ZOE SUMMER SCHOOL 2025: THE LIVING LAB: BODY/EMBODIMENT

26. July 2025

The ZOE SUMMER SCHOOL – four days of exploration, experience and discovery! We welcome all dance/movement therapists (DMTs), dance for health (DfH) professionals (licensed and in training), health professionals, researchers and health insurance experts who are interested in movement, dance and expression in various medical conditions in general and in evidence and its implementation in dance therapy practice in particular.

Course dates:

July 26th / 27th / 28th / 29th 2025

Format:

July 26th – 29th 2025, from 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm, at ZOE SCHOOL Elsässerstrasse 34 4056 Basel

  • Mornings: Lecture-explorations engaging with research and working with special populations
  • Afternoons: Embodied exploration and exchange on core topics in DfH and D/MT
  • The “5th Day” (optional): ZOE Research support day Day

Program:

July 26th
Morning – Alzheimer’s (people and research);
Afternoon – Improvisation

July 27th
Morning – Parkinson’s (people and research);
Afternoon – Time/Rhythm

July 28th
Morning – Chronic Pain (people and research);
Afternoon – Space

July 29th
Morning – Mental health, social isolation;
Afternoon – Connections

Costs: 
Priority enrollment period (till June 1st 2025)
CHF 680.-

After priority enrollment period:
CHF 720.-

Single days:
CHF 180.- (please note on the registration form which day you choose)

Registration closes June 30th 2025

Please fill out this application form and send it to admin@zoeschool.ch. Your registration is complete as soon as we have received the completed form. Thank you very much

Rebecca Barnstaple

Assistant Professor Creative Arts, Health and Wellness/Theatre
Research Associate International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation
University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
PhD Dance Studies, Neuroscience Graduate Program
York University, Toronto

Brigitte Züger

Head of School, Dance Movement Therapist, Swiss Dioloma Kunsttherapie/Dance Movement Therapy

Cecilia Fontanesi

Neuroscience PhD, Board Certified Dance Movement Therapist (BC-DMT), Certified Movement Analyst (CMA), Registered Somatic Movement Educator (RSME).

Free information event - April 10th, 2025

Next date: 10.04.2025

Would you like to find out more about the ZOE Summer School? Then take part in our free event!

On April 10th at 7 p.m. (1pm New York, 11.30 pm Dehli) there will be an online info event with the lecturers and the mentor of the SUMMER SCHOOL. We will introduce you to the format and procedures of the Summer School and will be happy to answer your questions.

Please note: We will be offering a second free information event on May 15th. You can already register at brigitte.zueger@zoeschool.ch.