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The Art to Dance Community

You will learn about dance as a community-building and personality-development medium and will gain the practical and theoretical basics with which you can use dance in your educational work.

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Course Venue

Salzwedel, Germany


Content Areas
  • Creating and promoting learning opportunities among all citizens and generations
  • Improving the competences of adult educators
  • Innovative learning and teaching practices

Topics

innovative method, animistic traditions, team building


Course Duration (in days)

7


Next Available Course
From 14. Jul 2025
To 20. Jul 2025

Organised by

Institut für Rituelle Tanzpädagogik gGmbH

Language(s)

English , French , German , Spanish


Description

with Stephanie Bangoura (dancer, gestalt-therapist) and Massa Dembele (musician, griot) Based on selected African dances, you will learn physiologically gentle dance techniques and dance methods for team building.   Every day we dance with live music, sing and learn body percussion exercises. Simple movements bring you more strength, grounding and uprightness.    You will learn about dance as a community-building and personality-strengthening medium and will gain the practical and theoretical basics with which you can use dance in your educational work.     All bodies and dance experience levels are welcome.    


European Dimension

In this course we work in a protective space created by agreeing on common values like self-determination, mindfulness and confidentiality. Intercultural competences is promoted by different languages who are spoken in the workshop space and the team with international history. Dance is applicated as a non-verbal communication, that's why every day there are some hours without verbal communication to promote more consciousness for inner realities.


Tentative Program & Schedule

8-9h body awakening

9h breakfast (fruits, yogurt, porridge)

10-13h dance workshop with voice, rhythm and theatre dynamics 

13h (fresh salad, vegetable and rice/potatoes/spagetti)

16-18h lecture about team building based on humanistic psychology and animistic wisdom 

18:30 (soup, bread&cheese)

free time - jam sessions


Expected Outcome

In the support of the group and the live music, the dancers can move on and recreate their emotions and memories. With this embodied approach we promote self-awareness and self-healing.

With your certificate in ritual dance pedagogy, you have a theoretical and practical foundation to guide movement and dance in groups in a sensitive and personality-strengthening manner. Depending on previous professional experience, the application of ritual dance pedagogy is possible, for example, in the following areas: dance schools, socio-cultural educational work, health care, burnout prevention, resilience and stress management, leading integrative dance groups as well as in the entire area of ​​team building and personality development. Y


Certification

You will receive a Participation Certficate with the qualification: Ritual dance teacher. The training is recognized by the International Dance Council and has AZAV certification.


About Salzwedel

Salzwedel is located between Hamburg and Berlin inside the nature of the Wendland. We are hosted by the one of the most established and oldest eco-community from Germany. The farm has 4.5 hectares of land with playgrounds, fireplaces, forest, horses and meadows. And around it: lots and lots of landscape: for walking, hiking, cycling, watching wild geese and cranes, etc.


Venue address

Die Bunte Vier
Pretzierer Str.25
29410 Salzwedel
Germany


How to Apply

info@tanz-der-kulturen.de


Minimum Number Of Participants

10


Participation Fee

€ 1680


Course Website
www.tanz-der-kulturen.de
Institut für Rituelle Tanzpädagogik gGmbH
Institut für Rituelle Tanzpädagogik gGmbH

Institut für Rituelle Tanzpädagogik gGmbH


Address

Hamburg

Website URL

http://www.tanz-der-kulturen.de

Contact persons

Stephanie Bangoura info@tanz-der-kulturen.de +4915152013306

Co-Organiser (local host)

Organisation Website

www.tanz-der-kulturen.de