More than 250 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
Teacher Certification course is four weeks of intensive full-time study.
DanceAbility Teacher Certification is for people who want to teach integrated
groups in movement arts, or learn a model for facilitating communities that
foster inclusive participation. Well-defined methods and techniques for
teaching are presented, but there is not a stagnant set of rules. It is an
ever-changing approach to designing creative movement practices that allow
anybody and everybody's movement to emerge, thereby facilitating individual and
group expression. You will learn how to work with mixed-abilities groups, how
to adapt your teaching depending on participants' skills and
abilities/disabilities, how to work with various sizes of groups, and how to
prepare performances and choreographies.
Dates and Times:
February 1st to 28th, 2010
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. (6 hours of class, plus 1.5 hours
lunch break. Exact schedule subject to change, but number of hours will remain
the same.)
Place: Montevideo, Uruguay
Teacher: Alito
Alessi, founder of DanceAbility and Artistic Director of DanceAbility Intl.
Language: English,
with Spanish translation
Course fee: U.S.
$1200. (This includes the DanceAbility Teacher's Manual by Alito Alessi with
over 150 exercises, and a course diary with full details of day-by-day
teachings and exercises.)
Extra Details for Registering:
To apply, send a one-page letter of intention with your name to Florencia Martinelli and
a reservation deposit of U.S. $50. This will be refunded to you 100% in case the application is not accepted (for example if
the course is full). Other payment due dates: 50% of total is due by November
13, 2009. 100% is due by December 15, 2009.
Accommodation: Participants
pay for their own accommodations and food. DanceAbility Uruguay will assist in
finding accommodations that suit your budget. (One month's rent in Montevideo
for single occupancy (with kitchen and bathroom) is approximately US $500 per
month and for shared apartments, $275 per month and up.
More information: For
a week-by-week description of what you learn, click one of the links below:
Teacher Certification Page of DanceAbility Website (in English)
La pagina de formacion docente del sitio web de DanceAbility (en español)
If you have questions, contact DanceAbility Uruguay Director, Florencia Martinelli in English or Spanish or by phone
at (005982) 411 91 29.
