The Moving Relationship: Witnessing, Multimodal Practice and Transformation

25. April 2026

Course duration: 15 days / 105 hours

Dates: April 25th/26th / July 24th /25th /26th /27th / August 7th /8th /9th / September 25th /26th /27th / October 16th /17th /18th , 2026

Cost: CHF 2,250

Language: English (prerequisite: English level B2)

This course is designed as a further development based on Authentic Movement and the latest research.

In this course, you will learn how to establish a deep connection to your inner images through movement in combination with artistic media such as writing, painting, or working with clay, and how to initiate and go through processes and transformations.

You will explore how to put your experiences into words or let them sink in silently. You will learn how expression and observation interact and how seeing and being seen promote resonance with yourself and others in pairs, trios, or groups. You will learn how integration creates the basis for transformation. The focus is on the therapeutic foundations of dance and movement therapy, in particular on movement and self-experience, empathy, sensory perception, and kinesthetic resonance, as well as on the various dimensions of the therapeutic relationship, namely projection, transference, and countertransference. Building on this, you will learn interventions for individual settings and group formats. You will also be trained in leading movement rituals. From time to time, the course will refer to research that supports and enriches this work and helps you in your evidence-based practice.

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Cecilia Fontanesi

Neuroscience PhD, Board Certified Dance Movement Therapist (BC-DMT), Certified Movement Analyst (CMA), Registered Somatic Movement Educator (RSME).