10-WEEK THERAPEUTIC DANCE AND CONTEMPORARY DANCE COURSE with Alicja Miszczor in Krakow

DATES: April 16, 2026 – June 25, 2026, Thursdays, 11:00 AM – 12:20 PM

Note:
1. The trial lesson will take place on Thursday, April 9, at 11:00 AM (registration required via a separate email) and will last 60 minutes. Trial lesson cost: PLN 65.

Early spring can be a demanding time for both body and mind.
This course will revitalize, soothe, brighten, and illuminate this challenging time. Together, with a dance-like step, we will give your body reasons to move and thus nurture your inner sunshine ♡.

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

https://www.facebook.com/reel/2290804868087052?s=yWDuG2&fs=e

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1526826805030030?s=yWDuG2&fs=e

Video testimonials from course participants:

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Cu8w5cfSY/
https://www.facebook.com/interartdance/videos/1113373469562835

And interviews with the course instructor:

(1) How movement, senses,  Visual arts combine into play? – YouTube

DETAILED COURSE INFORMATION:
KEY INFO (objectives and methods):
This course is a land of energetic 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 have the opportunity for insight, transformation, and rediscovering your potential (not just creative). Working with emotions is also an important element.
All this through play, authentic expression, deep self-experience through the mind-body connection, as well as reflection and pause.

You will receive tools from the fields of contemporary dance in its broadest sense (primarily from the area of ​​dance improvisation, where you can finally forget about the steps and surrender to fully uninhibited expression), as well as from the fields of therapeutic dance and elements of physical theater.

Here, you’ll learn (or deepen) the following methods: Dr. Detlef Kappert, Anna Halprin’s method (elements), and the original method of the instructor at Interart Dance. Elements of Qi Gong, Yoga, and relaxation techniques will also be present. Body awareness and mindfulness exercises will also be constantly 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 practitioner with twenty years of experience in bodywork and a passion for what she does. The grounding in specific methods provides a balanced and mindful approach to both dance and personal development. We don’t promise you eternal happiness 24/7 or a recipe for life, but rather a unique training for surfing the waves of life.

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

COURSE AS A CLOSED COMPLETE UNIT:
The course is a process (a series of workshops) and takes place 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.

Students’ comments about the course:
1. “I discovered my abilities that I had no idea I had.”
2. “A time of change and transformation.”
3. “Reduced pain-related discomfort.”
4. “An incredible experience that gave me a new perspective on myself, my body, other people, and my relationships with them, as well as with myself.”
5. “Leaving my comfort zone and the beaten path.”
6. “Developing the language of movement.”
7. “A space of mindfulness, presence in the body, joy and community”
8. “Joy, expressing emotions, interactions, experimenting, 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 deeply hidden.”
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.”

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

About the combination of CONTEMPORARY DANCE and THERAPEUTIC DANCE:
The intertwining of therapeutic dance and contemporary dance (here: dance improvisation), therapeutic dance, and other disciplines in this course is crucial and not accidental, as it trains the dancer not only in experiencing and releasing the content stored in the body, but also in body awareness, motor agility, and the use of  A specific form 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. Not to mention the side effect of improving physical fitness (so important for health).

4 PILLARS OF THIS COURSE:

1. DANCE IMPROVISATION
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 is movement in which you are the creator, creating new worlds, and within them, yourself anew. At the same time, this creation is movement that arises by letting go of control and judgment, and grounding yourself in the present moment in topics available in real time.

2. THERAPEUTIC DANCE:
It is meeting yourself more deeply and allowing yourself to be yourself. Change is not the goal, but happens through dancing with what is. It is 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 is the encounter of theater and the body feeling in movement.
It is the shapes, gestures, and 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.
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 leads 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
FB dance video group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/563344323713738
Instagram: instagram.com/danceandeverything.alamiszczor
Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/interartdance

TIME:
Thursdays
11:00 AM – 12:20 PM

REGISTRATIONS:
Email address: alataniec@gmail.com
Please enter: morning course in the subject line.
In the email body, briefly describe your experience with movement and  Please send your phone number (important).
Your place is reserved based on a phone call with the course instructor and the deposit payment.
The date the deposit is sent is the date that counts, not the registration date. If no phone contact is made, your registration for the course 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.), participation in the next course is possible.
3. Classes will NOT be held on May 7th.
4. The course may include one workshop (or none at all) with an external instructor from 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.

EARLY BIRD PRICE: PLN 1,580.
Payment in two installments is possible in case of financial hardship. Installments slightly increase the course price.  Please email us about installments.

Price after March 15th: PLN 1,750.

LOCATION:
An exceptionally charming and welcoming space in the heart of Krakow:
KONTAKT, Space of Movement and Dance, Szpitalna street 40, 1st floor, Krakow
(city center, very close to the Słowacki Theater and the Main Train Station)

Link to the school photo gallery:
https://kontaktprzestrzen.pl/galeria

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