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IKT KzpontHungary

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INFORMATION LETTER

01/07/2012 07/07/2012

Venue: Mriahalom, Hungary

IKT Kzpont, Hungary,[email protected], Grundtvig Workshops
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Its never too late! Reviving the hidden Artist withinIKT Kzpont, Hungary,[email protected]

LLP, Grundtvig Workshops

Venue: Mriahalom, HungaryDates of the Workshop: 01/07/2012 07/07/2012

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

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Contents

At a glance! ......................................................................................................................................... 1About Grundtvig ................................................................................................................................ 2

About the Grundtvig Workshops Learner Mobility ...................................................................... 2Profile of the learners ....................................................................................................................... 2

About the workshop ........................................................................................................................... 3Basic concepts .................................................................................................................................. 3Our goals .......................................................................................................................................... 3Tools, techniques, methods .............................................................................................................. 4Expected results ............................................................................................................................... 4Themes, programmes ....................................................................................................................... 4

Themes ......................................................................................................................................... 4Draft programme .......................................................................................................................... 5Leisure activities .......................................................................................................................... 5

Dates ................................................................................................................................................. 6Participants ....................................................................................................................................... 6Venue ............................................................................................................................................... 6

Board and lodging ........................................................................................................................ 7Trainers ............................................................................................................................................ 8

About us .............................................................................................................................................. 8IKT Kzpont .................................................................................................................................... 8What is Integral Expression and Dance Therapy (IED)? ................................................................. 8

Registration, Selection and Confirmation ....................................................................................... 9Applying ........................................................................................................................................... 9Selection ........................................................................................................................................... 9Method of Cancellation .................................................................................................................... 9Workshop 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 yourselfand 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 hisphilosophy 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 goalsThe 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 ofthe 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. Thismultimodality 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, bodyparts, 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 livein 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,

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Dates

Date of the Workshop: 01/07/2012 07/07/2012

Arrival day: 30/06/2012, Saturday

Start of the programme: 01/07/2012, Sunday

End of the programme: 07/07/2012, Saturday

Departure day: 08/07/2012, Sunday

ParticipantsPlease note the following:

Participants ofany age group above 30 are welcome, who are interested in creativeintercultural exchange, and personal growth via dance therapy and expressive arts therapy

activities.

No prior experience or any kind of dance andtechnical 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 of3 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, ifmarried 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. Ifmany 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

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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 bedroomspossible.

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 selectedfor 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 notselectedfor 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 Workshopb) 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 non-

attendance.
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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: IKT Kzpont Kft.

Address: 1445 Budapest, Pf. 287., Hungary (post box office)

E-mail: [email protected]: http://tancterapia.com/eng/index_eng.php?url=intro.php

Contact: Tibor Cece Kiss (course coordinator)

(E-mail:[email protected], Phone: +36-20-3176964)

About Hungary

Hungary [hri] (in Hungarian: Magyarorszg [mrorsa]), officially the Republic ofHungary, 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-Indo-

European language in Europe.

For more information please visitwww.hungary.com, orwww.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary

(Green) Hungary

(Light-green) The European Union (EU)

(Grey) Europe

(Light-grey) The surrounding region
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