Alex Svoboda
Alex Svoboda, Ph.D. är en medveten danslärare, facilitator och grundare av freedomDANCE, en skola och metod för dansmeditation och medveten rörelse som grundades 2009. Han är känd för att utveckla en tillgänglig men djupgående metod för rörelsebaserad meditation som integrerar förkroppsligande, emotionell medvetenhet och personlig utforskning.
Alex Svoboda bor i London och undervisar internationellt genom klasser, workshops, retreats och lärarutbildningsprogram.
Bakgrund
Alex Svoboda har bott och arbetat i "Ryssland, USA och Storbritannien'. Han studerade vid flera universitet och högskolor och avslutade en "doktorsexamen. Innan han fokuserade helt på medveten rörelse arbetade han som analytiker och chef i stora internationella organisationer, inklusive det globala managementkonsultföretaget "McKinsey & Company.
Vid sidan av sin karriär inom företag arbetade Svoboda som "universitetsinstruktör" och som "företagsutbildningshandledare", erfarenheter som senare informerade hans strukturerade men ändå erfarenhetsbaserade undervisningsstil inom medveten dans.
Dans- och rörelseträning
Alex Svoboda tränade direkt med flera pionjärer inom modern medveten dans, inklusive:
- Anna Halprin
- Gabrielle Roth (grundare av 5Rytmer)
Han har även utbildat sig med andra framstående lärare inom medveten dans och rörelse. Hans arbete är influerat av somatisk praktik, rörelseimprovisation, meditation och erfarenhetsbaserat lärande.
Svoboda is also listed as an Open Floor teacher and is associated with the wider international conscious movement community.
freedomDANCE
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:
- Opening
- Transformation
- Freedom
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.
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.
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:
- “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.”
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.
Teacher training and professional affiliations
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.
Reception
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.
Selected participant statements include:
- “You have real, soft, palpable presence… When you speak, I listen. It’s always worth it.”
- “I felt stretched in a really beautiful way — dancing outside my usual patterns.”
- “Your workshop was a marathon of the heart and soul.”
- “I left feeling more fully human.”
