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The Best Way to an Inclusive Dance Practice?
Become a Certified DanceAbility Teacher!
Now There Are Two Options This Year!
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“I believe that DanceAbility® goes beyond movement exploration and is, for many people their
first opportunity to define themselves in their own terms and see that this dance form,
like their lives, has many options and possibilities.”
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- Susan Sygall,
Executive Director, Mobility International U.S.A.
Keep Your Practice Relevant:
Learn Inclusive Dance!
The best way to an inclusive dance practice is with a DanceAbility International Teaching Certification!
In development for the last 37 years by DanceAbility Founder Alito Alessi, the DanceAbility Method has allowed over 800 dance teachers in 40 countries to bring inclusive dance practice to their communities of people with and without disabilities as Certified DanceAbility Teachers. This summer you can chose from two different DanceAbility Teacher Certification Trainings- one in historic Vienna, Austria and the other in Brunswick, Maine, in the beautiful New England region of the United States. A tough choice, right? But be sure to choose soon! Positions in each class are limited and they fill quickly!
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SEE YOU THIS SUMMER!
DanceAbility Teacher Certification
at ImPulsTanz,
the Vienna International
Festival of Dance July 13-Aug. 8
Information and Registration Here!
ImPulsTanz, Alito Alessi (founder and executive director of DanceAbility) and Connie Vandarakis (Master DanceAbility Trainer), offer a four-week long DanceAbility Teacher Certification course, taking place during the ImPulsTanz Festival 2025.
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What: a course that will enable you to learn to lead mixed abilities dance, movement & theatre groups.
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Who: Alito Alessi (Founder of DanceAbility) and Connie Vandarakis (Master DanceAbility Trainer).
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When: Sunday, 13 July 2025 (orientation meeting at 17:00) until Friday, 8 August 2025 (final event and presentation). Total of 4 weeks, Mon–Fri, 6 hours per day, 10:00-17:00.
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Where: tba
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Costs: €1,900
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Max. number of participants: 32 people
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Teaching language: English
More than 700 people with and without disabilities have attended intensive DanceAbility Teacher Certification courses in various countries since 1996. Those trained in DanceAbility have continued to develop and expand inclusive dance communities around the world.
The DanceAbility Teacher Certification addresses people who want to teach integrated groups in movement arts, or learn a model for facilitating communities that foster inclusive participation. The course covers well-defined methods and techniques for teaching, but there is not a stagnant set of rules. It is an approach to designing creative movement practices that allow anybody and everybody’s movement to emerge, thereby facilitating individual and group expression.
Participants in the DanceAbility Teacher Certification course will build on their own experiences to develop appropriate materials for the continued development of the work in their own communities.
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The DanceAbility® Method
DanceAbility International's biggest contribution to shifting the culture of dance is the award-winning and world-renowned DanceAbility method and curriculum. DanceAbility method trainings happen all over the globe. DanceAbility was recently recognized as a global innovator for inclusion by the Zero Project, presenting at the United Nations building in Vienna. Click the link to read more.
DanceAbility's Mission
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DanceAbility International’s mission is to dissolve barriers and connect people with and without disabilities through dance and movement. This mission is accomplished through classes, workshops and events for adults and children, performances, teacher trainings and educational materials for teachers of inclusive dance.
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The work of Joint Forces Dance Company creates inclusive communities through dance.
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