Welcome to the School of Biodanza East Coast USA
Maryland/DC-mid-Atlantic region
2024-2026


Studying in a school of Biodanza is first and foremost an act of radical personal development.

The first 14 months are weekend modules each focused on deepening one's experiences in life through movement and reflection.  

The second 14 months, not obligatory for those not becoming facilitators, are the methodological part of the program if you so wish to continue to become a facilitator in the Biodanza system.
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All weekends will take place in English, can be translated into French, and we make a plan for any other languages!

Watch this informational video below from our sister community in San Francisco.

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Criteria for Admission

Teacher Training & Development Course
• A minimum of 50 hours of Biodanza-classes or workshops count
• Be part of a regular weekly Biodanza group when possible
• A letter explaining the reasons why you want to take the training
• A personal interview with the Director of the School in person or Skype

Note to incoming students of the school who have already had some weekends elsewhere:  If you are more than two years out of  your previous school(s), you will be asked to join the ECSB-MD/DC as a full and permanent student repeating weekends at a discounted price.  For the continuity of the program and the cohesion of our monthly marathons/weekends, your attendance will be necessary and beneficial for all school participants including your own integrative growth process.  You are also required to supply the ECSB-MD/DC with written documentation signed by your previous Director as to which weekends you have completed.

Rights of a Certified IBF Biodanza Teacher
• Use the name “Biodanza- Rolando Toro IBF System” and its logo
• Teach Biodanza classes anywhere in the world
• Create private Biodanza centers or institutes to teach weekly classes and workshops
• Teach classes and workshops in private and public institutions

What not to do?
•mix Biodanza with other modalities/systems
•choose your own music and dances

IBF Curriculum
(14 modules)

Training Course Weekends facilitate by international and national IBF Didact facilitators


1. Definition & Theoretical Model. 


2. Vital Unconscious & Biocentric Principle.


3. The Vivencia. 



4. Biological Basis of Biodanza 


5. Physiological Basis of Biodanza 


6. Psychological Aspects of Biodanza


7. Mythological and Philosophical Antecedents



8. Identity and Integration


9. Trance and Regression


10. Vitality


11. Sexuality


12. Creativity



13. Affectivity


14. Transcendence

Didact Teachers

The Maryland, LA and San Francisco schools are the only approved IBF Biodanza schools in America.  They ensure that the weekend didactic facilitators have the right qualifications to teach the various weekends.  Michelle Dubreuil Macek will be one of the teachers and Director of the School. In addition, national and international IBF didactic teachers will be invited. In that way, you will benefit from a vast network of teachers and knowledge, and you will experience several different teachers and their personal ways of facilitating. There will be different teachers every year.

Overview of Full course
(28 modules)

Teacher Training and Personal Development Course The Biodanza Teacher Training consists of 28 weekend intensives during a 3 year period.  The Personal Development Course consists of only the first 14 weekends after which you may or may not decide to continue with the facilitation coursework.

  • 28 Marathons/Weekends – Didactic and experiential weekend intensives taught by the Director of the DC/MD school of Biodanza and invited international faculty.
  • 1 or 2 Minotaur Project – Designed for experienced Biodanza students, this optional workshop(s) is based on the Greek-Roman myth Minotaur. It takes participants to connect with their original impulses (instincts) and face their fears.
  • 3 conferences – evening presentations and discussions by the students and/or invited speakers; will happen evening of Saturday modules
  • 28 mini reports – reflections on the content from each marathon/weekend and your experience of it
  • Weekly Biodanza group participation throughout the training (paid separately) We can chat about this if you live far.
  • Facilitating 8 Biodanza classes under supervision with the Director after methodology courses (paid separately)
  • One individual meeting per year for individual feedback with the Director
  • Participation in the DC/MD Biodanza Encounters (discounted prices offered to East Coast Biodanza students)
  • Presentation of a monograph (thesis) at the end of the training
  • Participation in social action for low income and “at risk” populations (optional but strongly recommended)

Full Program at a Glance-28 modules

International Biocentric Foundation (IBF) Curriculum
the whole program at a glance
 1. Definition & Theoretical Model
2. Vital Unconscious & Biocentric Principle
3. The Vivencia
4. Biological Aspects
5. Physiological Aspects
6.Psychological Aspects
7. Mythological and Philosophical Antecedents
8. Identity and Integration
9. Trance and Regression
10. Contact and Caress
11. Vitality
12. Sexuality
13. Creativity
14. Affectivity
15. Transcendence
16. Mechanisms of Action in Biodanza
17. Music in Biodanza
18. Ars Magna – Biodanza as a Healing Art
19. Biodanza and Social Action
20. Human Movement
21. Applications and Extensions of Biodanza
22. Methodology I (Musical Semantics)
23. Methodology II (The Biodanza Session I)
24. Methodology III (The Biodanza Session II)
25. Methodology IV (Biodanza Weekly Course and Workshops)
26. Methodology V (The Biodanza group)
27. Methodology VI (Evaluation Criteria of Development in Biodanza)
28. Methodology VII
(In Depth Study of the Official List of Exercises, Presentations and Music of Biodanza)

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