{"value"=>"<p> <span class=\"title\">The Totent Tanze: a Death Dance as a Wedding Rite.</span></p> <p>This thesis examines the history and healing effects of a Jewish Chassidic wedding and festival dance. Parallels are drawn between dance therapy and the Death Dance, or as it is also called, “The Resurrection of the Dead Dance”. The Death Dance serves as a catharsis for the bride and groom, the dancers and the community as a whole. The theory behind this thesis is that this dance would not have prevailed over centuries if it did not serve a basic emotional need. The dance supplied a metaphor representing ambivalence and fear during times of change upheaval.</p>"}