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Registration is now open for the fall 2023 new cohort starts August 22, 2023 ends around July 31 2024
Approved training program
Austin Community College Somatic Movement Education Training Program employs a dance-based approach in teaching health and wellness pedagogies through Laban Movement Analysis, Bartenieff Fundamentals, and an introduction to Body-Mind Centering. Link: https://continue.austincc.edu/smed
About the Program
This program is a one-year, 560 contact hour curriculum that includes experiential, practical, and theoretical pedagogical methods for promoting body and mind integration, movement re-education, observation and analysis of movement, embodied anatomy, hands-on physical cuing, and neuromuscular re-patterning for oneself, and their students and/or clients.Students will focus on the following themes:
Observe, describe, visualize, interpret, and document human movement.
Support the re-patterning of habitual movement choices for restoration, wellness, and self-care.
Explore approaches to movement education and group/community activities, dance, theater, and yoga.
Understanding of embodied anatomy to guide others through somatic mindfulness experiences.
Define ethical practices for working with diverse participant populations.
Practice body, mind, and environmental relationships employing verbal and non-verbal strategies.
The Somatic Movement Education Training program consists of six (6) required course sections, taken in the following order, which must be completed with a “C” or better:SMED-1071 Introduction to Laban Movement Analysis
SMED-1072 Introduction to Bartenieff Fundamentals
SMED-1073 Dance for Special Populations (training in DanceAbility)
SMED-1074 Advanced Laban Movement Analysis
SMED-1075 Advanced Somatic Movement Education
SMED-1076 Applied Somatic Movement Education
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