Alex Svoboda
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Alex Svoboda, Ph.D. è un insegnante di danza consapevole, facilitatore e fondatore di libertàDANZA, una scuola e un metodo di meditazione di danza e movimento consapevole fondato nel 2009. È noto per aver sviluppato un approccio accessibile ma orientato alla profondità della meditazione basata sul movimento, che integra incarnazione, consapevolezza emotiva e ricerca personale.
Alex Svoboda vive a Londra e insegna a livello internazionale attraverso corsi, workshop, ritiri e programmi di formazione per insegnanti.
Background
Alex Svoboda ha vissuto e lavorato in Russia, Stati Uniti e Regno Unito. Ha studiato presso diverse università e college e ha conseguito un dottorato di ricerca. Prima di concentrarsi completamente sul movimento consapevole, ha lavorato come analista e manager in importanti organizzazioni internazionali, tra cui la società di consulenza manageriale globale McKinsey & Company.
Parallelamente alla sua carriera aziendale, Svoboda ha lavorato come istruttore universitario e come facilitatore di formazione aziendale, esperienza che in seguito ha influenzato il suo stile di insegnamento strutturato ma esperienziale nella danza consapevole.
Formazione in danza e movimento
Alex Svoboda si è formato direttamente con diversi pionieri della danza moderna consapevole, tra cui:
- Anna Halprin
- Gabrielle Roth (fondatrice di 5Ritmi)
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.”
