DaNCING𓂃BaND
Practice & Facilitation Training Course
Practice & Facilitation Training Course
2 whole day + self-directed practice + half day (3.5)
The Introductory Practioners & Facilitators Training Course invites embodied and creative understanding DaNCING𓂃BaND practice and develop the skills to facilitate the practice to others, with confidence, attunement, and imagination.
The Grounding Practice 1 hour
Duration: 2 months (?)
Learning pathways, three strands:
- Practice
- Facilitation
- Self Directed Time (Practicing and Facilitating)
- DAY 1 — DaNCING𓂃BaND Practice
Experience the foundations of DaNCING𓂃BaND, and grounding practice
- DAY 2 — DaNCING𓂃BaND Facilitation
Exploring ways to hold the practice for others and create safe, inclusive, and responsive spaces for embodied and creative learning.
- Self Directed Practice & Facilitation
Practioners are invited to undergo 15 hours of self-directed time of both practice and facilitation, deepening their understanding through experience, reflection, and documentation/journaling.
I'd suggest you ideally practice:
ONE TO ONE x 4 times—you and someone you know. You facilitating inside the band
ONE TO TWO people x 4 times— you and two people/pair of people. You are facilitating witnessing and supporting
+ journal
ONE TO FOUR people x 4 times—you and a 2 pair of people. You are facilitating witnessing and supporting
+ journal
Support:
+ link-access to the course scripted content as support materials of the practice and creative sessions, videos, playlists, reading resources, and regular workshop dates to nurture your ongoing practice (live and online).
+ online sessions, if you feel that you need more support I will be available
- DAY 3—as a group we can explore if we like to get together and consolidate with peer support.
How we will grow?
Grounding — The capacity to feel safe in your own presence and to hold space for others.
Sensing Connection — A sensitivity to the ways we move together and influence each other.
The greatness of subtely— The ability to listen beyond words, to feel what is unspoken, and respond with presence.
Embracing Difference — Comfort with movement expressions different to my own; curiosity and courage to explore dissonance as a source of creativity.
Dancing with Uncertainty — step into the unknown and trust the unfolding of experience; joy in exploration rather than attachment to outcome.
Co-Creating Together — Ability to share agency, co-design experiences, and celebrate collective creativity; recognition that every action contributes to the unfolding whole.
Nurturing Flow — Attunement to energy, timing, and well-being in yourself and the group; sensitivity to when to pause, rest, or move forward.
Presence in the Unknown — Groundedness and curiosity in the midst of unpredictability; the ability to respond with clarity, patience, and openness rather than reactivity.
Embodied Wisdom — Understanding that transformation is lived in posture, breath, gesture, and attention; the ability to embody values of care, openness, and co-creation in every movement.
How we will be learning?
Through attuned connection, shared movement, and gentle holding of space.
Through relational practices, mirroring, responsive improvisation, and open-ended scores—practice listening beyond words
Co-creation through collaborative exercises, rotating support and facilitation, and shared decision-making.
Through improvisation, reflection, and integration of relational awareness in movement.
Course Outcomes:
By the end of the training, practioners will:
- understand the principles and ethos of the DaNCING𓂃BaND practice.
- gain embodied experience of working with the DaNCING𓂃BaND groundin practice in pairs and groups.
- develop skills to facilitate the practice with care, clarity, and creativity.
- cultivate embodied awareness, empathy, and co-regulation through movement.
- confidence in holding space for learning, reflection, and creative enquiry.
- integrate the practice into your own contexts.
And widening kindness as we...
- Develop embodied awareness, through attentive movement and relational listening, enhancing presence and sensitivity to self and others.
- Explore movement as a language of empathy and dialogue, cultivating practices that nurture inclusivity, cooperation, and collective intelligence.
- Integrate creative practices, to support wellbeing, focus, and collaborative learning in diverse group environments.
- Facilitate grounding practices, that nurtures trust, care, and interconnection within learning contexts.
- Apply movement-based methodologies, to expand sensory, perceptual, reflective, and communication process in faciliations.
- Design and guide participatory experiences, that balance structure and openness, supporting experimentation and shared authorship.
- Reflect critically and creatively on personal and collective transformations emerging through creative research and embodied learning inquiry.
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I will make a box for you, with my original artwork, containing 24 hand-painted loop elastic bands, specially designed for DaNCING𓂃BaND practice and facilitation you’ll take with you as part of the course.
(Marga’s note left overs) working through an embodied and creative practice-as-research methodology flexibly,
as within the elasticity of the band, wethe range of the practice is flexible and adaptable to support you and yours groups at different stages in the process of learning embodied movement.