It's Never Too Late-Hungary, Information Letter

IKT Kzpont
info@tancterapia.com
Hungary
INFORMATION LETTER
01/07/2012 07/07/2012 Venue: Mriahalom, Hungary

IKT Kzpont, Hungary, info@tancterapia.com LLP, Grundtvig Workshops
Its never too late! Reviving the hidden Artist within

IKT Kzpont, Hungary, info@tancterapia.com LLP, Grundtvig Workshops Venue: Mriahalom, Hungary Dates of the Workshop: 01/07/2012 07/07/2012 Workshop Reference number: 2011-1-HU1-GRU13-04286
INFORM ATION LETTER
Workshop Reference number: 2011-1-HU1-GRU13-04286
IKT Kzpont, Budapest, Hungary
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Contents
At a glance! ......................................................................................................................................... 1 About Grundtvig ................................................................................................................................ 2 About the Grundtvig Workshops Learner Mobility ...................................................................... 2 Profile of the learners ....................................................................................................................... 2 About the workshop ........................................................................................................................... 3 Basic concepts .................................................................................................................................. 3 Our goals .......................................................................................................................................... 3 Tools, techniques, methods .............................................................................................................. 4 Expected results ............................................................................................................................... 4 Themes, programmes ....................................................................................................................... 4 Themes ......................................................................................................................................... 4 Draft programme .......................................................................................................................... 5 Leisure activities .......................................................................................................................... 5 Dates................................................................................................................................................. 6 Participants ....................................................................................................................................... 6 Venue ............................................................................................................................................... 6 Board and lodging ........................................................................................................................ 7 Trainers ............................................................................................................................................ 8 About us .............................................................................................................................................. 8 IKT Kzpont .................................................................................................................................... 8 What is Integral Expression and Dance Therapy (IED)? ................................................................. 8 Registration, Selection and Confirmation ....................................................................................... 9 Applying........................................................................................................................................... 9 Selection ........................................................................................................................................... 9 Method of Cancellation .................................................................................................................... 9 Workshop Organizer, contact details ............................................................................................. 10 About Hungary................................................................................................................................. 10

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At a glance!
Every single movement is Dance, Every line we draw is a Painting, Every voice we form is a Song, Every kind of beat is Music, Every story told is a Tale, Every conversation we have is a Drama.
Find the hidden Artist within yourself and let your creativity inspire your life.
Join our program, if you are... ...above 30, ...able to take part in conversations in English ...would like to work on unfolding your personal resources, ...interested in creative intercultural exchange, ...open to use creative ways of expressing your feelings and thoughts, ...ready to dance, sing, play music, write tales with others, ...interested in long-term recreation, and increased psychological wellbeing, ...would like to enjoy a one week long relaxing and reflective program, ...open to a peaceful environment with tasty vegetarian food.
IKT Kzpont (Organiser) covers all the costs related to the programme (programme fee, travel cost, accommodation, food)! No prior experience or any kind of dance and technical skill is needed!
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About Grundtvig
Grundtvig is the European Unions programme for mobility and cooperation in adult education. The programme was named after Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig (September 8, 1783 September 2, 1872), most often referred to as simply N. F. S. Grundtvig, was a Danish pastor, author, poet, philosopher, historian, teacher, and politician. He was one of the most influential people in Danish history, as his philosophy gave rise to a new form of nationalism in the last half of the 19th century. Grundtvig is the ideological father of the folk high school. He advocated reforming the ailing Sor Academy into a popular school aiming at another form of higher education than what was common at the university. Rather than educating learned scholars, he believed the university should educate its students for active participation in society and popular life. Thus practical skills as well as national poetry and history should form an essential part of the instruction.
About the Grundtvig Workshops Learner Mobility Grundtvig Workshops are one of the new actions in the Grundtvig Programme which have been launched in 2009. The objective of this action is to enable adult learners to participate in Workshops (learning events and seminars) taking place in another European country participating in the Lifelong Learning Programme. This is a form of individual mobility offered to adult learners in the Lifelong Learning Programme. The Grundtvig Workshops bring together individuals or small groups of learners from several countries for a multinational learning experience relevant for their personal development and learning needs. A minimum of 10 up to a maximum of 20 learners in total from countries other than that in which the Workshop is being organised, can be funded by the Grundtvig budget.
Profile of the learners The action is open to any adult person who is a national of or permanently residing (or registered as refugee or asylum-seeker) in one of the Programme countries, namely: the 27 Member States of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland (EFTA-EEA countries), Croatia and Turkey (candidate countries). Participants must come from at least three different participating countries, in addition to the host country, and no more than 1/3 of the participants should originate from the same country.
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About the workshop Its never too late! Reviving the hidden Artist within
Basic concepts At the beginning of our life it is a natural process that the child experiments with different modalities of perception and recognition of the surroundings. It uses its whole body, all of its senses to acquire knowledge of itself and of the environment. By doing so it inevitably expresses itself. Thats where creativity is rooted. This creator within us never ceases to operate, it is always ready to embark on new experiments, new creations if the conditions a safe, non-evaluating atmosphere allow for it. These creations can be seen as inspirations from deep within, that guide us back to our authentic way of living, our intrinsic motivation, and basic values. The core concept of the workshop generates from our long-term experience, that people reaching their midlife often re-evaluate their life, which results in the need of adopting a new angle on, and laying new foundations for their lives not just in relationship with others but, first of all, with themselves. Am I at the right place? Am I the one I wanted to be? Is there a meaning for what I do? In everyday life these questions often rank lower, at times even at subconscious levels. Nonetheless, they are present, often resulting in bodily symptoms, illnesses, insomnia, chronic fatigue, insatiable hunger, or depression etc. Integral Expression and Dance Therapy claims that we all have creative sources available to us that can help preserve, restore, or renew our somatic, psychic, social, and spiritual well-being. In our view every human being is an artist, and everyones life is a creation, a piece of art. In our workshops we focus not on the aesthetics of the artistic expression, but the process of creation itself, and the personal meaning revealing itself for the creator.
Our goals The goal of our workshop is to help the participants to find the way to their inner authentic being, and to find the expressive and learning modalities most suitable to them. To facilitate this process we use free, expressive movement and dance, and the tools of multimodal expressive arts therapy, in the framework of a humanistic, accepting, holding environment and a process-oriented approach. Getting acquainted and experimenting with the different artistic modalities in a free and relaxed manner makes it easier to decide which ways of acquiring knowledge of the world, or of expressing ourselves suit us. It can help us find the appropriate learning techniques (e.g. visual, auditory, or kinaesthetic), or ways of recreation (reading, theatre, going to swim etc.). It can even lead to finding the mother tongue we can use in conversation with ourselves (e.g. writing a diary, listening to music, meditating, or dancing etc.)
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All in all: In this workshop we offer the participants psychological recreation, but on the other hand we provide them with means to reach long-term recreation, deeper self-knowledge, personal growth, and increased psychological wellbeing.
Tools, techniques, methods In the workshop we adopt the tools and working methods of Integral Expression and Dance Therapy, which is a multimodal arts therapy approach that uses various means of expression, such as movement, dance, painting, music, poetry, etc. Verbal feedback rounds are an essential part of the workshop. Further methods used will be: learning by doing, learning through playing, playing through learning, improvisation, communication. Various expressive arts modalities will be the main instrument to create, explore and express.
Expected results In our programme participants will have the opportunity to learn more about themselves through various means of artistic expression, to create different pieces of art along with a deeper understanding of themselves, to learn simple but practical way of recreation, and last but not least, to have fun. Apart from short-term psychological recreation the participants return home with far-reaching insights, and acquired techniques in artistic expressive modalities that they feel mostly at ease with. Using these practical applications in their everyday lives they can attain further recreation, mobilisation of creative energies, and new insights later on. Participants coming from different countries all over Europe will have a lively interaction, gathering plenty of intercultural experience and knowledge. Through these new acquaintances their supportive social network will be broadened to international horizons.
Themes, programmes As earlier said, at the beginning of life perception as well as expression is multimodal. This multimodality in later life makes artistic expression possible. In our one-week long workshop each day a different artistic modality will be focused on, although it is necessary to use them intertwined, based on authentic bodily sensations and movement. Thats why we dont set them apart rigidly. To help the permeability among modalities we work with a multitude of types of exercises. Themes We will work with themes like: Self-expression, communication, body language, spontaneity Self-awareness
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Creativity Freedom, trust, confidence and courage You in a relationship, you in a group Diversity of connection Active participation Improvisation
Draft programme DAY 1: Exploring the hidden Dancer within On Day 1 we get in touch with our own body, body parts, centre. We get to know better our movement, we work with our energy centres. We wake up our senses. Question of the day: Where does the Dancer live in you? How can it be revived? How does it support you? DAY 2: Exploring the hidden Painter within On Day 2 we get in touch with the different means of visual expression, with the colours, lines, and forms living in us. Question of the day: Where does the Painter live in you? How can it be revived? How does it support you? DAY 3: Exploring the hidden Musician within On Day 3 we get in touch with the inner rhythms and sounds, with singing and making music. We get to know te music and music styles of other nations. Question of the day: Where does the Musician live in you? How can it be revived? How does it support you? DAY 4: Exploring the hidden Sculptor within On Day 4 we get in touch with the 3-dimensional, tangible, graspable reality of the world. We gain experience of creating forms and shapes. Question of the day: Where does the Sculptor live in you? How can it be revived? How does it support you? DAY 5: Exploring the hidden Story-teller within On Day 5 we explore our relationship to our mother tongue and to English, the mediating language of the workshop. We work with writing poetry (e.g. haiku) and tales, and telling them. Question of the day: Where does the Story-teller live in you? How can it be revived? How does it support you? DAY 6: Exploring the hidden Performer within On Day 6 we get to know the stage, as well as our performing skills, and our feelings attached to it. Question of the day: Where does the Performer live in you? How can it be revived? How does it support you? At the end of the day: Final eve, performances. DAY 7: The hidden Artist takes shape Integration, conclusions, evaluation On Day 7 we summarize our experiences, and the lessons learned, we identify the strengths and values of the Hidden Artist within, and consolidate the resources that will aid us in everyday life, after coming home. Question of the day: Looking back which one of the artistic modalities is your inner Creator / Artist most connetcted with? How can you make use of this insight in your everyday life? Leisure activities Along with the intensive work being done, leisure activities are offered, e.g. a trip to Esztergom, etc.
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Dates Date of the Workshop: Arrival day: Start of the programme: End of the programme: Departure day: 01/07/2012 07/07/2012 30/06/2012, Saturday 01/07/2012, Sunday 07/07/2012, Saturday 08/07/2012, Sunday
Participants Please note the following: Participants of any age group above 30 are welcome, who are interested in creative intercultural exchange, and personal growth via dance therapy and expressive arts therapy activities. No prior experience or any kind of dance and technical skill is needed. Working language of the workshop is English. Since we will have neither the time nor the possibility to translate, participant should be able to take part in conversations in English. Participants coming from different countries all over Europe will have a lively interaction, gathering plenty of intercultural experience and knowledge. A maximum of 3 person per country is allowed. In the selection process we pay attention to a balanced proportion and variety of gender, age, ethnicity, culture, geographical location, and interests. Since the announcement of our workshop repeated inquiries arrived to us form couples. Unfortunately, group work would be set back, if married couples, couples, close friends or colleagues / staff members participated together. Therefore it is not advisable. Anyone applying is asked to notify us if accompanying persons would come as well. If many applicants choose to do so, we can offer to organise a separate programme for the accompanying persons with some joint programmes. Please note that the costs of the accompanying person is not covered by Grudtvig! We are expecting 23 participants in our programme.
Venue Our venue is situated in Mriahalom, a little village cca 40 km (25 miles) form Budapest, northwest bound.
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Board and lodging Travel and board and lodging is fully covered by Grudtvig! Accommodation is in ltr Biofalu Guest House (www.biofalu.hu) in 2- and 3-person bedrooms possible.
There is a vegetarian kitchen of high standard. Please let us know about any special needs regarding your meal.
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Trainers The workshop will be held by Tibor Cece Kiss (pronounced: kish) clinical psychologist, integral expression and dance therapist, CEO of IKT Kzpont & Gabriel Halmos (pronounced: halmosh) dance- and art therapist management consultant and trainer
There will be a team of professional volunteers to support the workshop.
About us
IKT Kzpont IKT Kzpont is the Centre for Integral Expression and Dance Therapy. It was established in 1999 in Budapest, Hungary, for the training and furthering of Integral Expression and Dance Therapy (IED), and furthering expressive arts therapies and dance/movement psychotherapies in general.
What is Integral Expression and Dance Therapy (IED)? Integral expression and dance therapy is a member of the family of approaches internationally known as expressive arts therapy. The method has been present in Hungary since the mid 90s, brought to our country by the founder, a German psychologist, integral expression and dance therapist, Wilfried Grtler (1950-2003). A key feature of this complex, interdisciplinary approach is that it uses multimodal expressive arts processes for therapeutic goals. This feature derives from one of the basic assumptions of this method, i.e. the healing power of expression. Along with movement and dance, IED uses the integrating effect of music making, visual expression and drama, as well as authentic movement, imagination, poetry, personal symbols and rituals. The process helps the individual to find his/her self-healing potentials, hidden resources, and thus to improve the quality of his/her life.
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You might get the idea if you watch our video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lvdwCsYMWE English subtitle of the Hungarian video is available by switching on the annotation function on YouTube.
Registration, Selection and Confirmation

Applying For applying please send our Learner application form duly completed (type written!) to us (see Workshop Organizer, contact details below). Please send a completed copy via e-mail, and a printed, signed copy via post! Deadline for sending the application form: 31st January 2012 (Date of arrival by post, a registered post is not necessary!) If your candidature to the workshop is accepted, we will return to you a signed copy of this form. After the selection process there are three possible outcomes: (1) you are selected for our training program, congratulations and welcome!; (2) you are selected for the reserve list, in case of cancellation you may step forward to become a selected participant; (3) unfortunately you were not selected for this program, but as your application shows your interest in our activity, we will inform you about our next internationally organised programmes. The results will be sent to you by e-mail by 29th February 2012.
Selection In the selection process we pay attention to a balanced proportion and variety of gender, age, ethnicity, culture, geographical location, and interests. Motivation to learning and personal growth and an ability to bring a new perspective to the programme is favourable. Formal requirement is the adherence to deadlines and a duly completed application form. Conversation level English is expected.
Method of Cancellation By signing the application form you, the candidate learner, committed yourself (among others) a) in case of selection to attend the Workshop b) in case of selection but non-attendance: to present evidence of force majeure, c) in case of partial or non-attendance and no presentation of evidence of force majeure, to reimburse (i.e. pay back) the Workshop Organiser of all costs incurred due to this nonattendance.
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In case of force majeure, that makes it impossible for you to attend, after successfully having been selected, please let us know as soon as possible via e-mail, so that we can inform someone from the reserve list.
Workshop Organizer, contact details Name: Address: E-mail: Website: Contact: IKT Kzpont Kft. 1445 Budapest, Pf. 287., Hungary (post box office) info@tancterapia.com http://tancterapia.com/eng/index_eng.php?url=intro.php Tibor Cece Kiss (course coordinator) (E-mail: info@tancterapia.com, Phone: +36-20-3176964)
About Hungary
Hungary [hri] (in Hungarian: Magyarorszg [mrorsa]), officially the Republic of Hungary, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The capital and largest city is Budapest (2 million inhabitants). Hungary is a member of the European Union, NATO, the OECD, and the Visegrd Group, and is a Schengen state. The official language is Hungarian, also known in Hungary as Magyar, which is part of the Uralic family and is the most widely spoken non-IndoEuropean language in Europe. For more information please visit www.hungary.com, or www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary (Green) Hungary (Light-green) The European Union (EU) (Grey) Europe (Light-grey) The surrounding region
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IKT Kzpont

01/07/2012 07/07/2012 Venue: Mriahalom, Hungary

Its never too late! Reviving the hidden Artist within

INFORM ATION LETTER

Workshop Reference number: 2011-1-HU1-GRU13-04286

IKT Kzpont, Budapest, Hungary

Its never too late! Reviving the hidden Artist within

INFORM ATION LETTER

IKT Kzpont, Budapest, Hungary

Its never too late! Reviving the hidden Artist within

INFORM ATION LETTER

IKT Kzpont, Budapest, Hungary

Its never too late! Reviving the hidden Artist within

INFORM ATION LETTER

IKT Kzpont, Budapest, Hungary

Its never too late! Reviving the hidden Artist within

INFORM ATION LETTER

IKT Kzpont, Budapest, Hungary

Its never too late! Reviving the hidden Artist within

INFORM ATION LETTER

IKT Kzpont, Budapest, Hungary

Its never too late! Reviving the hidden Artist within

INFORM ATION LETTER

IKT Kzpont, Budapest, Hungary

Its never too late! Reviving the hidden Artist within

INFORM ATION LETTER

IKT Kzpont, Budapest, Hungary

Its never too late! Reviving the hidden Artist within

INFORM ATION LETTER

IKT Kzpont, Budapest, Hungary

Its never too late! Reviving the hidden Artist within

INFORM ATION LETTER

There will be a team of professional volunteers to support the workshop.

IKT Kzpont, Budapest, Hungary

Its never too late! Reviving the hidden Artist within

INFORM ATION LETTER

Registration, Selection and Confirmation

IKT Kzpont, Budapest, Hungary

Its never too late! Reviving the hidden Artist within

INFORM ATION LETTER

IKT Kzpont, Budapest, Hungary

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