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OSF Advanced Teacher Training 2026

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June 22 – 27, 2026
Monday – Saturday, 10:30 am – 6 pm PDT/Seattle Pacific Time
[In your own time zone: https://www.worldtimebuddy.com]

Both in-person and virtual ! In-person is preferred; virtual is available for those who cannot travel.

Russian Community Center
704 19th Ave E
Seattle WA 98112
United States

Facilitators:  Stephanie Skura,  Nate Dryden

Open to all certified OSF and Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT) teachers, and combined with opportunities for creative practice experiments. A six-day program in a respectful, collaborative atmosphere. Introduces a wealth of rarely-taught material beyond the introductory level, passed on by Joan Skinner and developed by experienced practitioners during the past 25 years. Learning to create classes at this level.

Taking advantage of the creative state in which we find ourselves when practicing this work, we’ll spend some time dabbling, seriously-easefully, in performance-making:  a time to truly and freely experiment, with options for informal showings along the way.

OSF is deeply rooted in and fluidly expanded from Skinner Releasing Technique. Along with learning and deeply understanding foundational material, OSF Teacher Training involves practice creating classes that are supportive of the various teaching situations we encounter, and that continue to be relevant in our ever-changing world. The advanced material features new alignment insights, deeper depths, rich navigation of deep states, transporting imagery. It’s where the Introductory work is heading, and is vital to our understanding of the entire body of work.  Joan Skinner did not intend Advanced SRT to be codified or limited to 12 ‘Ongoing’ classes; she gave us a wealth of additional material. Our advanced OSF sessions are culled from decades of notes, explorations, and advanced material passed on by Joan & other SRT veterans, & integrated with Stephanie‘s evolving improvisational research — material developed & augmented by experienced SRT and OSF teachers during the past 25 years. We at OSF are the only ones on the planet that we know of, currently creating classes at this advanced level. It’s our dream to train more teachers to create classes at this level.

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Teresa Smith

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Earthbodyevents.com

Teresa brings to her teaching a warm appreciation of each person’s essence and delights in awakening the creative spirit. She is a certified teacher of Open Source Forms and studied the root form Skinner Releasing Technique for several decades. Encountering the work of Joan Skinner in the mid-nineties had a profound influence on Teresa as a choreographer, performer and teacher. She is deeply happy to return to this source through OSF, and honored to join Stephanie Skura and all OSF teachers in carrying this important work into the present moment.

Teresa teaches Open Source Forms, contact improvisation, authentic movement, dance improvisation and composition. She is also a certified teacher of Sufi Dancemeditation, a facilitator of Grof Legacy Breathwork, and a senior facilitator and mentor in Dreamshadow Transpersonal Breathwork. Through Earthbody Events she presents performance and workshops emerging from an intimate conversation with the body, psyche and nature environment.

In addition to presenting her own solo and group choreography, Teresa has performed internationally in the work of Stephanie Skura, Yvonne Meier, Ellen Webb, Joan Laage, Lance Gries, David Hurwith, La Fura dels Baus, and with many improvisation ensembles. She is a graduate of Bennington College, VT (B.A. dance & anthropology), and the European Dance Development Center in Arnhem, NL.

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OSF – in person weekly classes (foundational series)

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Thursdays 5:30 – 7pm in Kingston, New York

OSF Dance Classes in the Hudson Valley! (2 hr from NYC) Join us as we practice releasing into moving and being moved. Thursdays 5:30-7pm thru December 18, 2025 @ the Arts Society of Kingston, NY. (97 Broadway, 2nd floor). All abilities and movement experience levels welcome. Special price for this foundational series, or drop in at any date. 2026 weekly class times TBA. Please rsvp: earthbodybreath@gmail.com. Learn more: earthbodyevents.com

In OSF classes we enter a creative process; letting go of outer layers of holding to find primal energy and ease. Guided by embodied imagery as a powerful tool for transformation we’ll learn to move with agility, transparency and depth. Through alignment studies, movement exploration and group improvisation we’ll cultivate a deep connection to our inner and outer environments. A remarkably effective and revolutionary way of learning, the OSF approach can catalyze learning and transformation in many kinds of practices and in daily life.

Teresa Smith brings to her teaching a warm appreciation of each person’s essence and delights in awakening the creative spirit. She is a certified teacher of OSF and studied the root form Skinner Releasing for several decades. Through Earthbody Events she presents performance and workshops emerging from an intimate conversation with the body, psyche and nature environment.

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OSF ONLINE WEEKLY ADVANCED SESSIONS Nov 2 – Dec 7, 2025

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November 2 – December 7, 2025

Back by popular demand ! New Series: Join us!
Sundays, 10 am – 12 pm Seattle time
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Facilitators: Stephanie Skura, Nate Dryden, Manuela Bondavalli, Susanna Hood

Register for the whole series at a discount, or in advance for single sessions.
Following rewarding experiences holding Open Source Forms programs ONLINE VIA ZOOM during and after the pandemic, we’re doing it again ! Offering another series of six two-hour weekly online Advanced Practice OSF Sessions,

Prerequisites: Full spectrum of Introductory OSF or SRT (three consecutive weeks).  

We learned that we can indeed feel in-community despite inhabiting far-flung environments. That we experience rewarding levels of intimacy, adventure, trust & compassion. And that with a playful approach to screens, we find new forms while avoiding the dreaded ‘zoom fatigue.’
For many, this community serves as psychic lifeline during challenging times.OSF

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Advanced OSF material is deeply rooted in & fluidly expanded from advanced Skinner Releasing practice. It’s where OSF/SRT Introductory work is headed! New alignment insights, new depths, more & deeper deep-states, transporting imagery.  Joan Skinner did not intend Advanced SRT to be codified or limited to 12 ‘Ongoing’ SRT classes.  She left us with a wealth of material not included in those 12 classes. Our advanced sessions are culled from material passed on by SRT creator Joan Skinner & early practitioners, & integrated with Skura’s/OSF’s improvisational research.  This level of the practice is sophisticated, deep, and evolved in alignment approaches — richly navigating states below conscious level. Stephanie is the only still-practicing facilitator who worked closely alongside Joan Skinner for over a decade, & had the precious opportunity as close friend, to roam inside Joan’s brilliant mind with questions & curiosities. We’re the only SRT or OSF teachers on the planet, that we know of, currently creating classes at this advanced level ! 

“These classes are amazing, beautiful, releasing, healing, vital and a bargain.”  Julia Sasso, SRT teacher, Toronto

Participant numbers are limited to ensure responsible facilitation. Hold your place by registering for the whole series at a discount, or register in advance for single sessions. 

Series of 6 sessions at 10% discount:  $167 USD (thanks for paying full price if you’re able!)
Series of 6 sessions, low-income price: $108 USD 
Single session, full price: $30
Single session, low-income price: $22
PLEASE REGISTER FOR SINGLE SESSIONS AT LEAST 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE
Prerequisites: Full spectrum of Introductory OSF or SRT (3 consecutive weeks). 

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“This work feels like an antidote to many of the difficulties I’m currently facing physically, emotionally and practically. I felt so open and easeful when I got back. I love your approach to sharing the work as well. Unpretentious, sincere and expert!”  Aura Fishbeck, dancer/choreographer

“OSF changed my life. Your work is so rich in all directions! From technical matters to the creative process, amazing range of wisdom, and fun ways to make it happen!  Jadi Carboni, OSF certified teacher,

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OSF ONLINE WEEKLY ADVANCED SESSIONS : Nov 2 – Dec 7, 2025

Begun during the pandemic & back by popular demand, Feb 23-April 13, 2025

Facilitators: Nate Dryden, Susanna Hood, Stephanie Skura

OSF WEEKLY ADVANCED ONLINE SESSIONS
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
New Series:  Join us !
Facilitators:  Nate Dryden, Susanna Hood, Stephanie Skura
Sundays Feb 23 – April, 2025. Discount for full series of 8.
10 am – noon Seattle time
[In your own time zone: https://www.worldtimebuddy.com]
Register for the whole series at a discount, or in advance for single sessions

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Following rewarding experiences holding Open Source Forms programs ONLINE VIA ZOOM during and after the pandemic, we’re offering another series of eight two-hour weekly online Advanced Practice OSF Sessions, Sundays, 10 am – noon Seattle time. 

For those who’ve experienced the full spectrum (3 consecutive weeks) of Introductory OSF or SRT, & want to deepen their practice &/or pursue OSF Teacher Certification. 

We learned that we can indeed feel in-community despite inhabiting far-flung environments. That we experience rewarding levels of intimacy, adventure, trust & compassion. And that with a playful approach to screens, we find new forms while avoiding the dreaded ‘zoom fatigue.’
For many, this community served as psychic lifeline during challenging times.

Advanced OSF material is deeply rooted in & fluidly expanded from advanced Skinner Releasing practice. It’s where OSF/SRT Introductory work is headed! New alignment insights, new depths, more & deeper deep-states, transporting imagery.  Joan Skinner did not intend Advanced SRT to be codified or limited to 12 ‘Ongoing’ SRT classes.  She left us with a wealth of material not included in those 12 classes. Our advanced sessions are culled from material passed on by SRT creator Joan Skinner & early practitioners, & integrated with Skura’s/OSF’s improvisational research.  This level of the practice is sophisticated, deep, and evolved in alignment approaches — richly navigating states below conscious level. Stephanie is the only still-practicing facilitator who worked closely alongside Joan Skinner for over a decade, & had the precious opportunity as close friend, to roam inside Joan’s brilliant mind with questions & curiosities. We’re the only SRT or OSF teachers on the planet, that we know of, currently creating classes at this advanced level ! 

“These classes are amazing, beautiful, releasing, healing, vital and a bargain.”  Julia Sasso, SRT teacher, Toronto

Participant numbers are limited to ensure responsible facilitation. Hold your place by registering for the whole series at a discount, or register in advance for single sessions. 

Series of 8 sessions at 10% discount:  $225 USD (thanks for paying full price if you’re able!)
Series of 8 sessions, low-income price: $160 USD 
Single session, full price: $31
Single session, low-income price: $22
Please register for single sessions at least 24 hours in advance
Prerequisites: Full spectrum of Introductory OSF or SRT (3 consecutive weeks). 

REGISTER HERE

“What a delightful time to spend by the screen that normally just brings tense body & stressed mind — but now what a releasing, healing, creative, touching & funny time it has brought. Thank you for your courage, efforts & generosity to realize this.”  Titta Court, SRT teacher, Finland

Photo by Anja Hitzenberger: Wendy Perron, Juliette Mapp and Stephanie Skura in Skura’s ‘Surreptitious Preparations for an Impossible Total Act’   

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OSF Sourcing Deeper 2025 live in Seattle

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“I’ve learned an incredible amount, not only about releasing dance, but about teaching, facilitating transformation, and about my own physical, imaginative and spiritual layers of self.” Anastasia Barron, Sourcing Deeper & Teacher Certification, 2020 -22

June 2 – 20, 2025
Mondays -n Fridays, 10:30 am – 6 pm PDT
The Russian Community Center of Seattle
704 19th Ave E, Seattle, WA, US

Facilitated by Stephanie Skura and Manuela Bondavalli

This 3-week  preparatory program is designed for experienced OSF & SRT practitioners who long to more deeply understand underlying conceptual structures & strategies of OSF. Some may decide to follow with an OSF Teacher Certification Program. Others may want to take the work in other directions.

Though not a commitment to OSF Teacher Training, OSF Sourcing Deeper is a required pre-requisite for all applicants to OSF Teacher Certification Programs.  It’s also designed for those who choose to participate for their own studies, reflections, research, or integrations with other practices. 

OSF Sourcing Deeper is a ‘first pass’ at the complex array of skills & 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 morning sessions, plus substantive afternoon participatory discussions, vocal practice, sophisticated improvisational practice, hands-on practice, writing & drawing practice, language & 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 decidedly more fun!

2025 Fees

$1900 USD (+ transaction fee with credit card payment)
Hold your place and receive a $100 discount with application by February 15, 2025  and non-refundable deposit of $300  USD or payment-in-full, with balance due by April 15, 2025. 

Registration information will be provided upon acceptance. To apply, please access the application at the link below.

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, ideally within the past two years. To apply for OSF Sourcing Deeper Seattle 2025, please complete the application at the link below:

MORE INFO & APPLICATION:

https://opensourceforms.com/programs-2/sourcing-deeper/#prereq-and-app


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OSF ADVANCED PRACTICE WEEK SUMMER 2024 LIVE IN SEATTLE

July 29 – August 2, 2024
10:30 am – 1:30 pm PDT
The Russian Community Center of Seattle
704 19th Ave E, Seattle, WA, US

Facilitated by Stephanie Skura and Co-Faculty


“Revelatory experience of dancing & understanding anew in your workshop… Releasing into the subtlety of qualities, finding precision within the un-named, letting go into power and nuance.” Eva-Maria Mutka, Bristol

Open to all who’ve experienced the first 3 weeks of OSF or SRT, either in 2024 Open Workshop or previously. Already a part of four-week OSF Open Workshop, Experienced practitioners may choose just the Advanced Week.

For those who want to deepen their practice. 
Advanced OSF material is deeply rooted in & fluidly expanded from advanced Skinner Releasing (SRT) practice. Though 12 codified ‘Ongoing’ SRT classes are sometimes taught, we create unique advanced sessions, culled from a wealth of material passed on by SRT creator Joan Skinner & early practitioners, & integrated with Skura’s/OSF’s improvisational research.  This level of the practice is sophisticated, deep, and evolved in alignment approaches — richly navigating states below conscious level. 

Prerequisites: Full spectrum of Introductory OSF or SRT (3 weeks). 

FEE: $260 USD

REGISTER for Advanced Practice Week
$ 50 discount with registration by May 1!

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

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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2023 Annual OSF Open Workshop in Seattle

With STEPHANIE SKURA

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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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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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