Dance To Live®
Art, Creativity, Spirituality in Your Life
Workshops & Sessions
April 2025 - September 2025
BETWEEN WORLDS - Workshops Italy 2025/2026Sat, Dec 13Associazone DanzArte
Dance To Live Cairo (50 hours) October 2025Fri, Oct 24Dance To Live Egypt
The
Method
The word Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) is made up of three inseparable words.
Dance, in its original meaning, is an art inextricably linked to life, to human reality, to the Polis; it is the real occurrence of a rite, it is first of all physical expression, since it is performed live through the body - voice, it is unrepeatable (like Theater, and unlike all other expressive languages), it conveys emotions rather than concepts.It is a viscerally communal art: this is the crucial point compared to today, since it is a substantial antidote to the absence of a community to which a society created regardless of our deepest needs condemns us.Maria Fux speaks of dance as an inalienable educational heritage.
Innovation
In the educational, training and therapeutic fields, the methodology used, based on an integration between art and science, focuses attention on movement both from a motor and functional point of view, and from an emotional, creative and artistic point of view.
The resulting synthesis helps to bridge the gap present in the culture of the body of contemporary societies between aspects that are only apparently distant: the physiological point of view but also the psychological one, the person as a whole, and not only the mechanics of a body to be trained or corrected, the quality of the relationship that is established, and not only the aseptic offer of a service to users, the rigorous and methodical work, but also the technique of play and improvisation.
This perspective allows the integration of the emotional, cognitive, physical, social part of the person: through the creative process it is possible to experience transformation and change and achieve a greater awareness of one's resources.
DANCE TO LIVE METHOD implements, both in practice and in theory, a research aimed at promoting the Wellbeing of the Person, the Promotion of Health, the Quality of Life, through the facilitation of Processes of Evolution, Integration, Affectivity.
The interventions are adapted to the needs of the person, understood as the undisputed protagonist of one's personal path of well-being, educational or therapeutic.
The DANCE TO LIVE METHOD was born from over thirty years of experience in the field of dance, dance theater and dance therapy and has the peculiarity of integrating in a single program aspects of a physical and physiological, emotional, symbolic and socio-cultural per a simple and constant practice, that integral everyday life balance, such as Art, Creativity, Spirituality.
Purpose
Dance To Live has its roots in Modern/ Contemporary Dance, in Dance Theater, the study of Body - Voice and Ethnic Dances grows with Maria Fux's Dance Therapy. Thanks to this method it is possible to improve the artistic - motor baggage of the person, stimulate cognitive development, allow a personal evolution, a better quality of life and facilitate change.
Theory & Practice
The Trainings consist of experiential activities based on Movement, Dance, Dance Theater and Dance Therapy. Numerous theoretical references through contributions from: anatomy, physiology, pedagogy, anthropology, psychology, neuroscience, movement analysis, music, history of the arts and art therapies
Aimed to:
Those interested in the psycho-body field: teachers, doctors and health workers, socio-cultural, movement, body, artists, performers, those involved in the relationship of care, help, communication, personal evolution.
Dance To Live® Method
DTL
Program
Currently present in Italy and Egypt
The training is based on a progressive, methodical approach to be able to transmit and teach it to people of different ages, psychophysical conditions, and socio-cultural contexts.
The teaching can also be applied to work you are already doing.
It can also offer a personal development path for those seeking personal growth exclusively.
The training covers a total of 1020 hours (more than 300 in-person and online with teachers and groups, more than 700 of study, practice and internship) and is structured into 2 levels.
DTL
Basic Level Tree
The Basic Level consists of learning the fundamentals of the methodology through personal growth experiences.
It consists of activities divided into lessons, workshops, sessions, study of theoretical sources of work, practice and observation, internship, writing a paper, composing a choreography, and evaluation.
Upon completion of the Basic Level Test, you will be granted access to the Professional Level.
DTL
Professional Level Tree
The goal of the Professional Level is to learn to transmit Simonetta Ottone's DANCE TO LIVE ® methodology.
At the end of the Professional Level, the Simonetta Ottone DANCE TO LIVE® Method Diploma will be awarded, which qualifies the certified student to lead DANCE TO LIVE® method groups; however, it does not qualify the student as a trainer for training courses aimed at other practitioners.
The Professional Level consists of activities divided into lessons, workshops, practical training, programming, training, personal study, individual supervision, development of a choreographic project, final thesis and discussion with practical test, and evaluation.
To access this level it is necessary to have attended all the Basic Level Courses.
Dance To Live® by Simonetta Ottone is a Registered Trademark.
The Program complies with the European standards on the dance therapist profession (regulated in Italy by Law 4/2013), and the standards of the Associazione Compagnia DanzArte .
Recognized and reregistered as a Professional Member at
"The International Association for Creative Arts in Education and Therapy (IACAET)".
The Program is supervised by the Scientific Committee of Dance To Live® Method and the Compagnia DanzArte Italia Association.
Our Certification and our Diploma are authorized by the brand of the Headquarters of the Method.
Dance To Live® (Italy) and validated by the International Dance Council UNESCO (PARIS-France)
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Scientific Committee
Photo Gallery
The Pioneers...
Maria Fux
"Dance Therapy, as life, has no formula. It is the way we are living"
Martha Graham
"Movement never lies"
Katherine Dunham
"Dance interests me only as an instrument of education and knowledge of peoples"
Pina Bausch
"I'm not so interested in how they move as in what moves them."
Domande frequenti
"Testimonials"
My story!
My name is Elena, I am 32 years old.
I’m a teacher, I love my work, my autonomy, my family, my friends, to read books and to dance.
Few years ago I felt bad. I started to suffer of fibromyalgia: my body, muscles and joins, were full of pain. Slowly I lost mobility: I was unable of moving head and shoulders, my legs became weak and I met asthenia and depression.
One day I read of a course of Dance Therapy in my town, so I met Simonetta and her method.
In individual session by her Studio I was trying to dance, but I was so afraid!
I’d never stopped to go: every session was a little better, till my body remembered the joy of dancing and moving.
After three months I was jumping again and I was full of energy and hope!
Now it is three years that I take part to dance therapy groups.
I don’t want to live without dancing anymore!
Dance To Live!
