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Resources


Works of Janet Adler

Books

(2022) Intimacy in Emptiness: an Evolution of Embodied Consciousness. Collected Writings of Janet Adler, edited by Bonnie Morrissey and Paula Sager, Inner Traditions.

For details and ordering information go to https://intimacyinemptiness.com/

(2002) Offering from the Conscious Body: The Discipline of Authentic Movement by Janet Adler, Inner Traditions.
     in French
     in German
     in Italian
     in Chinese
     in Polish

(1995). Arching Backward: The Mystical Initiation of a Contemporary Woman. by Janet Adler, Inner Traditions.

(1999). Authentic Movement: Essays by Mary Whitehouse, Janet Adler and Joan Chodorow Vol I, edited by Patrizia Pallaro, Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

(2007) Authentic Movement: Moving the Body, Moving the Self, Being Moved Vol II, edited by Patrizia Pallaro, Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

(2018) Ins Nichtwissen eintreten: Discipline of Authentic Movement, edited by Anke Teigeler, Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, forum zeitpunkt.

Film and Video

“LIGHT | Five Days with Janet Adler” (2023)
Link to film 

Janet Adler Tribute (2023)
Link to film excerpt

Conversation with History Holders of the American Dance Therapy Association: Janet Adler (2022)
Conversation with Janet Adler

From the Somatic Festival 2019:
Panel Discussions: Janet Adler, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, and Nancy Stark Smith
Why Here, Why Then?
Where Are We Now?

Workshop: Intimacy and Emptiness: The Evolution of the Inner Witness in the Discipline of Authentic Movement

From The International Association for Creative Arts in Education and Therapy (IACET) Webinar, December 2020
Witnessing is a Loving Act

Films by Janet Adler
“Still Looking” (1988)
Documents Janet’s teaching at the time, as she works with students in a studio.
Link to film excerpt

“Looking for Me” (1968) 
Documents Janet’s early groundbreaking work with children with autism. 
Link to film excerpt

Janet Adler introducing “Looking For Me” at the Somatic Festival 2019
Link to introduction

“Looking for Me” and “Still Looking” 
Access to complete films

Articles

The Mandorla and the Discipline of Authentic Movement

Archives

The complete Janet Adler Collection of written works, books, papers, films, and interviews will be permanently housed and made available through the Jerome Robbins Dance Division at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts 

Alongside the collection, Janet Adler was interviewed by Lisa Tsetse for the Division’s Dance Oral History Project in 2019. The full transcript and recordings are available for consultation at the Library. When the interviews have been fully digitalized, a direct link will be posted on CoF website as an aid for easy access to the recordings.