THREE-MONTH COURSE OF MOVEMENT COMPOSITION and THERAPEUTIC DANCE with Alicja Miszczor in Krakow
We cordially invite you to the spring edition of the course:
April 4, 2024 – June 27, 2024
Before you read the description, we invite you to watch videos with participants’ opinions:
https://www.facebook.com/interartdance/videos/1113373469562835
And with an interview with the course leader:
Written opinions about the course:
https://www.facebook.com/interartdance/reviews
And the leader in action:
https://www.facebook.com/interartdance/videos/437247151864414
And a recording of the classes:
https://fb.watch/oRCTMVAw5Y/
DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE:
Hello
During this course, you will receive primarily a lot of tools in the areas of: movement composition, broadly understood contemporary dance (mainly dance improvisation), therapeutic dance, physical theater, Authentic Movement, body work and relaxation techniques.
The course is a process and takes place in a CLOSED FORM, i.e. in a permanent group.
In this course, dance intertwines with other fields of art, and techniques of movement expression with mindfulness training.
The course provides space for: expression, fun, learning, reflection, stopping, regeneration, rediscovering yourself, contact with each other and interaction.
The classes are conducted by an experienced instructor with many years of multidisciplinary experience, specialized education and love for what she does. You can also expect specific methods and at the same time great openness.
The course level is beginner.
FORMS OF BODY WORK YOU WILL EXPERIENCE:
-MOTORAL EXPRESSION TECHNIQUES
-DANCE IMPROVISATION TECHNIQUES IN THE MODERN OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE
-PHYSICAL THEATER
-ELEMENTS OF HATHA YOGA, QI GONG AND MEDITATION
– SENSORY IN MOVEMENT IN DANCE
AND ALSO SPECIFIC METHODS:
-DR. METHOD. DETLAFA KAPERTA (IMPROVISATION AND BODY SYMBOLISM)
– ELEMENTS OF THE AUTHOR’S INTERART DANCE METHOD: DANCE IN COMBINATION WITH OTHER FIELDS OF ART
-DRY BRUSHES (AUTHOR’S METHOD)
-ELEMENTS OF AUTHENTIC MOVEMENT (MERY WHITEHOUSE METHOD)
– ELEMENTS OF “SKINNER RELEASING TECHNIQUE” (JOAN SKINNER METHOD)
IMPORTANT MOVEMENT ISSUES:
– body symbolism (including gesture)
-archetypes in movement and dance
-contrasts and their integration
– movement and emotions (feeling, expressing, releasing emotions)
-feeling the body and senses in motion
-body in space
– solo, pair and group movement
From the motor side:
-floor work
-spine mobility
– articulation of limbs
-work from the center
-isolation and continuum
-traffic traveling between the VERTICAL and the FLOOR
– movement qualities (including tension, weight, impulse, size, level, time, dynamics, space, direction, dynamics)
– -shape of movement and line of movement (movement plasticity)
Opinions about the course from course participants,
i.e. possible benefits for body and spirit.
1. “Warm atmosphere and diversity.”
2. “Time of change and transformation”
3. “Reduction of pain-related symptoms”
4. “An amazing experience giving a new perspective on how to perceive yourself, your body, other people and your relationships with them and with yourself.”
5. “Leaving the comfort zone and the beaten path”
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 yourself, wonderful people, losing the burden of stress (…) sometimes fooling around, sometimes deep experiences.”
10. “A space where you can express everything that is hidden somewhere deep”
11. “Abundance, comfort and surprise”
12. “Amazing energy and charisma”
13. …I learned about my abilities that I had no idea about”
14. “I felt myself and others again after experiencing a huge loss in my life.”
YOU MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE:
-strengthening the mind-body relationship
– awakening dormant instincts and vitality and the creativity behind them
-smooth communication with yourself and others
-body awareness/feeling the body/reading its signals
-expanding horizons and scopes: physical and mental
-out-of-the-box thinking
– becoming friends with the senses and the phenomenon of pleasure
– realizing your own potential (not only creative)
-building your ability to act taking into account your psycho-physical condition (acceptance)
– expressing myself as I am (authenticity)
-inspiration
-the present moment – thanks to the connection with the body
-meeting new people with similar interests and meeting a new side of yourself in a friendly place
-making contact with the body
– balanced work with the body
ABOUT CONTEMPORARY DANCE, THERAPEUTIC DANCE AND WHY THE COURSE IS IN BOTH THESE AREAS:
Contemporary dance emerged on the border of the 19th and 20th centuries, when Isadora Duncan rejected the principles of classical dance and “broke” its rules. However, the forefather of this movement was Francois Delsarte, who was the first to take a close look at the feedback between
mind and body.
Contemporary dance is (often) spatial, expressive and expressive movement. It is a movement in which the mind and body are one.
A movement that tells a story and one that can express: ideas, emotions, feelings and everything contained in the mind-body. Its uniqueness and theatricality include, among others, on movement combined with intention. It is a movement in which our entire being is manifested. In which the dancer’s personality is important and largely determines his individual style. Creating your own movement is often a very creative process and develops you on many levels.
In dance improvisation, which is a branch of contemporary dance, the dancer moves/dances using specific suggestions/images/improvisation techniques of the leader, but creates the movement independently, just like a person painting a picture decides what will be in the picture. However, you will not be left to your own devices. We will achieve fluidity in this form of movement step by step, process-wise.
Movement Expression Techniques, also called intuitive or free dance, is an even more free form of movement.
We also receive suggestions from the leader, but here the form of movement is important at a very subtle level. The most important thing is to express with our body in any way what we feel and the stories stored in the body.
The combination of therapeutic dance and contemporary dance in this course is crucial because it trains the dancer not only in releasing the content stored in the body, but also in awareness, motor agility and “thinking” with form in movement. This connection means that we do not get stuck at the level of feeling, and the body is able to keep up with the mind, and the physicality supports the mental space
CONTRAINDICATIONS:
– psychotic states
– psychotropic therapy (request for 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
– overall very poor condition of the body
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CLASSICAL THERAPY AND THERAPEUTIC DANCE
This course is not therapy in the classic sense of the word, although most of the exercises have both developmental and healing effects. It can be a very beneficial complement to and support classic therapy.
If someone is in therapy, it is worth letting your therapist know that you plan to take part in these workshops.
Do you have a question about this point? Write.
ADDRESSES OF THE COURSE:
The course is dedicated to both BEGINNERS and those who already have SOME experience in movement/dance/theater/physical theater/performance.
However, GRUPA START is a group starting from scratch
I also invite: art therapists, choreotherapists, psychologists who want to expand their workshop to work with the body or new tools in working with the body.
I would like to invite people preparing for the 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 who struggle with pain on a daily basis and want to learn to listen to their body.
We invite people who decided it was too late to dance.
We invite people who want to awaken their body and its potential and start returning to the home of the body.
If you are deaf or hard of hearing, I invite you to take part, provided that you are accompanied by a sign language interpreter.
For people who have already attended my course (the material is never repeated, I always propose a new approach to the topic)
I invite people of all ages.
*The course is for people who are able to not miss more than 3 workshop meetings.
Presenter:
Alicja Miszczor: Born in 1982 Lives in Krakow. Movement actress, dancer, improviser, experienced instructor of movement composition, dance improvisation, and 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). A graduate of PPSKAK in Kalisz, majoring in contemporary dance. From 2008 to 2015, an EST dancer with Iwona Olszowska. From From 2013 to 2015, she cooperated with the Barakah theater in Krakow. Author of numerous performances and dance videos. She cooperates with the Kreissau Foundation, where she conducts workshops for people with physical and intellectual disabilities.
During the Life Art Process Course by Anna Halprin.
More information about the host:
YT playlist:
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/interartdance
Facebook group: Interart Dance. Workshops with Alicja Miszczor
Dance video group on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/563344323713738
Instagram: instagram.com/alicjamiszczor.bodymindart
TIME:
Thursdays 18:00-19:30
SUBMISSIONS:
Registration – only by e-mail:
e-mail address: alataniec@gmail.com
-in the title of the message, enter: Course, start group (important)
In the email, briefly describe the reason why you are signing up and send your phone number.
Please send applications only according to the instructions. This will make organizational matters much easier. Applications not sent according to the instructions will need to be resent.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
1. Cancellation of the deposit:
After 24 hours after paying the deposit, no refund will be accepted.
2. In exceptional situations: in the event of an injury or serious health problems during the course, it is possible to take part in the next edition of the course.
3. I have one free place for a person with a disability or a person struggling with a serious illness or serious life difficulties. Please apply with a short cover letter.
4. In case of very difficult financial situation, payment in installments is possible.
PRICE:
COURSE – 3 months/ 11 workshop meetings/ approximately 17 workshop hours
Early Bird price: PLN 1,300.
-price after March 15 – PLN 1,500.
PLACE:
An extremely charming and friendly space in the heart of Krakow:
Contact Space of Movement and Dance
street Szpitalna 40, 1st floor, Kraków
(center, very close to the Słowacki Theater and the Main Railway Station)
Link to the school photo gallery:
https://kontaktprezent.pl/galeria/