Her intervention at the conference
ViMou will take part in the session Innovating to move the lines, which will highlight inspiring and concrete solutions designed to encourage daily physical activity.
Art therapist and founder of ViMou
Jitka Mach Semotamová holds a Master’s degree in Special Education and Fine Arts and a DAS in Art Therapy. She is a researcher, art therapist, and artist, as well as the founder of ViMou, an innovative therapeutic tool that invites users to reinvent movement.
Since 2005, she has been teaching contemporary dance and developing inclusive artistic projects. In 2010, she founded the Dance and Disability festival in the Czech Republic, bringing together over 70 dancers with and without disabilities—an initiative that reflects her deep commitment to embodied expression and inclusion.
Trained in various artistic techniques, Jitka combines dance, psychocorporal structuring, and creative practices to support self-expression, body awareness, and the reconstruction of one’s connection to self. Her approach explores the influence of imagery on body schema, perception, and self-expression, with the goal of improving both mental and physical well-being.
Since 2011, she has been integrating motion capture technology into therapeutic practice to strengthen the connection between physical and symbolic work. Her tool, ViMou, enables real-time visualization of movement, stimulating creativity, mirror neurons, and emotional regulation. Its applications extend to psychomotricity, art therapy, physiotherapy, and rehabilitation.
Supported by The Ark Foundation, in collaboration with HETS Geneva, HES-SO, CDTEA Valais, and CimArk SA, ViMou is currently being developed within the field of psychomotricity.
Jitka continues her research to provide professionals with an immersive and evolving tool, integrating the collection and interpretation of therapeutic data. She now aims to expand her partnerships to deploy ViMou in other areas of healthcare.
