Contakids Teachers' Training

working with Parents and children in the field of dance, improvisation and contact

In ContaKids, by working with the body, movement and physical contact, parents and children develop a new physical form of communication, which is enjoyable for both; children enhance and improve their motor skills and self-confidence and parents develop a sense of trust in their child and themselves.
Training content
• Theoretical studies: background of the method's development, objectives and pedagogy, development and dynamics of a ContaKids class, dynamics facing parents and/or children, case studies.
• Practical studies: movement classes (floor work, contact improvisation), learning/practicing ContaKids exercises (instructions and safety emphasis).
• Observing ContaKids classes.
• Apprentice teaching and simulations.
• Child development
• Presence and group activation workshop.
• Starting point- marketing and reaching out with a ContaKids course.

Further benefits
• Private link to instructive videos of ContaKids exercises.
• Certificate of an authorized ContaKids teacher.

Teacher
Itay Yatuv
Artistic director of the Hakvutza Dance School, Itay has been practicing and teaching CI worldwide for 13 years. Trained as a contemporary dancer in New York, Italy and Israel. Choreographing independently for the last 10 years, Itay has been leading international projects of improvisational performances. Itay has been training in Aikido for the last 6 years, a practice he integrates into his CI research. In the last few years Itay has been conducting CI workshops for little children and their parents and developing the ContaKids method.

Prerequisites
• Obligatory
1. Vast background in movement/ dance/ contact improvisation.
2. A letter of motivation to participate in the course + CV (contakids1@gmail.com)

• Advantage
1. Background in physical activity teaching.
2. Background in working with children.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGUcH0etS2E

On Sunday August 28, 2016 at 2:00 pm (ends