Alex Svoboda lives in London and teaches internationally through classes, workshops, retreats, and teacher training programmes.
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== 背景 ==
== Background ==
Alex Svoboda 曾在俄罗斯、美国和英国生活和工作。他曾在多所大学和学院学习，并获得了博士学位。在全身心投入意识运动研究之前，他曾在包括全球管理咨询公司麦肯锡公司在内的多家大型国际组织担任分析师和经理。
Alex Svoboda has lived and worked in '''Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom'''. He studied at multiple universities and colleges and completed a '''Ph.D.'''. Prior to focusing fully on conscious movement, he worked as an analyst and manager in major international organisations, including the global management consultancy '''McKinsey & Company'''.
Alongside his corporate career, Svoboda worked as a '''university instructor''' and as a '''corporate training facilitator''', experience that later informed his structured yet experiential teaching style in conscious dance.
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== 舞蹈与动作训练 ==
== Dance and movement training ==
Alex Svoboda曾直接师从多位现代意识舞蹈的先驱，其中包括：
Alex Svoboda trained directly with several pioneers of modern conscious dance, including:
* '''Anna Halprin'''
* '''Gabrielle Roth''' (founder of 5Rhythms)
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* Anna Halprin
He has also trained with other prominent teachers in the conscious dance and movement field. His work is influenced by somatic practice, movement improvisation, meditation, and experiential learning.
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* Gabrielle Roth（5Rhythms创始人）
Svoboda is also listed as an '''Open Floor''' teacher and is associated with the wider international conscious movement community.
Alex Svoboda is the founder and principal developer of '''freedomDANCE''', a method of dance meditation built around a repeating structure known as the '''freedomDANCE Cycle''':
Alex Svoboda 是“freedomDANCE”的创始人兼主要开发者，这是一种以重复结构“freedomDANCE循环”为基础的舞蹈冥想方法：
The method emphasises spontaneity, absence of choreography, and movement as a direct pathway to awareness beyond habitual thinking. freedomDANCE is designed to be accessible to people without prior dance or meditation experience, while still supporting deep personal and emotional exploration.
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* “你拥有真实、柔和、令人信服的存在感……当你说话时，我会认真聆听。这总是值得的。”
Through the '''freedomDANCE School''', Svoboda trains teachers and supports an international network of practitioners. As of the mid-2020s, the school includes approximately '''25 core teachers and trainees''' and offers programmes in multiple countries as well as online.
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* “我感觉自己以一种非常美好的方式得到了拓展——跳出了我平常的思维模式。”
== Teaching philosophy ==
Svoboda frequently describes freedomDANCE as an opportunity to experience different dimensions of freedom, including physical, psychological, and relational freedom. In his own words, each class offers:
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* “你的工作坊是一场触动心灵的马拉松。”
: “Freedom for the body to take over.
: Freedom for the mind to notice and accept what is happening inside ourselves and around us.
: Freedom to open to something bigger, something that transcends everyday ideas and calculations.
: Freedom to be yourself and share yourself with others.”
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* “离开时，我感觉自己更完整、更像一个完整的人。”
His teaching style is characterised by guided improvisation, carefully structured movement journeys, use of music and soundscapes, and an emphasis on presence rather than performance.
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== 网络平台 ==
== Teacher training and professional affiliations ==
* 网站：https://www.freedom-dance.com/
Alex Svoboda has led '''freedomDANCE teacher training programmes''' since 2014. These programmes are '''fully accredited by the International Conscious Movement Teachers Association (ICMTA)'''. He is an individual member of ICMTA, and freedomDANCE teachers and trainees adhere to the ICMTA Code of Ethics.
Participants frequently describe Svoboda’s teaching as grounded, present, and transformative. Publicly shared feedback highlights his clarity of guidance, musicality, emotional sensitivity, and ability to support both individual and collective processes.
