Marianne Eberhard, in a systematic survey in the context of her doctoral dissertation Continuity
and change in the theoretical concepts used by dance therapists in a medical context. A
historical analysis and empirical study of the interdependence of theory, clinical practice, and
career politics, addressed the following questions: What are the consistent theoretical bases of
dance therapy? How can plasticity of theory be achieved, in order to integrate new developments
in research, practice and politics without sacrificing the theoretic core? To what extend are D/MT
theories used in clinical practice or transformed by it? A survey of sixtythree D/MT graduates
working in the medical field (Eberhard-Kaechele, 2006) aimed to uncover theoretical sources actually used in practice, to record factors of change and their effects. Concepts of the intrinsic characteristics of dance therapy were extracted, an impression of the theoretical developments of the last 20 years was sketched and future perspectives suggested