Preparation for leading a session, class, workshop… 

• Defining the goal, purpose of teaching  

• Setting up an 8-step structure

• Setting up your musical playlist

• Preparation ritual

Beginning the session

• Creating a safe space

• Opening the session

• Setting up the rules

 Ways of establishing quick trust, connection, playfulness and flow in the group

• Calling the tribe

• How do I feel?

• Funny “icebreakers” 

Energizers: Warming up the body and lifting up the energy and spirit 

• We have to become physically fast to calm down the mind!

• What to do if somebody in the group doesn’t want to cooperate or is acting like a “trouble child”?

• Clear information, Emptying the body (of fear and expectations) & Absorbing the impact

• Playful Catching/Tagging game 

• Floor Football

• Alignment 

• Over-Under-Around

• Happy Feet folk dance

• Pressing Down/Lifting Up

Breathing as a carrier of awareness

Integrated from different practices like: Pranayama, Tai Chi, Qi Gong...

• How to breathe and how to use breath? 

• Core Energy activation and working within the flow of the energy

• What to do if some participants get afraid, dizzy, etc., and want to quit the exercise?

Dynamic muscle warm-up & Dynamic stretch meditation

• Dynamic muscle warm-up 

• Dynamic stretch & yoga meditation

SOLO improvisation dance tools

• 3Q (Three Qualities) 

Spiral – Architectural /  Traveling – On the Spot / Stable – Off Balance

• Trace / Training of movement perception

• Opposites as movement qualities

impulse-impact, fast-slow, isolation-whole body, finished-unfinished, diagonal-same side, opposite qualities in duets, intuitive opposites in duets

• Steal and integrate” to upgrade the movement & expression qualities 

• The use of physical, emotional, or thought dynamics as an experiencing or performing

• Using one’s own habits for creation

• The connection of breath with movement and action in a surprising way

DUET improvisation dance tools

• Decide – Respond

• Leading & Following

• Mirror

• Time and Expectations of the Mind

CONTACT improvisation dance tools

• About Contact Improvisation

• Trust 

• Into my water (elemental water)

• Sensitive hands / The Samurai Way

• Brushing & Sculptor (elemental wind) 

• Dissolving & Building up

• Shared balance dancing

• Three centers

• Rolling

• Switching between centers and using arms for transitions

• Pushing and moving through space / Tree & Leaf

• Going Down & Up

• I’m on the floor, connection with my partner is gone. What to do?

• Using animal power and power of the floor / Tree & Leaf push on the floor

• Sliding

• Resisting the impulse in the slide

• Sliding & Noticing opportunity when the lift can happen – AHA moment

• Sliding & Pendulum weight

• Giving & Taking weight in a safe way

• Invitation and acceptance / Dance is in a space between 

• How much weight can we take?

• Dead weight and protecting your lower back

• Climbing on the body & supporting the actions

• I want you here because of that / clear intention

• Reading – Following – Adjusting

• Loosening your head 

• Dead body playground

• Flying the angel

Additional topics:

• Keeping your own dance in the contact dance.

• I feel awkward in this exercise. What to do?

• While rolling, my breasts are touching my partner's body – feeling uncomfortable. What can I do?

• 8 tool: “my space – your space”

• Sometimes sexuality arises during contact improvisation and people get confused and afraid. How to deal with that? What can we do?

GROUP improvisation dance tools

• NetWork – can the network operate without a leader? Systems within network.

• Three events

• Using Solo, Duet & Contact improvisation tools for a Group improvisation

 Cooling Down 

• Stretch, massage, meditation…

Sharing & Closing the session

• What is sharing and why is it important?

• How to close the session?

 BONUS TOPIC: Economic Sustainability – Basic Kit

• Defining your goals and intentions within your teaching.

• Treat your practice as a business

• Mapping your "Business" DNA

• Define your audience, Mission statement & Proprietary approach

• Designing your photos for FB and IG posts, ads, posters flyers … 

• Where to get great royalty-free photos?

• E-mail automation

• Where to get a free website? 

• Technical essentials: portal for your Online courses, Funnel, Zoom, Webinar, Appointment scheduler...