We cordially invite you to: 10-WEEK
CONTEMPORARY DANCE and THERAPEUTIC DANCE COURSE
with Alicja Miszczor in Krakow from
September 16, 2026 – November 20, 2026
(NOTE: THIS COURSE IS AVAILABLE ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK)

Note: 1. The trial lesson will take place on September 9, 2026. Wednesday at 6:00 PM (registration required, registration address at the end of the description)

DESCRIPTION:

AUTUMN with dance that leaves your cheeks flushed, your eyes sparkling, your heart and hands filled with music, your mind filled with new perspectives and space, and your belly filled with warmth and sunshine (so much needed in the fall)….
A facilitator with 20 years of experience, a friendly atmosphere, an open-minded course, interdisciplinary focus, quality and calorie-rich time for yourself, a wealth of inspiration, and a chance to recharge your batteries… We invite you 🙂

Before reading the description, we invite you to watch the recordings from the room:

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1DCaoP5oo9/

Video testimonials from participants Course details:
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Cu8w5cfSY/
https://www.facebook.com/interartdance/videos/1113373469562835

And interviews with the course instructor:

(1) How do movement, senses, and visual arts combine into play? – YouTube

DETAILED COURSE INFORMATION:

KEY INFO (goals and methods):
This course is a land of high-calorie creativity and a celebration of expression, but also a mindful journey for the mind, body, and spirit. A journey in which you not only discover and deepen your dance/motor skills, but also receive support and the opportunity to gain insight, transformation, and rediscover your potential (not just creatively).
All this through play, authentic expression, deep self-experience through mind-body, as well as reflection and pause.
You will receive tools from the following fields: broadly defined contemporary dance (primarily from the area of ​​dance improvisation), as well as from the fields of therapeutic dance, physical theater, and movement composition (elements). You will learn (or deepen) the choreotherapy methods of:
* Dr. Detlef Kappert
* Anna Halprin’s method (elements)
* the original method of the instructor, Interart Dance

Elements of Qi Gong, Yoga, and relaxation techniques will also be present.
In this course, dance intertwines with other artistic disciplines, and movement expression techniques with mindfulness training. The course curriculum is unique, rich, and highly eclectic. The course is led by a person with extensive and varied experience in bodywork and a passion for what they do. The grounding in specific methods provides a balanced and mindful approach to both dance and art therapy. I don’t promise you eternal happiness 24/7 or a recipe for life, but rather a training course for surfing the waves of life.

Additional strengths of the course include: its in-person format, regularity, and competitive pricing – considering the program.

THE COURSE AS A CLOSED COMPLETE UNIT:
The course is a process (a series of workshops) and is held in a CLOSED FORM, meaning in a fixed group.
The course is open-ended, and the course itself is designed to benefit both experienced and beginner participants.

What students said about the course:
1. “I discovered my abilities that I had no idea about.”
2. “A time of change and transformation.”
3. “Reduction in pain-related symptoms.”
4. “An incredible experience that gave me a new perspective on myself, my body, other people, and my relationships with them and myself.”
5. “Leaving my comfort zone and beaten paths.”
6. “Developing the language of movement.”
7. “A space of mindfulness, presence in the body, joy, and community.”
8. “Joy, expressing emotions, interactions, experimentation, breath, touch, voice, energy (…), being natural and alive.” 9. “Opening the body and mind, settling into oneself, wonderful people, shedding the burden of stress (…) sometimes fooling around, sometimes profound experiences.”
10. “A space where you can express everything that is buried deep inside.”
11. “Abundance, comfort, and surprise.”
12. “I felt myself and others again after experiencing a huge loss in my life.”
13. “The magic of professionalism, the professionalism of magic.”
14. “One of the best improvisation instructors.”

IN THIS COURSE YOU CAN ALSO EXPERIENCE:
– strengthening your positive relationship with yourself (greater acceptance of yourself and the world)
– awakening dormant instincts and the vitality and creativity behind them
– fun and relaxation in movement
– flow in communication with yourself and the world
– agency in certain areas of your life, but also a sense of letting go in others
– spontaneity/courage
– feeling your body and reading its signals
– broadening your horizons and ranges: physical and mental
– breaking away from established patterns
– gently leaving your comfort zone
– becoming friends with your senses and the phenomenon of pleasure
– realizing your potential (both creative and personal)
– building the ability to act with consideration for your psychophysical state (acceptance)
– yourself as you are (authenticity)
– inspiration
– the present moment through being grounded in your body
– meeting new people with similar interests and a new side of yourself
– peace

About the combination of CONTEMPORARY DANCE and THERAPEUTIC DANCE:
The interweaving of therapeutic dance and contemporary dance (here: dance improvisation), therapeutic dance, and other disciplines in this course is crucial and deliberate, as it trains the dancer not only in experiencing and releasing content stored in the body, but also in body awareness, motor agility, and the use of specific forms in movement. This approach allows the mind to keep pace with the body and facilitates self-expression, preventing us from getting stuck at the level of sensation, association, or imagination. The physicality both supports mental space and allows us to delve deeper into the process.

4 PILLARS OF THIS COURSE:
1. DANCE IMPROVISATION (as a branch of contemporary dance)
This is a calorie-rich celebration of your expression through movement/dance.
It is your unique way of expressing yourself in the language of movement. It’s a movement in which you are the creator, creating new worlds, and within them, yourself anew. At the same time, this creation is a movement that arises by letting go of control, judgment, and grounding yourself in the present moment in topics available in real time.
2. THERAPEUTIC DANCE:
It’s a deeper encounter with yourself and allowing yourself to be yourself. Change is not a goal, but rather happens through dancing with what is as it is. It’s an authentic expression of all your parts (both light and dark). What is noticed, allowed, and expressed changes form, often becoming your ally.
3. PHYSICAL THEATRE:
It’s a meeting of theater and the body feeling in motion.
It’s shapes, gestures, and the symbolism of the body.
It’s also a message/story in a language that the entire world understands without uttering a single word.
Body language is also the language of human emotions and feelings. Our hands, forming gestures, are an extension of the heart, but the entire body also almost constantly forms gesture-shapes in response to the reality we experience, like a sensitive organic instrument.
4. MOVEMENT COMPOSITION (ELEMENTS):
These are etudes that participants create based on the given themes and tools. These are unique movement expressions built on feeling, mood, and inner stories. These are essential dance impressions created using simple methods. Movement expressions about what is important, difficult, unique, mysterious, authentic, or funny. Movement composition is a space for telling stories about oneself and the world.
Expect props here.

CONTRAINDICATIONS:
– psychotic states
– psychotropic therapy (not contraindicated, but consultation with a doctor is required)
– advanced pregnancy and the very early postpartum period
– various types of inflammatory and acute conditions
– epilepsy
– glaucoma
– current, unresolved injuries
Situations requiring caution:
– high sensitivity to strong stimuli, e.g., loud noises
– use of pharmaceuticals
– general poor health
– long-term untreated depression
– long-term exhaustion or weakness

COURSE SUITABLE FOR:

Both individuals with experience in the course topics and complete beginners or “greenhorns” (with an appetite for this particular course).

Also, individuals who are calling to dance, but perhaps haven’t previously given themselves the opportunity to pursue this specific need. What you do on a daily basis doesn’t matter for your participation in the course.
Age doesn’t matter (as long as your body isn’t particularly worn out).
Teachers and performers of all stripes have the opportunity to gain a wealth of inspiration and knowledge here.

Host: Alicja Miszczor: Born in 1982. Lives in Krakow. Coach, ArteCoach (Master of Coaching, Meritum School), movement actress, dancer, improviser, experienced instructor of dance improvisation, physical theatre, and therapeutic dance. Creator of the Interart Dance method. Certified Hatha Yoga instructor. Scholarship holder of the Alternative Dance Academy in Poznań. Certified choreotherapy instructor: Movement Improvisation and Body Symbolism (Institute of Dance and Movement Dynamics, Essen, Detlef Kappert). Graduate of PPSKAK in Kalisz, majoring in contemporary dance. From 2008 to 2015, she was a dancer at EST under Iwona Olszowska. From 2013 to 2015, she collaborated with the Barakah Theatre in Krakow. Author of dance performances and videos. She collaborates with the Kreissau Foundation, where she conducts inclusive workshops for individuals with physical and intellectual disabilities, among others.

In 2024, she completed the Anna Halprin Course: Dance and Gestalt, Life/Art Process.

She is an art therapy student at the WSKZ (Wrocław).

In her free time, she sings, paints watercolors, and loves animals and water. More information about the instructor:
https://taniecpolska.pl/ludzie-tanca/alicja-miszczor/
YouTube playlist:

Facebook group: Interart Dance. Workshops with Alicja Miszczor
Dance video group on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/563344323713738
Instagram: instagram.com/danceandeverything.alamiszczor
Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/interartdance

TIMES:
Wednesdays:
6:00 PM – 7:20 PM
Fridays:
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
REGISTRATIONS:
Email address: alataniec@gmail.com
Please include the course name and your name in the subject line. For example: “Czechowska, Diamentowy”
In the email, briefly describe your experience with movement and include your phone number (important).
A phone call with the course instructor and the deposit payment will determine your reservation.
The date the deposit is submitted is the date that counts, not the registration deadline.
If no telephone contact is made, your registration will be cancelled.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
1. Deposit cancellations.

Refunds are not possible after 24 hours of deposit payment.
2. Course fees are non-refundable, but in very serious emergencies or crises (critical health, accidents, etc.), you may be able to participate in the next course. 3. CLASSES ARE NOT HELD ON MAY 1ST AND 29TH.
4. The course may include 1 to 3 workshops (or none at all) with an externally invited instructor in the following fields: contact improvisation/dance improvisation/physical theatre/voice work.
5. Information for those who have already taken my course:
The material is never repeated. Most methods are repeated, but I always offer a new approach to the topic. New exercises are also constantly being developed.

PRICE:
DIAMOND COURSE – workshops twice a week
Ranny Ptaszek price: PLN 1,980.
– Price after September 9th – PLN 2,200.

*Only the Diamond course entitles you to a certificate.
*PLN 100. Discounts for students and those who have already participated in the course within the last 24 months (Diamond, Early Bird option only)

WHITE COURSE PRICE – FRIDAYS plus 2 single Wednesdays to choose from (workshops once a week)
– Early bird price: PLN 1,680.
– Price after September 1st: PLN 1,800.

SILVER COURSE PRICE – WEDNESDAYS ONLY plus 2 single Fridays to choose from, workshops once a week
– Early bird price: PLN 1,680.
– Price after September 1st: PLN 1,800.

HYBRID COURSE PRICE – WEDNESDAYS AND EVERY OTHER FRIDAY OR FRIDAYS AND EVERY OTHER WEDNESDAY
– Early bird price: PLN 1,880. -Price after September 1st: PLN 2,000.
The Hybrid option is an option for students or those with specific work hours, parents with small children living outside Krakow, etc.

MIXED COURSE PRICE – only for those with a flexible schedule.

Once a Wednesday, once a Friday, or schedule agreed upon individually with the instructor.
-Price for early bird: PLN 1,680.
-Price after March 10th: PLN 1,800.

Instalments:
Payment in installments is possible in the event of financial hardship. Installments slightly increase the course price. Please inquire about installments via email.

LOCATION:
An exceptionally charming and welcoming space in the heart of Krakow:
Kontakt: Przestrzeń Ruchu i Tańca
ul. Szpitalna 40, 1st floor, Krakow
(city center, very close to the Słowacki Theatre and the Main Train Station)
Link to the school photo gallery:

NOTE:
I also invite those interested in one-on-one art therapy sessions.