therapeutic application of dance and the spiritually therapeutic application of dance, as well as their historical precedents.
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