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Welcome

• A Letter from Goran

• How to use this online course?

• If Vimeo is not working in your country?

Program Overview

• Program Overview

STEP #0: Preparation for leading a session, class, workshop...

• Define the goal of the teaching

• Set up an 8-step structure

• Set up your musical playlist

• Preparation ritual

STEP #1: Begin the Session

• Create a safe space, Open the session & Set your rules

STEP #2: Ways of Establishing Trust, Quick Connection, Playfulness and Flow in the Group

• Calling the Tribe

• How Do I Feel?

• Three Funny Icebreakers / 1. Meeting the white bear, Breath of the lamb, Duck walking up the spine and Revenge of the pig

• 2. Passing the clap

• 3. Celebrating with QUEEN (songs by the rock group QUEEN)

• Can we all sit on each other’s lap at the same time?

STEP #3: 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 like a “trouble child”?

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

• Playful Catching/Tagging Game

• Floor Football

• Alignment

• Happy Feet Folk Dance

• Over-Under-Around

• Pressing Down / Lifting Up

STEP #4: Breathing as carrier of the awareness

• How to use the breath?

• Core Energy activation and working within flow of the energy

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

• Another video: Core Energy activation and working within flow of the energy

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

STEP #5: Dynamic muscles warm up & Dynamic stretch meditation

• Guide your attention from inside of your breath, through muscles, mind, and emotion to balance your body, mind, and spirit

• Dynamic muscles warm up

• Dynamic stretch & yoga meditation

• Dynamic muscles warm up & Dynamic yoga meditation

STEP #6: SOLO dance improvisation tools

• Three Universal Movement Qualities (3Q)

• Understanding Circular–Rounded–Spiral (3Q)

• Circular movement quality / awareness inside of movements (3Q)

• Circular movement quality / awareness inside of movements and outside in actions (3Q)

• Understanding Architectural... (3Q)

• Architectural movement quality / awareness inside of movements & connecting mind with movement (3Q)

• Architectural movement quality / awareness inside of movements & relation with the architecture and objects outside of you (3Q)

• One example of what you can do by using Architectural quality (3Q)

• Understanding Traveling through Space vs. Being on the Spot (3Q)

• Understanding Stable (3Q)

• Understanding Unstable-Off balance (3Q)

• 3Q Improvisation

• TRACE - Training of Movement Perception

• Trace for creating a choreography

• Opposites as specific movement qualities

• Impulse / impact

• Fast / slow

• Isolation / whole body

• Finished / unfinished

• Diagonal / same side

• Opposite qualities in DUETS

• Iintuitive opposites in DUETS

• “Steal and integrate” to upgrade the quality of one's own movement capabilities and personal expression

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

• Using one’s own habits for creation

• Using one’s own habits for creation - Round #1

• Using one’s own habits for creation - Collecting your own habits

• Using one’s own habits for creation - Making a list of 3 habits that are repeating

• Using one’s own habits for creation - Round #2 - Creating the opposite habits

• Using one’s own habits for creation - Dancing the opposite habits

• Using one’s own habits for creation - Conclusion

• Surprise Breath, the connection of breath with movement and action

• Surprise Breath - example improvisation performance

DUET dance improvisation tools

• Decide – Respond

• Leading & Following

• Mirror / Leading–Following

• Time, the expectations of the mind and the reaction time

CONTACT dance improvisation tools

• About Contact Improvisation

• Trust

• Trust - example

• Into My Water (elemental water)

• Sensitive hands / The Samurai Way

• Brush & Sculpture (elemental wind)

• Dissolve & Build up

• Shared Balance Dancing / 3 Centers + Switching between centers and using arms for transitions

• Shared Balance Dancing / Rolling

• Shared Balance Dancing / Tree & Leaf (Push and Pull)

• Shared Balance Dancing / Going Down & Up / Using animal power and power of the floor

• Shared Balance Dancing / Sliding & Resist the impulse in the slide

• Shared Balance Dancing / Slide & Notice the opportunity when the lift can happen – The AHA! Moment

• Shared Balance Dancing / Slide & Pendulum Weight

• Give & Take the Weight in a Safe Way

• Invite and Accept / Dance is in a Space Between

• How much weight can you take?

• “Dead” Weight and Protecting Your Lower Back

• Climb on the Body & Support the Actions

• Weight...for fun:)

• “I want you here because of this.”

• “I want you here because of that.” / example

• Reading – Following – Adjusting

• Loosening your head

• “Dead Body” Playground

• Flying the Angel

• Q&A / Keeping your own dance in the contact dance

• Q&A / I feel awkward in this exercise. What to do?

• Q&A / While rolling, my breasts are touching my partner’s body. I feel uncomfortable. What can I do?

• Q&A / The 8 Tool - My Space – Your Space

• Q&A / Sometimes sexuality arises during contact improvisation, and people get confused and afraid. How to deal with that? What can you do?

some GROUP Improvisation Dance Tools

• NetWork – Can a Network Operate without a Leader?

• Three Events

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

STEP #7: Cooling Down

• Short stretch, massage or meditation

STEP #8: Sharing & Closing the Session

• Holding Space- The Art of Being Present with Others .pdf

• Sharing

• Sharing example 1

• Sharing example 2

• Sahring example 3

• Closing the Session

Reverse-Engineering approach to lesson planning

• Reverse-Engineering approach to lesson planning

BONUS: Economic Sustainability – Basic Kit

• Treat your practice as a business

• Mapping your "Business" DNA

• Define your audience

• Mission statement & Proprietary approach

• Design your photos for Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, posters, flyers …

• Where to get great royalty-free photos

• E-mail automation

• Design & Build an easy and free website, landing pages...

• You need portal for your Online courses?

• You need a funnel to create leads?

• Zoom, Webinar...

• Appointment scheduler

• You want to turn your Gifts and Experience into a Thriving Transformational Online Business?

Congratulation you've reached the end of the course!

• Ficho institute Certificate of completion of the course

Whats next?

• 12 days in-person Retreats & Teacher Training

• Dance Alchemy retreat -VIDEO trailer from previous years

• 1 0N 1 PERSONALISED SUPPORT & COACHING with Goran