Tanec Praha invites you to an educational and creative seminar designed for dance teachers working with children, teachers of art schools and elementary schools, and students of relevant fields interested in working with children.

The 13th seminar will feature an inspiring personality, the German-Israeli choreographer Lior Shneior, who often combines art with education in his work and works with children and adolescents from different social groups. In the form of an intensive workshop, the participants will be introduced to the original dance mixer method, inspired by Maike Plath, which enables young people to create dance even without the need for dance education (2nd grade of elementary school). Karin Korčáková, a teacher in the Montessori program at the Na Beránku elementary school, will be available at the seminar for consultation in the field of pedagogy. She will introduce the participants to the possibilities of communication between the teacher and the child and the partnership approach in education, even in more complex situations within the class group.

The seminar is part of the Dance for Schools project, which has been bringing creative movement lessons to schoolchildren since 2006, and which schools can include, for example, in the supplementary subject Dance and Movement Education (DME). The seminars do not ensure the qualification of DME instructors but focus primarily on additional knowledge and new inspirations that can enrich teaching and creative work in general among a larger group of children.

  

"Tanz - Mischpult" (Dance Mixer) Method 

The "Tanz Mischpult" (the Dance Mixer) is a set of large cards made to introduce dance to anyone who is interested in experimenting with dance and choreographic methods without necessarily needing any prior dance education. Here the students themselves become the directors and choreographers, with the help of the cards. 

This publication is a collaboration with the theatre educator master Maike Plath, who developed the "mischpult" concept and published several card sets with different themes. The focus is on the participative creative work with teenagers and the concept of "open knowledge", which is also the essence of the "Tanzmischpult".

The "Mischpult" is a great method for anyone who is interested in experimenting with dance composition study.

On the front of each card there is a key word – pointing to a movement or choreographic element. On the back is the explanation for this element. The cards are placed on the floor, allowing the students to experiment and to build their own choreographies. 

The methods in this publication are based on the experience that Lior Shneior gathered as a movement and choreography teacher. In doing so, he developed methods for working with dance composition and choreography methods in different contexts.