Conscious Dance Practices/freedomDance/pt

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freedomDANCE é uma escola de meditação pela dança e movimento consciente, fundada em 2009 por Alex Svoboda/pt. A prática combina dança livre, investigação estruturada do movimento e treinamento de consciência para apoiar a incorporação, a integração emocional e o crescimento pessoal.

A escola freedomDANCE inclui aproximadamente 25 professores e estagiários principais e oferece aulas, workshops e treinamentos regulares em diversos países, incluindo Áustria, Bielorrússia, Grécia, Rússia, Espanha, Turquia, Ucrânia e Reino Unido, bem como em formatos online.

freedomDANCE é organizado em torno de um arco de movimento repetitivo conhecido como o Ciclo freedomDANCE — Abertura → Transformação → Liberdade. Essa estrutura fornece um ambiente consistente para a improvisação, evitando coreografias fixas ou passos prescritos.

Missão

A missão da freedomDANCE é:

• Tornar a prática da meditação em dança e do movimento consciente amplamente acessível, abrindo oportunidades para o crescimento pessoal e a realização do potencial humano.

• Acumular e aprimorar as melhores práticas internacionais no ensino do movimento consciente, servindo como um centro de formação profissional, desenvolvimento e apoio mútuo de professores.

Valores

freedomDANCE articula os seguintes valores fundamentais:

• Compromisso com a qualidade — em padrões de formação profissional, ética e processos colaborativos, alinhados com as melhores práticas internacionais.
• Respeito pela individualidade — honrando a contribuição única de cada bailarino e professor, e reconhecendo tanto a linhagem quanto as gerações futuras.
• Parceria e responsabilidade compartilhada — a escola é de propriedade e gestão coletiva; os professores não trabalham sob estruturas de autoridade hierárquicas, nem colocam outros sob sua responsabilidade.

Practice

freedomDANCE is designed as an accessible entry point into embodied awareness and movement-based meditation.

Each session follows a freedomDANCE Cycle:

• Opening — warming up, sensing the body, and gradually building intensity.
• Transformation — sustained activation, exploration of intensity, and change.
• Freedom — settling, integration, and returning to a calmer, more spacious state.

While the structure supports the journey, there is no choreography and no set steps to learn. Movement is spontaneous, guided by sensation, attention, imagery, music, and relational awareness.

The practice emphasises movement as a direct pathway beyond habitual thinking. Physical activation is understood as a means to quiet mental activity, access embodied intelligence, and cultivate presence.

Sessions are generally open to all, regardless of age, body type, or prior experience in dance or meditation. Longer workshops and advanced formats may require prerequisites, which are specified in individual event descriptions.

Curriculum

The freedomDANCE curriculum is organised into three progressive levels, each containing several thematic categories.

Level 1

Level 1 establishes the physical and structural foundation of the practice. Participants learn the freedomDANCE Cycle and ways to refine and detail it.

Core components include:

• freedomDANCE Cycle
• Body Map
• Polarities Map
• Elements Map

Level 2

Level 2 extends the practice into longer formats such as ongoing groups and workshops. These events remain open to the public but typically require deeper engagement and continuity.

Key themes include:

• Unity — exploring levels of relationship through movement.
• Life Lessons from the Dance Floor — integrating insights from practice into everyday life.
• Synthesis — combining freedomDANCE with other disciplines, practices, and personal interests.

Level 3

Level 3 works with more sensitive themes and requires a higher level of trust within the group. Workshops are typically longer (three days or more) and have prerequisites.

Themes include:

• Open Hearts — emotional work, including fear, love, vulnerability, and being witnessed.
• Life Line — exploring personal history through movement.
• Juice — sexuality, relationships, and creativity.

Participation in Here I Am workshops and completion of specific Level 1 curriculum elements are prerequisites for entry into Start Level Teacher Training.

Teacher training and accreditation

freedomDANCE has offered teacher training programmes since 2014.

The school is a full member of the International Conscious Movement Teachers Association (ICMTA). freedomDANCE teacher training programmes are fully accredited by ICMTA, and teachers and trainees are individual members who adhere to the ICMTA Code of Ethics.

Teacher training follows the same three-stage logic as the practice itself:

• Opening (foundational teaching skills)
• Transformation (working with complexity and intensity)
• Freedom (integration, leadership, and professional maturity)

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Founded by: Alex Svoboda

Website: https://freedom-dance.com/