A group of dance therapist, psychotherapists and other somatic practitioners met in Vienna the last two years with the intension of intensifying professional exchange on Authentic Movement. See the posting in the International International Authentic Movement Comnunity Site for a personal report from some of the participants.

These international meetings have been a very valuable experience for all of us so that we are organizing a third event this summer. This time the group size will be limited and the meeting will be designed mainly for people who are interested and involved in and committed to the practical and theoretical aspects of the Authentic Movement as outlined below:

1) to deepen understanding of Authentic Movement through engagement in the practice as both mover and witness;
2) to research further possibilities in Authentic Movement;
3) to exchange our professional experiences of Authentic Movement (eg. teaching or leading Authentic Movement as a distinct form or in related contexts);
4) to network with other professionals in Authentic Movement, body psychotherapy and somatic practices.

In order to achieve this we expect that participants should have a minimum of 5 years of experience as an Authentic Movement practitioner and, in most cases, as a therapist or somatic practitioner.

We hope you are interested and do join us this time!
Gretings,

The organizing team: Annette Geiger (Switzerland), Clarissa Costa (Austria), Em Edmondson (Great Britain), Guto Macedo (Brazil), Isaias Costa(Austria), Jane Bacon(Great Britain) and Soraya Jorge(Brazil)

This meeting is intended to be at peer level, this means that there will be no paid trainer or leader (the organizing group sees its works as a service to the whole Authentic Movement community and will be rewarded by the expected professional exchange and networking itself). If you are interested in participate at the meeting then please write to us explaining how you meet the 4 criteria listed above and tell us about your experience as an Authentic Movement practitioner, therapist or somatic practitioner: authentic.movement@tzg.at.

You might like to consider the following in your application:
1) How did you hear from our gathering? What are your connections to the AM-community?
2) What kind of training in Authentic Movement do you have?
3) Describe how you are using AM in your work.
4) Describe your area of research interest in Authentic Movement
5) Please describe your practice as a therapist or somatic practitioner.
6) What kind of work on yourself have you gone through (own analysis/personal therapy).
7) Please provide the name of someone who knows your work in Authentic Movement who will write a letter of reference

Participation is by invitation only.
We will answer your application by the end of April and inform you upon registration.