Maryland/DC School of Biodanza
Personal Development
One year cycle for self-development and holistic health:
We are looking forward to offering Biodanza® workshops each month. The program will start late 2012. When the dates are ready, they will be posted here.
To “warm up” for this program we will offer workshops. Please see the “Events” page for these scheduled workshops.
Stay tuned for more info!!
Admission Requirements
In order to start at the Biodanza East Coast USA in MD/DC School you are required to have 50 hours experience in Biodanza®. Start now and collect enough hours!
This also applies if you wish to use the weekends as pure self development and do not have the intention of completing methodology to become a facilitator.
Application forms and school regulations will be available here within a few months.
Who will be teaching?
An approved IBF Biodanza school ensures that the teachers have the right qualifications to teach the various weekends.
Michelle Dubreuil Macek will be one of the teachers and Director of the School. In addition, national and international IBF didactic teachers will be invited. In that way, you will benefit from a vast network of teachers and knowledge, and you will experience several different teachers and their personal ways of facilitating. There will be different teachers every year.
Biodanza Personal Development Course & Teacher Training
NOTE: Only those trained in the authentic and official IBF Rolando Toro Schools will be able to facilitate IBF Biodanza classes in the USA. There are only 2 schools in the USA, one in San Francisco directed by Belisa Amaro and the IBF East Coast USA School due to open September 2012 with Michelle Dubreuil Macek.
Teacher Training and Personal Development Course
The Biodanza Teacher Training consists of 30 weekend intensives during a 3 year period. The Personal Development Course consists of only the first 14 weekends after which you may or may not decide to continue with the facilitation coursework.
- 28 Marathons/Weekends – Didactic and experiential weekend intensives taught by the Director of the DC/MD school of Biodanza and invited international faculty.
- 1 or 2 Minotaur Project – Designed for experienced Biodanza students, this workshop is based on the Greek-Roman myth Minotaur. It takes participants to connect with their original impulses (instincts) and face their fears
- 3 conferences – evening presentations and discussions by the students and/or invited speakers
- 28 reports – reflections on the content from each marathon/weekend
- Weekly Biodanza group participation throughout the training (paid separately)
- Facilitating 8 Biodanza classes under supervision with the Director after methodology courses (paid separately)
- One individual meeting per year for individual feedback
- Participation in the DC/MD Biodanza Encounters (discounted prices offered to East Coast Biodanza students)
- Presentation of a monograph (thesis) at the end of the training
- Participation in social action for low income and “at risk” populations (optional but strongly recommended)
Criteria for Admission to the IBF School of Biodanza DC/MD
Teacher Training & Development Course
• A minimum of 25 Biodanza sessions
• Be part of a regular Biodanza group
• A letter explaining the reasons why you want to take the training
• A personal interview with the Director of the School
Rights of Certified IBF Biodanza Teachers
• Use the name “Biodanza- Rolando Toro System” and its logo
• Teach Biodanza classes anywhere in the world
• Create private Biodanza centers or institutes to teach weekly classes and workshops
• Teach classes and workshops in private and public institutions
East Coast USA IBF Biodanza Program
International Biocentric Foundation’s (IBF) Curriculum
1. Definition & Theoretical Model
2. Vital Unconscious & Biocentric Principle
3. The Vivencia
4. Biological Aspects
5. Physiological Aspects
6.Psychological Aspects
7. Mythological and Philosophical Antecedents
8. Identity and Integration
9. Trance and Regression
10. Contact and Caress
11. Vitality
12. Sexuality
13. Creativity
14. Affectivity
15. Transcendence
16. Mechanisms of Action in Biodanza
17. Music in Biodanza
18. Ars Magna – Biodanza as a Healing Art
19. Biodanza and Social Action
20. Human Movement
21. Applications and Extensions of Biodanza
22. Methodology I (Musical Semantics)
23. Methodology II (The Biodanza Session I)
24. Methodology III (The Biodanza Session II)
25. Methodology IV (Biodanza Weekly Course and Workshops)
26. Methodology V (The Biodanza group)
27. Methodology VI (Evaluation Criteria of Development in Biodanza)
28. Methodology VII (In Depth Study of the Official List of Exercises, Presentations and Music of Biodanza)
Investment for 2012-2014- the Personal Development part of the course
(coming soon)
