THREE-MONTH COURSE IN MOVEMENT COMPOSITION, CONTEMPORARY DANCE and THERAPEUTIC DANCE with Alicja Miszczor in Krakow

We cordially invite you to the last spring-summer edition of the course this season:
09 April 2025 – 20 June 2025

Spring is a demanding time for the body. There is a good chance that by listening to it and following its needs, this time will not only be much gentler for you, but also full of energy, budding, growth and fruition… Such magical three months. : )

Note:
News in the course program:
1. Anna Halprin Method
2. Method: Flying and Falling
3. Pole Dancing

Before you read the description, we invite you to watch the video opinions of the course participants:
https://www.facebook.com/interartdance/videos/1113373469562835

And interviews with the course leader:

(1) How do movement, senses, and fine arts combine in play? – YouTube
Written opinions of participants:
https://www.facebook.com/interartdance/reviews
And the leader in action:
https://www.facebook.com/interartdance/videos/437247151864414
And a recording of the classes (open group):
https://fb.watch/oRCTMVAw5Y/

DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE:

THE MOST IMPORTANT INFO (goal and methods):
This course is a land of caloric creativity and a celebration of expression, but also a mindful journey for the body and soul. A journey in which you not only discover and deepen your dance/motor skills, but also receive support and strengthening and have the opportunity to see your potential anew (not only creative). All this through: fun, authentic expression, deep experience of yourself through the body, as well as reflection and stopping.
The course also provides an opportunity to: grasp new perspectives of perceiving yourself and the world and your body, as well as a powerful training of imagination, thinking outside the box, getting out of your head and returning to the whole feeling body, as well as refreshing your relationship with yourself and the world.

You will receive here primarily tools from the fields of: broadly understood contemporary dance (mainly from the dance improvisation section), therapeutic dance, physical theatre, elements of movement composition. You will also familiarize yourself with or deepen such methods as: Authentic Movement (elements), Dr Detlef Kappert’s method (improvisation and body symbolism), elements of Anna Halprin’s method, elements of Skinner Releasing Technique, the original method of the leader of Interart Dance (including: ‘Dancing Brushes’, the ‘Puzzle’ method, ‘Flying and Falling’, as well as combining fields of art and working with props). There will also be elements of Yoga, Qi Gong and relaxation techniques. In this course, dance intertwines with other fields of art, and movement expression techniques with mindfulness training. The course program is unique, rich and very eclectic. It is also characterized by interdisciplinarity and taking into account the needs of participants.
So that you feel safe, know that the course is led by a person with twenty years of experience in working with the body and love for what he does. Embedding in specific methods gives here a balanced and conscious approach to both the subject of dance and personal development.
Additional strong advantages of the course are: stationary mode, regularity (with which you have the chance to actually learn the proposed topics and go from point A to point B) and a competitive price – taking into account the implemented program.

MORE INFORMATION:
The course is a process (a series of workshops) and takes place in a CLOSED FORM, i.e. in a permanent group.
It is not possible to participate in individual workshops.
The level of the course is open, and the course itself is designed so that both experienced and beginners can benefit from it.

IMPORTANT ISSUES – DANCE/PHYSICAL THEATRE:
-symbolism of the body (including gesture)
-shape and line of movement (plasticity of movement)
-feeling the body and senses
-movement solo, in pairs and in a group
-breath
-role of stopping in movement
-elements of work with the voice (only when the group is ready for the theme)

IMPORTANT ISSUES – THERAPEUTIC DANCE
-me and my personal space
-boundaries
-my ‘yes’, my ‘no’ and my ‘I don’t know’
-leading and being led
-giving and taking
-dance of male and female energy in me
-emotions (feeling, expressing, releasing)
-contrasts and their integration (human as a whole)
-symbolism of the body
-archetypes in movement and dance
-mental images drawn from nature

ISSUES- PAGE MOTOR:
-floor work (movement on the floor)
-spine mobility
-limb articulation
-timing
-working from the center
-isolation, continuum, impulse
-movement traveling between VERTICAL and FLOOR
-movement qualities (min. tension, weight, impulse, size, level, time, dynamics, space, direction, dynamics)
-shape of movement and line of movement (work with form)

Statements of course participants:

1. “Warm atmosphere and diversity.”

2. “Time of change and transformation.”

3. “Reducing pain-related discomfort.”

4. “Amazing experience giving a new perspective on perceiving yourself, your body, other people and relationships with them and yourself.”

5. “Leaving the comfort zone and beaten paths.”
6. “Developing the language of movement.”
7. ,,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 yourself, wonderful people, shedding the burden of stress (…) sometimes fooling around, and sometimes deep experiences.”
10. “A space where you can express everything that is hidden somewhere deep down.”
11. “Abundance, comfort and surprise.”
12. “I learned about my possibilities that I had no idea about.”
13. “I felt myself and others again after experiencing a huge loss in my life.”
15. “The magic of professionalism, the professionalism of magic.”
16. “One of the best improvisation instructors.”

YOU CAN ALSO EXPERIENCE:
– strengthening the mind-body relationship
– strengthening the positive relationship with yourself (greater agreement with yourself and the world)
– awakening dormant instincts and vitality and the creativity behind them
– enriching the language of communication with yourself and with others
– increasing the level of creativity
– a sense of agency in certain areas, but also a sense of letting go in other areas
– spontaneity/courage
– feeling the body and reading its signals
– broadening horizons and scopes: physical and mental
– leaving the beaten tracks
– making friends with the senses and the phenomenon of pleasure
– realizing your own potential (not only creative)
– building the ability to act with consideration of your psycho-physical state (acceptance)
– yourself as you are (authenticity)
– inspiration, poetic-philosophical approach to phenomena occurring in the body and in the world
– the present moment
– meeting new people with similar interests and yourself from a new side
– peace

On the Combination of CONTEMPORARY DANCE and THERAPEUTIC DANCE

Contemporary dance sprouted on the border of the 19th and 20th centuries, when Isadora Duncan rejected the principles of classical dance, “breaking” its rules. However, the forefather of this movement was Francois Delsarte, who was the first to take a hard look at the feedback between the psyche and the body.
Contemporary dance is (often) spatial and expressive movement, full of expression. It is movement in which the mind and body are one.
Movement that tells a story and one that can express: an idea, emotions, feelings, generally everything contained in the mind-body. Its uniqueness lies, among other things, in movement combined with intention. It is movement in which our entire being is manifested. In which the personality of the dancer is important and largely determines his individual style. Creating your own movement is often a very creative process here and develops a person on many levels.

In dance improvisation training (which is a field of e.g. contemporary dance), the dancer moves/dances with specific topics at their disposal, which they receive from the leader, but also creates movement independently, just like a person painting a picture decides what will be in the picture. You will not be left to your own devices. We will achieve fluidity in this form of movement step by step.
Therapeutic Dance is a different form of movement, where aesthetics cease to matter at all.
You also receive suggestions and exercises from the leader. The most important thing is to express with your body in any way (in response to these exercises) what you feel/story recorded in the body and to reflect on these experiences.

The intertwining of therapeutic dance with contemporary dance and other fields in this course is crucial and not accidental, because it trains the dancer not only in experiencing and releasing the content recorded in the body, but also in body awareness, motor agility and using form in movement. This form of movement allows the psyche to keep up with the body and facilitates self-expression, making us not get stuck at the level of feeling, associations or imagination, and the physicality both supports the mental space and allows us to go deeper into a given process.

CONTRAINDICATIONS:
– psychotic states
– psychotropic therapy (request a consultation with a doctor)
– advanced pregnancy and very early postpartum period
– various types of inflammatory and acute states
– epilepsy
– glaucoma
– current, untreated injuries

Situations when you need to be careful with yourself:
– high sensitivity to strong stimuli, e.g. loud sounds
– use of pharmacological agents
– general very weak condition of the body
– long-term untreated depression

COURSE ADDRESSES
Both people with experience in the course topics and complete beginners. Also people who are called by dance, or maybe they didn’t give themselves the opportunity to follow this specific need before.

What you do every day is not important for your participation in the course.

Usually, there are people from 20 to 70 years old on the course. Age doesn’t matter (if your body is not very old).

If something is unclear, all questions are welcome.

The course is for people who are able to attend fairly regularly (apart from previously planned trips).

Host:
Alicja Miszczor: Born in 1982. Lives in Krakow. Psycho-somatic coach, movement actress, dancer, improviser, experienced instructor: dance improvisation, physical theatre, 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/r. Detlef Kappert). Graduate of PPSKAK in Kalisz, majoring in contemporary dance. From 2008 to 2015, dancer of EST under Iwona Olszowska. From 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, among others, for people with physical and intellectual disabilities. In 2024, she completed the Course: Dance and Gestalt, Life/Art Process, Anna Halprin. Currently in the process of training “Master Coaching”. Privately, she sings, paints watercolors and loves water.

More info about the host:
YT playlist:

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

TIME:
Wednesdays:
6:00 PM-7:20 PM
Fridays:
6:00 PM-7:30 PM

REGISTRATIONS:
Please send your applications only according to these instructions:
Registrations ONLY AND EXCLUSIVELY via email:
email address: alataniec@gmail.com
-in the title of the message enter the name the course you are interested in and your name, e.g.: ,,Czechowska, Diamentowy” (this is important)
– in the body of the email, briefly describe your experience with movement and send your phone number.
Applications not sent according to the instructions will require re-sending.
The reservation of a place is decided by a telephone conversation with the course leader and the deposit sent.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
1. Withdrawals from the deposit.

After 24 hours from the payment of the deposit, a refund is not possible.

2. There is no possibility of refunding the course fee, but in very serious unforeseen and crisis situations (critical health conditions, accidents, etc.) it is possible to take part in the next edition of the course.

3. Every once in a while we have one free place for a disabled person or a person struggling with a serious illness who does not have the means to pay for the course (is unable to support themselves). Please apply with a short cover letter.

4. Note: In the event of a very difficult financial situation, payment in installments is possible, however, payment in installments is more expensive. Please ask about installments in an email.

5. There are no classes on the 1st of February

6. During the course, there will be 1 to 4 workshops (or none at all) with an instructor invited from outside in the fields of: contact improvisation/dance improvisation/physical theater/voice work.

7. There will be no workshops on the 7th of May.

8. Information for people who have already attended my course: The material is never repeated. Most methods are repeated and a new approach to the topic is always proposed. New exercises are also constantly being created.

PRICE:

DIAMOND COURSE – workshops 2 times a week/ 19 workshop meetings in a closed group
Early Bird price: PLN 1,980
-price after March 18 – PLN 2,280
-PLN 90. discounts for students and people who have already taken the course (only in the Diamond, Early Bird option)

PRICE FOR THE WHITE COURSE – ONLY FRIDAYS plus 2 Wednesdays to choose from (workshops once a week)
-price for an early bird: PLN 1,750.
-price after March 18: PLN 1,850

PRICE FOR THE SILVER COURSE – ONLY WEDNESDAYS plus 2 Fridays to choose from, workshops once a week
-price for an early bird: PLN 1,750.
-price after March 18: PLN 1,850

PRICE FOR THE HYBRID COURSE – WEDNESDAYS AND EVERY OTHER FRIDAY OR FRIDAYS AND EVERY OTHER WEDNESDAY
-price for an early bird: PLN 1,850
-price after January 18: PLN 2,050.

Hybrid option is an option for e.g. students or people with specific working hours or parents with small children etc.

MIXED COURSE PRICE (attendance schedule determined individually) – only for people with crazy schedules

option A (for workshops once a week, e.g. alternating Wednesday and Friday)
-price early bird: PLN 1,750.
-price after January 5: PLN 1,850

option B (for more workshops, schedule determined individually)
-price early bird: PLN 1,850
-price after January 5: PLN 2,000.

There is a possibility of payment in max. installments, in the event of a difficult financial situation. Ask about installments in the email.

LOCATION:
An extremely charming and friendly space in the heart of Krakow:
Contact Space of Movement and Dance
street Szpitalna 40, 1st floor, Krakow
(city center, very close to Słowacki Theater and Main Station)
Link to school photo gallery:
https://kontaktprezent.pl/galeria

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