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Neurotango® – Founder, Scientific Development and Background
The Neurotango® framework is used in professional education and clinical practice for medical and healthcare professionals, including physical therapists and clinicians.
Résumé: Simone Schlafhorst-Biermann
Developer of Neuro Technical Tools and Founder of Neurotango®
Developer of Neuro Technical Tools and Founder of Neurotango®
Simone Schlafhorst-Biermann is a neuroscientist, author, and developer of neuro-based movement methodologies for professional application in neurological and psychosocial contexts.
Since 2013, she has conducted research and conceptual development focusing on the interaction between movement, cognition, embodied learning, and non-verbal communication.
She is the founder and intellectual property holder of Neurotango®, a European concept and registered word mark (EUIPO), developed as a structured, tool-based neurofunctional rehabilitation model for physicians, therapists, and interdisciplinary care teams.
The methodology is designed for professional application independent of prior dance or musical training and integrates motor, cognitive, affective, and interpersonal mechanisms within structured therapeutic settings.
Her work is grounded in principles including multisensory integration, activity-dependent neuroplasticity, embodied cognition, compensatory network recruitment, and social co-regulation. Neurotango® has been implemented in outpatient and clinical rehabilitation contexts in Germany and internationally.
Simone Schlafhorst-Biermann is the author of two scientifically grounded books:
Neurotango – Prinzipien der Tango Therapie (ISBN 978-3-0005890-9-6) "Neurotango - The Principles of Tango Therapy" and
Die perfekte Therapie – Alles über Tango Therapie (ISBN 978-3-910719-20-0). "The perfect Therapy - All about Tango Therapy"
Her publications are available in German and have been translated into English, Spanish, and French.
She has trained approximately 400 certified practitioners across more than 20 countries and five continents through national and international training programs and online education formats. Her work includes professional training of rehabilitation staff in neurological and psychosocial settings, including certified Neurotango Practitioner programs conducted in collaboration with institutions such as Charité Berlin.
She has contributed to academic teaching contexts, including lectures at Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf and Ruhr-University Bochum, and has participated in research-related activities, including involvement in a tango therapy study at the University Witten/Herdecke.
Her work has been presented at national and international professional congresses, including the Parkinson Congress 2023 and Physio Deutschland Berlin 2022, as well as through international invitations such as Brain Body Cognition (Article Download).
Research Profile (ORCID)orcid.org/0000-0003-0177-9389
Scientific Work of Simone Schlafhorst-Biermann
Book publications:
2018: Neurotango – Prinzipien der Tango Therapie (ISBN: 978-3-0005890-9-6)
2020: Neurotango - The principles of tango therapy (ISBN: 978-3-9822256-3-0) 2022:
2021: “Bienvenus Neurotango® Praticiens” (Workbook Soft Cover) ISBN: 978-3-9822256-2-3
2023: Die perfekte Therapie (ISBN: 978-3-910719-20-0)
2024: Movidamente – el taller de tango terapia (ISBN 978-987-87-4725-5)
Abstracts and scientific publications:
"Neuromotor Tools with Immediate Effect": Parkinson's Congress 03/2023
"Neurotango is a holistic (neuro-, physio-, psycho, and socially oriented) concept with supportive tools for neuromotor functions” for: Brain, Body, Cognition (Paris 2020)
Application in psychotherapy:
In 2022, the 1st Neurotango® seminar in the field of movement therapy was accredited by the Psychotherapists' Chamber of North Rhine-Westphalia for licensed psychotherapists.