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2023 SUMMER OPEN SOURCE FORMS WORKSHOP in BRESCIA, ITALY – The Italian Capital of Culture for 2023

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OSF Faculty Teachers:
Manuela Bondavalli and Nathan Dryden

August 21 – September 8, 2023

Monday – Friday, 10:30am – 1:30pm

I.dan.ce International Dance Center via Carducci 12/e Botticino -Brescia

Option for 1, 2, or 3 weeks (with discounts for multiple weeks): 

Week One: 21- 25 August 2023
Week Two: 28 August – 1 September 2023
Week Three: 4 – 8 September 2023

Plus a weekend of OSF Advanced practice: 9/10 September, 2023


Open to all! Those without prior experience in OSF, SRT or traditional dance, as well as experienced practitioners are welcome. The first three weeks cover the full spectrum of Introductory Level OSF work plus daily improvisation. The final weekend introduces OSF Advanced practice.

Deeply rooted in and fluidly expanded from Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT), OSF involves shedding outer layers, accessing primal energy, agility navigating subconscious realms, imagery as potent tool for transformation, and developing a high degree of consciousness without self-consciousness. The practice celebrates diversity, collaboration and individual empowerment: free of inhibition, accessing intuition, inviting the mind to collaborate. OSF sessions offer potent tools to access freedom, specificity and courage in movement, vocal practice and creative practice. A key aspect is individual creative empowerment as an instigator of positive change on the planet.



Sessions are inclusive, welcoming and vitally useful for newcomers and experienced practitioners. Workshop participants can join for one, two, or three weeks, with progressive discounts based on number of weeks. Those without prior experience in OSF or SRT proceed chronologically beginning with the first week. Experienced practitioners can choose which weeks to attend. Drop-ins are limited to those with comprehensive experience of Introductory Level OSF or SRT.

Register for more and save! Per-week price decreases with each additional week added.

OSF WORKSHOP
NUMBER OF WEEKS/ PRICE PER WEEK 

Full price:
Week 1 €250,00
Week 2 €230,00
Week 3 €205,00

Save even more by registering before 15th July 2023 for a €100 discount if you register for at least two weeks.

OSF ADVANCED PRACTICE WEEKEND

Register before 15th July 2023 the price is € 50,00 for the weekend. Full price is € 90,00

To register please write to: idanceworkshop@gmail.com

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SUMMER INTERNATIONAL OSF SOURCING DEEPER WORKSHOP IN BRESCIA, ITALY – The Italian Capital of Culture, 2023

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with MANUELA BONDAVALLI and NATHAN DRYDEN, OSF faculty teachers

I.dan.ce International Dance Center 

via Carducci 12/e Botticino -Brescia

With the permission and blessing of Stephanie Skura, it’s finally happening!

21 August – 8 September 2023

Monday – Friday, 10:30am – 6pm

2023 Fees: €1,900

To apply for OSF Sourcing Deeper Italy 2023, please send an email to idanceworkshop@gmail.com

Enrollment in Sourcing Deeper is not guaranteed until application is approved and payment is received.

ABOUT SOUCING DEEPER

The 3-week OSF Sourcing Deeper program is designed for experienced OSF and SRT practitioners longing to more deeply understand underlying conceptual structures and strategies of OSF. Some may decide to follow with an OSF Teacher Certification Program. Others may prefer taking the work in other directions like research in movement, somatics, or integrations with other practices. The program also supports those purely interested in deeper study and reflection of the releasing process, allowing future applications to unfold in time.

Though not a commitment to OSF Teacher Training, OSF Sourcing Deeper is a required pre-requisite for all applicants to OSF Teacher Certification Programs. OSF Sourcing Deeper is a ‘first pass’ at the complex array of skills and concepts that allow facilitators to create seemingly magical environments conducive to deeply transformative experiences.

The program includes the full spectrum of Introductory Level OSF material in the morning sessions, plus substantive afternoon participatory discussions, vocal practice, sophisticated improvisational practice, hands-on practice, writing and drawing practice, language and music considerations — plus related readings in relevant philosophical topics that enhance our understanding of the profound concepts underlying this practice. For those who choose to follow with OSF Teacher Training, Sourcing Deeper will render the rigors of OSF Teacher Certification more digestible, less overwhelming, and more fun!

PREREQUISITES FOR OSF SOURCING DEEPER

Applicants for OSF Sourcing Deeper need experience with a minimum of two consecutive weeks of Introductory Open Source Forms or Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT classes 1-10), preferably within the past two years

To apply and register please write to: 

idanceworkshop@gmail.com

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2023 Annual OSF Open Workshop in Seattle

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With STEPHANIE SKURA

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Updated:

One week: 3 – 7 July 2023
Monday – Friday, 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM
19th Ave & Roy, Capitol Hill, Seattle

Open to all! Those without prior experience in SRT, OSF or traditional dance, as well as experienced practitioners are welcome.  One week of introductory OSF work as well as daily improvisation, with advanced options for those with more experience.

Now in its tenth year, this annual Seattle OSF workshop assembles a worldwide community for movement, creative practice, and deep immersion in a catalytic environment of colleagues with diverse experiences in teaching, healing, therapy, performance, theater, visual art, writing & organization-building.  Sessions are inclusive, welcoming and vitally useful for newcomers to the practice and experienced practitioners.

Deeply rooted in and fluidly expanded from Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT), OSF involves shedding outer layers, accessing primal energy, agility navigating subconscious realms, imagery as potent tool for transformation, and developing a high degree of consciousness without self-consciousness. The practice celebrates diversity, collaboration and individual empowerment: free of inhibition, accessing intuition, inviting the mind to collaborate. OSF sessions offer potent tools to access freedom, specificity and courage in movement, vocal practice and creative practice. A key aspect is individual creative empowerment as an instigator of positive change on the planet.

Drop-ins are limited to those with comprehensive experience of Introductory Level OSF or SRT.

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New! Further Beyond Beginnings in Seattle

OPEN SOURCE FORMS
FURTHER BEYOND BEGINNINGS

July 11- 15, 2022 — IN-PERSON
Monday through Friday
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Russian Community Center
Capitol Hill, Seattle
Facilitators: Stephanie Skura & Nate Dryden

Cost: $30/day or $130 for full week (5 days).

Join us! If you have at least two weeks’ experience with Open Source Forms or Skinner Releasing, we invite you to join current OSF Teacher Trainees for five daily sessions, encompassing material offered during the third week of OSF programs.

First-week material is what’s most often taught in OSF & SRT workshops, and itself comprises a body of foundational material that bears deeper & deeper exploration for many years. Those who’ve gone a bit beyond WEEK1 may have experienced some of the fascinating, valuable developments of WEEK 2 material.

The rarely-taught material of WEEK 3 — elegant, intricate and absorbing — offers a bridge toward the highly sophisticated, deeply nourishing world of Advanced Practice. Images are more sophisticated. We are ready to spend more time in deep processing mode, and more deeply within our own psyches. We find new effective alignment awarenesses and methods for opening our voices. Energy moves in spirals. Many concepts are integrated, and we discover the web-like connections within ourselves, with each other, & with the world. As awareness expands both inward and outward, we find new avenues for healing, a calming sense of compassionate connection, and ready pathways toward presence & suppleness that extend into our lives beyond the studio.

During what often feels like an increasingly stressful world swirling around us, we Open Sourcerors feel continually grateful for the valuable resource of this practice in our lives.

*Photo: Wendy Perron & Stephanie Skura in ’Surreptitious Preparations for an Impossible Total Act.’ Photo by Ian Douglas.

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2022 Annual OSF Open Workshop in Seattle

Photo Credit: Stephanie Skura & Sally Dean in Surreptitious Preparations for an Impossible Total Act, photo by Ian Douglas.

Registration now open for our 2022 Annual Workshop! Participants can choose to attend for the first two, or the full three weeks. Drop-ins are limited to those with comprehensive experience of Introductory Level OSF or SRT. 

6 – 24 June 2022
10:30am – 1:30pm PDT
The Russian Community Center of Seattle
704 19th Ave E, Seattle, WA

Facilitated by Stephanie Skura and Keely Isaak Meehan

“It is such a special place, space, and world you facilitate.” Jeremy Steward

The OSF ANNUAL OPEN WORKSHOP is open to all — those without prior experience in SRT, OSF or traditional dance, as well as more experienced practitioners. This workshop assembles a worldwide community for movement, creative practice and deep immersion, in a catalytic environment of colleagues with diverse experiences in teaching, healing, therapy, performance, theater, visual art, writing, community-building and organization-development.

Deeply rooted in and fluidly expanded from Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT), OSF involves shedding outer layers, accessing primal energy, agility navigating subconscious realms, imagery as potent tool for transformation, and developing a high degree of consciousness without self-consciousness. This work celebrates diversity, collaboration, and individual empowerment: free of inhibition, accessing intuition, inviting the mind to collaborate. OSF sessions offer potent tools to access freedom, specificity & courage in movement, vocal practice and creative practice. A key aspect is individual creative empowerment as an instigator of positive change on the planet.

*Fulfills prerequisite for OSF Sourcing Deeper Program. 3-week workshop fulfills prerequisite for our Advanced Practice workshops as well.*

“Having these classes available to me is saving my butt. Of course they are saving everyone’s butt — but I do not take lightly the haven that I am being provided by this gathering of souls that you have brought together in your own way. “ Kris Knutson

Fees:

2-week OSF Open Workshop (6-17 June 2022):
Full Price: $675


3-week OSF Open Workshop (6-24 June 2022):
Full Price: $850

2022 Annual OSF Open Workshop in Seattle

2022 Annual OSF Open Workshop in Seattle

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OSF Beyond Beginnings Online, March 15 – April 19, 2022 with Susanna Hood

Tuesdays from 1-3pm ET (Montreal)
March 15 – April 19, 2022
Price: $120 CAD

These classes are destined for anyone who has had at least the first week of OSF/SRT Introductory material. Depending on enrollment, I may play with some remixing as in the Jan/Feb series. However I will prioritize foundational sequences,  beginning with material from the second week for anyone experiencing this level of the work for the first time.


Info, registration, and payment: susannahoodhum@gmail.com

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OSF Basics Online, Jan 26 – February 23, 2022 with Susanna Hood

Wednesdays from 1-3pm ET (Montreal)
January 26 – Feb 23, 2022
Price: $100 CAD

These classes will focus on the foundational material from the first week’s worth of OSF/SRT Introductory material. It is perfect for anyone new to the practice and a great opportunity for those with more experience to go more deeply into this basic material.


Info, registration, and payment: susannahoodhum@gmail.com

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OSF Beyond Beginnings Remix Online, Jan 18 – February 22, 2022

with Susanna Hood

Tuesdays from 1-3pm ET (Montreal)
January 18 – Feb 22, 2022
Price: $120 CAD

These classes are destined for anyone who has had at least the first and second weeks of OSF/SRT Introductory material. I look forward to getting a little more creative with remixing materials from mostly the first 2 weeks of material and dipping into the 3rd week of material where appropriate.


Info, registration, and payment: susannahoodhum@gmail.com

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Beyond Beginnings Online!


Saturday through Wednesday
18 – 22 December 2021
10 AM – 12 PM Seattle time [zoom]
[In your own time zone: https://www.worldtimebuddy.com]

Join us! We’re inviting those with at least one week experience in Open Source Forms or Skinner Releasing Technique to join current OSF teacher trainees online for a series of five sessions facilitated by Stephanie Skura and Susanna Hood.

These sessions encompass introductory material regularly offered during the second introductory week of OSF Workshops.

Many have experienced basic OSF & SRT again & again during one-week workshops. This is an opportunity to move on into some of the fascinating territory that exists beyond.

Once again, we offer three payment options: full, online, & out-of-work price. Full price participants, THANK YOU for helping subsidize those who are, sadly, still out of work due to the pandemic .

Photo Credit: Stephanie Skura & Debra Wanner in Skura’s ’Two Huts’ Photo by Ian Douglas

OSF Intro Week 2

OSF Intro Week 2

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ANNUAL OSF WORKSHOP Summer 2021 – Online

OPEN TO ALL !

Opportunity to study intensively with OSF creator  STEPHANIE SKURA & experienced trainers  NATE DRYDEN, SUSANNA HOOD & KEELY ISAAK MEEHAN

JULY 5 – 23, 2021
Monday – Friday, 10:00 AM – Noon PST

In your own time zone: worldtimebuddy.com

These sessions are inclusive, welcoming and vitally useful for both newcomers to the practice and experienced practitioners. Options for two or three weeks, beginning with Week #1.

Now in its eighth year, this annual workshop assembles a world-wide community for dancing, creative practice and deep immersion — in a catalytic environment of colleagues with diverse experiences in teaching, healing, therapy, performance, theater, visual arts, writing, community and visionary organization-building. Workshop participants join OSF Sourcing Deeper participants and OSF teacher trainees for these morning sessions.

Deeply rooted in and fluidly expanded from Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT), OSF involves shedding outer layers, accessing primal energy, agility navigating subconscious realms, imagery as potent tool for transformation, and developing a high degree of consciousness without self-consciousness. This work celebrates diversity, collaboration and individual empowerment: free of inhibition, accessing intuition, inviting the mind to collaborate. OSF sessions offer potent tools to access freedom, specificity & courage in movement, vocal practice and creative practice. A key aspect is individual creative empowerment as an instigator of positive change on the planet. 

*Fulfills pre-requisites for OSF Sourcing Deeper. Partially fulfills pre-requisites for OSF Teacher Certification Programs.*


 Bookings are open!

Pandemic-adjusted 3 tiers of fees: full, online, & out-of-work. Those able to pay full price subsidize people out-of-work due to the pandemic. WE THANK YOU!

Two weeks, July 5-16: $515 full/ $350 online/ $175 out-of-work, USD
Three weeks, July 5-23: $670 full/ $450 online/ $225 out-of-work, USD 
[all transaction fees included]

Registration & payment-in-full due by May 30, 2021
Spaces are limited. Register now to hold your spot!

2021 OSF Open Workshop

2021 OSF Open Workshop

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Please contact us below if you are an experienced OSF or SRT practitioner interested in drop-ins. Priority will go to those enrolling for the full 2-or-3-week workshop.