
Reshaping The Future
A common purpose and a shared intention… Jo Woods & Sarah Winter, Open Floor teachers from Melbourne, Australia, are using Open Floor movement practice to
Open Floor teachers worldwide help people and communities connect, furthering the development of movement and dance as a healing practice.
Our teaching community includes 250 graduates offering Open Floor movement practice in over 30 countries around the globe.
Open Floor movement practice is being taught in many different communities: from local, weekly drop in classes to workshops and programs in mental health institutions to hospitals, refugee camps, prisons, schools, universities, government bodies and corporations.
It has accessed some long- burrowed and indefensible parts of my human experience and offered me a space to explore them using my favorite modality.
— Vanessa Steinberg, Foundational Program, AUSTRALIA
A common purpose and a shared intention… Jo Woods & Sarah Winter, Open Floor teachers from Melbourne, Australia, are using Open Floor movement practice to
One of the most important tenants of the Open Floor movement practice is to make dance accessible to everyone, regardless of age. Our movement practice
May 2021, 72 hours after cease fire following an 11-day war in Israel and Gaza, Open Floor Teacher and Peace activist, Rivi Diamond, held an
Photography by Anita Murphy Johanne Webb had been hoping to train with Open Floor ever since she attended her first class 3 years ago, immediately
While many of us spent our winter adjusting to another season of pandemic life, working from home and moving holiday celebrations to Zoom, Camila de
“I see my movement much richer and varied. I can look at myself in the mirror and say – This is me and it’s OK”
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