| Code | DS/UK/P3990 |
| Dates | 1903-2001 |
| Person Name | Wethered; Audrey G (1903-2001); British movement therapist |
| Surname | Wethered |
| Forenames | Audrey G |
| Epithet | British movement therapist |
| Activity | Audrey Wethered (1903-2001) initially studied at the Royal Academy of Music where she was awarded an LRAM, but then went on to train as a private pupil with Rudolf Laban, whom she met in 1953, at the Art of Movement Studio. She also studied with Lisa Ullmann, Warren Lamb and Marion North. Drawing on the work of Laban, Wethered's work focused on the use of movement principles in therapy with a range of client groups: psychiatric patients, people with learning disabilities, patients undergoing psychotherapy and depth analysis, and psychotic and maladjusted children.
She and Chloe Gardner sometimes worked together as professional therapists and as lecturers in movement therapy training. One major area of their work together was with three Sesame projects: working with schizophrenics at the Goodmayes Hospital, Ilford (1970), disturbed adults at the Leavesden Hospital, Hertfordshire (1972), and with autistic children at the Smith Hospital, Henley (1974). Although neither was trained in Sesame teaching methods, the studies were run and documented as Sesame projects. In another major joint project, Wethered and Gardner were visiting tutors at Cleveland University Summer School (USA) in 1987, where they gave lectures, classes and demonstrations on the use of movement principles in therapy. In 1973 Wethered published 'Drama and Movement in Therapy' (London: MacDonald & Evans); the second edition of which, entitled 'Movement and Drama in Therapy' (London: Jessica Kingsley, 1993), had a foreword by Chloë Gardner. They co-authored a chapter in 'Therapy Through Movement' (Lorraine Burr ed., Nottingham Rehab Limited, 1986). |
| Gender | Female |
| Source | Collection level description for the Audrey Wethered and Chloe Gardner Archive (AW). |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| AW/E/5/7 | Rhythms, Floor, Dalcroze \ Langle Rise 1948 | 1948 |
| AW/E/3/4 | The Art of Movement in Health and Illness | 1954-1985 |
| AW/E/3/13 | Lectures, Writings and Biographies | n.d. |
| AW/E/3/10 | How to Listen and Choose Music | 1972-1973 |
| AW/E/3/8 | Autobiographical Paperwork | 1974-1995 |
| AW/E/3/5 | Sesame Principles | 1972-1986 |
| AW/E/4/7 | Music Dances \ File 4 | 1958-1963 |
| AW/E/1/5 | Theses of students on Sesame course \ Kingston, Princeton College | 1973-1974 |
| AW/E/1/2 | Details of sessions \ Sesame Drama Group/Research Project / Goodmayes Hospital, Ilford / 1968-1969 | 1968-1973 |
| AW/E/3/3 | Cleveland \ Ohio Course \ 1987 | 1957-1987 |
| AW/E/3/14 | Chloe Gardner | 1963-1971 |
| AW/E/2/8 | Laban Workshop 1985-1988 | 1985-1988 |
| AW/E/1/1 | Drafts for: Introducing Practical Sessions by Audrey Wethered \ Cleveland State University, Ohio, USA \ 1987 | 1987 |
| L/E/39/37 | Therapy \ Audrey Wethered \ Manuscripts \ 1 of 2 | 1954 |
| AW/E/5/6 | Rhythms, Standing and Sitting \ Langle, Rise 1948 | 1948 |
| AW/E/7/10 | Healing Ministry | 1990-1991 |
| AW/E/1/4 | File 6 | 1975 |
| AW/E/1/7 | The Elements of Movement and Drama Therapy with Psychiatric Patients | n.d. |
| AW/E/1/10 | Laban Centenary Symposium / Sesame Centenary Festival | 1979 |
| AW/E/1/9 | Set of lectures as introduction to practical sessions \ Cleveland State University, Ohio, 1987 | 1987 |
| AW/E/4/4 | Laban Workshops in Barnet | 1989-1992 |
| AW/E/3/2 | Cleveland Talks | 1987-1988 |
| AW/E/2/6 | Lectures File 1 | 1972-1981 |
| AW/E/3/6 | Work for the course at the Laban Centre, Early Report on the work, Basic Movement Themes, Space Harmony, Excercises | 1974 |
| AW/E/3/15 | Veronica Sherborne Films | 1971-1973 |
| AW/E/5/3 | Dance Styles \ Dance, Drama, Movement \ Private Sessions with Laban \ Basic Movement, Movement Direction, Observation and Notation | n.d. |
| AW/E/3/12 | Audrey Wethered \ Chloe Gardner \ Miscellaneous | 1978-1980 |
| AW/F/1/2 | Group of women moving in a workshop session | 1987 |
| AW/E/5/1 | Notation Notebooks | n.d. |
| AW/E/3/11 | Notes on work with Laban \ Tobi Brettell | n.d. |
| AW/E/4/5 | Movement Ideas & Rough Notes | 1948-1972 |
| AW/E/4/6 | Thesis \ Courses \ File 8 | 1954-1985 |
| AW/F/1/4 | Group of people doing floorwork in a workshop session | 1987 |
| AW/F/1/1 | Woman banging a drum and a group of women responding through movement | 1987 |
| AW/F/1/3 | Two women working together in a workshop session | 1987 |
| AW/E/5/9 | Sessions: J. Friedrich, Dalcroze Therapy Eurythmics | n.d. |
| DS/B/1757 | Therapy Through Movement: Integrating the Physical and Psychological Self |
| AW/E/5/4 | R. Laban Private Sessions \ Harmony, Space Harmony, Audrey Wethered | n.d. |
| AW/E/5/5 | Private Sessions with Laban | 1953-1954 |
| L/B/98 | Drama and Movement in Therapy: The Therapeutic Use of Movement, Drama and Music |
| XZK/C2049/2249 | Laban Art of Movement Guild Magazine | November 1959 |
| AW/F/1/5 | Woman leading a workshop session | 1987 |
| AW/E/5/11 | Lilian Baylis School: Themes, Sequences, Conferences and Courses | 1947-1964 |
| AW/F/1/6 | Cleveland State University, Ohio, USA, 1987 | 1987 |
| AW/E/5/13 | Educational presentation Staff and Students | n.d. |
| AW/E/7/7 | Open Case Studies | 1980s |
| XZK/C2049/2239 | Laban Art of Movement Guild Magazine | November 1964 |
| XZK/C2049/3434 | Laban Art of Movement Guild Magazine | November 1958 |
| AW/E/2/2 | Various writings on Movement Drama \ Movement Awareness \ Body Image Observation \ 2 of 2 | 1960-1987 |
| AW/E/2/1 | Various writings on Movement Drama \ Movement Awareness \ Body Image Observation \ 1 of 2 | 1978-1987 |
| AW/E/2/3 | Chloe's information \ File 7 | 1977 |
| AW/E/2/7 | Laban Centenary Symposium | 1979 |
| AW/E/3/7 | Session Documentation \ Janet and Chloe's Hand out, Extras to the book: Therapy through Movement, Mime Ideas | 1988 |
| AW/E/3/9 | Booklets | 1963-1985 |
| AW/E/5/8 | Laban Studio 1953/1954 Educational Presentation | 1953-1954 |
| AW/E/5/12 | Basic Movement Session taken by members of staff \ Dance and Movement Invention | n.d. |
| AW/E/6/1 | Dances Choreographed by Audrey Wethered | 1966 |
| AW/E/6/3 | Courses: Dance and Movement Notes, 1968-1970 | 1968-1970 |
| AW/E/6/5 | Courses: Dance and Movement Notes, 1973-1975 | 1973 - 1975 |
| AW/E/1/3 | File 5 | n.d. |
| AW/E/5/14 | Private Sessions Laban, W.Lamb, G Stephenson | 1954-1960 |
| L/E/39/38 | Therapy \ Audrey Wethered \ Manuscripts \ 2 of 2 | 29 April 1954 |
| AW/E/7/1 | Sesame Project with Autistic Children at Smith's Hospital, Henley | 1973-1976 |
| AW/B/2037 | Therapy Through Movement: Intergrating the Physical and Psychological Self |
| AW/E/4/1 | Various Courses (1 of 2) \ File 9 | 1968-1975 |
| AW/E/3/1 | Comments of students on various courses | 1972-1977 |
| AW/E/5/10 | Eurhythmics: Mrs McReeman, Mrs James, Withymead Centre Course, Lilian Baylis School | 1953-1954 |
| XZB/1810 | Movement and Drama in Therapy: A Holistic Approach |
| AW/E/1/8 | Leavesden Project | 1972-1973 |
| AW/E/2/4 | Sesame Training Course: Students 1972-1988 | 1972-1988 |
| AW/E/5/2 | Laban Lectures \ G. Stephenson Conflict etc, Students Themes, Observation Marion North, Records & Sheet Music | 1954 |
| AW/E/6/4 | Courses: Dance and Movement Notes, 1971-1972 | 1971-1972 |
| AW/E/4/2 | Various Courses (2 of 2) \ File 9 | 1974-1983 |
| AW/E/4/3 | Lists of courses tutored by Audrey Wethered | 1975-1985 |
| AW | AUDREY WETHERED AND CHLOE GARDNER ARCHIVE | 1945-1995 |