There is a good chance that this edition will help you get through the demanding time between winter and spring…. Such magical three months. : )
Before you read the description, we invite you to familiarize yourself with the video opinions of the course participants:
https://www.facebook.com/interartdance/videos/1113373469562835

And with interviews with the course leader:

(1) How do movement, senses, and fine arts combine into 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 get to know yourself anew, receive support and strengthening and have the opportunity to see your potential anew. All this through both: 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 out of the box, getting out of your head and returning to the whole feeling body, as well as renewing your relationship with yourself and the world.

Here you will receive primarily tools from the fields of: broadly understood contemporary dance (mainly from dance improvisation and floor bag), therapeutic dance, meditative dance, physical theatre, elements of movement composition. You will also familiarize yourself with or deepen such methods as: Authentic Movement, Dr Detlef Kappert’s method, elements of Anna Halprin’s method, the Dancing Brushes method (authorial), elements of Skinner Releasing Technique. 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 and love for what he does, and grounding in specific methods of working with the body gives a balanced and conscious approach to both the subject of dance and personal development.

Additional strong points 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 and takes place in a CLOSED FORM, i.e. in a permanent group.

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:
-body symbolism (including gesture)
-shape
-archetypes in character building
-body feeling and senses in movement
-movement solo, in pairs and in a group
-breath
-role of stopping in movement
-elements of voice work (depending on the group)

IMPORTANT ISSUES – THERAPEUTIC DANCE
-I and my 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

ISSUES- MOTOR SIDE:
-floor work (movement on the floor)
-spine mobility
-limb articulation
-timing
-working with 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 (plasticity movement)

Statements of the 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 with 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, breathing, 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, 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 was getting to know 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
-awakening dormant instincts and the vitality and creativity behind them
-smoothing communication with yourself and others
-increasing the level of creativity
-a sense of letting go
-spontaneity/courage
-feeling the body and reading its signals
-broadening horizons and ranges: physical and mental
-leaving the beaten tracks
-becoming 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
-the present moment
-meeting new people with similar interests and a new side of yourself
-peace

ABOUT CONTEMPORARY DANCE, THERAPEUTIC DANCE AND WHY THE COURSE IS IN BOTH OF THESE AREAS:
Contemporary dance germinated 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 and everything that is contained in the mind-body. Its uniqueness and theatricality 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 here often a very creative process that develops you on many levels.
In dance improvisation, which is a field of contemporary dance, the dancer moves/dances with specific themes at their disposal, which they receive from the leader, but also creates movement on their own, 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 an even more free form of movement, where aesthetics cease to matter.

We also receive suggestions from the leader. The most important thing is to express with the body in any way what we feel and the stories recorded in the body and to realize these experiences.

The intertwining of therapeutic dance with contemporary dance and other fields in this course is crucial, because it trains the dancer not only in 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 mind to keep up with the body and facilitates self-expression by preventing us from getting stuck at the level of feeling, associations or imagination, while 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 inflammation and acute conditions
– epilepsy
– glaucoma
– current, unhealed injuries

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

ADDRESSEE OF THE COURSE
Both experienced and beginner people.
I also invite: choreotherapists, art therapists, psychologists who want to expand their skills to work with the body or to new tools in bodywork.
I invite people preparing for PWST exams, artists of all stripes/educators/people working with the body/people working with children or youth/people working with people with disabilities/parents.
We invite people struggling with pain on a daily basis, who want to learn to listen to their body.
We invite people who have decided that it is too late for dance.
We invite people who want to make friends with their body.
I invite people of all ages.

*For people who have already been to my course (the material is never repeated, I always propose a new approach to the topic)
*The course is for people who are able to attend regularly

Leader:
Alicja Miszczor: Born in 1982. Lives in Krakow. Movement actress, dancer, improviser, experienced instructor of movement composition, dance improvisation, physical theater. Creator of the ‘Dry Brushes’ 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 with Iwona Olszowska. From 2013 to 2015, she collaborated with the Barakah theater in Krakow. Author of dance performances and videos. Collaborates with the Kreissau Foundation, where she leads workshops for people with physical and intellectual disabilities. Completed the following courses: Dance and Gestalt, Life/Art Process, Anna Halprin.

More info about the host:
YT playlist:

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

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

REGISTRATIONS:
Please send your applications according to the instructions:
Registrations ONLY AND EXCLUSIVELY via email:
e-mail address: alataniec@gmail.com
-in the title of the message enter the name of the course you are interested in and Your name, e.g.: “Czechowska, Diamentowy” (this is important)
– in the body of the email, describe BRIEFLY your experience with movement and expectations for the course (literally a few sentences), 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 phone 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 it is possible to take part in the next edition of the course.

3. I have one free place for a disabled person or a person struggling with a serious illness. Please apply with a short letter of motivation.

4. Note: In the event of a very difficult financial situation, payment in installments is possible. However, please do not abuse this option.
5. There are no classes on February 28th
6. During the course, there will be 1 to 4 workshops with an instructor invited from outside in the fields of: contact improvisation/dance improvisation/physical theatre/voice work

PRICE:
DIAMOND COURSE -/workshops 2 times a week/
price Early Bird: PLN 1,890
-price for students: PLN 1,700
-price after December 20th (also for students) – PLN 2,190

PRICE FOR THE WHITE COURSE – ONLY FRIDAYS plus 2 Wednesdays to choose from
-price early bird: PLN 1,650.
-price after December 20th: PLN 1,850

PRICE FOR THE SILVER COURSE – ONLY WEDNESDAYS plus 2 Fridays to choose from, once a week
-price early bird: PLN 1,650.
-price after December 20: 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 1,790
-price after September 12: PLN 2,090.

The Hybrid option is an option for people studying or having specific working hours or parents with small children, etc.

PRICE FOR A MIXED COURSE (attendance schedule set individually) – only for people with a crazy schedule

option A (for workshops once a week, e.g. Wednesday and Friday alternately)
-price for an early bird: PLN 1,650.
-price after December 20: PLN 1,850

option B (for a larger number of workshops, e.g. four Wednesdays and two Fridays per month – in a row)
-price for early bird: PLN 1,790
-price after December 20: PLN 2,090.

Note. PLN 100 discount on the Diamond Course version, for people who have already participated in the course (in the Diamond version) until September 12. The discount does not apply after this date.

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

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