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The American Dance Therapy Association</a> was formed to support the field of dance movement therapy.
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Deborah Thomas founded the Hancock Center for dance movement therapy in Madison, to provide the community with access to dance and movement therapy.
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In 2009, credentials for dance movement therapists changed. All dance movement therapists must have a master's degree in dance movement therapy.
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The Hancock Center celebrated 26 years of providing dance movement therapy in the Madison area. The center was started as a 3 to 5 year experiment.
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The Hancock Center began to offer an in-school therapy group for fourth and fifth grade Latina girls at a Madison elementary school.
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In 2010, the Hancock Center staff took their violence prevention program into three new Madison elementary schools, teaching kids ways to help prevent violence around them and their body's warning signs of danger.
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The Hancock Center faced difficulties in 2011 as dance therapists entered the building to see smoke and alarms going off, and the place flooded. They had to evacuate the building until September.
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Following a flood, The Hancock Center returned to its home on Hancock Street in Madison after a 5 month long evacuation.
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For the first time in several years, the Hancock Center gained a graduate student intern that become involved in every aspect of the Hancock Center.
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The 130-year-old building recieved a much needed update. Both the interior and extorior got refreshed, making the center more visible and welcoming.
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The Hancock Center staff created a new programs for the Madison community in 2012 called the Community Modern Dance Program. A program was also restarted in 2012, called Self and Social Identity.
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In 2011, a dance movement therapist and psychologist from California had a fundraiser at the Hancock Center for people interested in using dance movement therapy for breast cancer survivors. The Hancock Center uses fundraisers to help provide dance movement therapy to everyone.
