亚历克斯·斯沃博达
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Alex Svoboda 博士是一位意識舞蹈教師、引導師，也是「freedomDANCE」的創始人。「freedomDANCE」是一所舞蹈冥想和意識運動學校及方法，成立於 2009 年。他以開發一種易於理解且注重深度的基於運動的冥想方法而聞名，該方法融合了身體感知、情緒覺察和個人探索。
Alex Svoboda 居住在倫敦，並通過課程、研討會、靜修營和教師培訓項目在國際上進行教學。
背景
Alex Svoboda 曾在俄羅斯、美國和英國生活和工作。他曾在多所大學和學院學習，並獲得了博士學位。在全身心投入意識運動研究之前，他曾在包括全球管理諮詢公司麥肯錫公司在內的多家大型國際組織擔任分析師和經理。
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.
Dance and movement training
Alex Svoboda trained directly with several pioneers of modern conscious dance, including:
- Anna Halprin
- Gabrielle Roth (founder of 5Rhythms)
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.
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.」
