Board Certified Dance Movement Therapist (BC-DMT) specializing in neurodegenerative conditions including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease. She served as Chair of the Research and Practice Committee of the American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA) from 2020 to 2024.
The NMDT network are pleased to announce our second workshop. Dancing with Another will explore what happens in therapy during processes such as imitation, mirroring, matching, attunement, adjustment, synchrony and / or non-verbal dialogues. https://neurosciencemeetsdance.net/events/dancing-with-another/
Mar 18, 2022. This week is #CreativeArtsTherapyWeek and to celebrate, we interviewed dance therapist, Cecilia Fontanesi, Ph.D., CMA, R-DMT.
Jan 12, 2021. The National Arts Club presents an exploration of dance as therapy. Dr. Miriam Roskin Berger, Director of Dance Therapy at the 92Y, and Cecilia Fontanesi, Ph.D., a dancer, movement therapist, dance teacher, and researcher, share ways to observe movement through the therapeutic lens.
She works for the NYU Langone’s Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Family Support Program and co-leads a program called Shakespeare for Parkinson’s funded by the Parkinson’s Foundation.
Oct 29, 2020. Speakers: Daniel Judah Sklar, writer, playwright, director with PD Kurt Brungardt, writer, director, teacher, and personal trainer Dr. Cecilia Fontanesi, dancer, movement therapist, teacher, and researcher.
Invited Speaker, Chairperson tavola rotonda: Rosa Maria Govoni e Mimma Della Cagnoletta. (October 2022). Round Table: The Art of Inclusion and Connection. Art Therapy Italiana 40th International Conference, Bologna, Italy. With Cristina Garrone, Simone Donnari, Alessandro Tamino, Maria D’Elia, Vincenzo Puxeddu, Helen Payne, Cecilia Fontanesi, O. Voznesenska
Dancer, Choreographer, Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst, Neuroscientist, and Dance/Movement Therapist. 