Easter Weekend Workshop in Montreal with Stephanie Skura
OPEN SOURCE FORMS (OSF), Improvisation, and Working with Scores
“One of the most memorable dance educators I’ve studied with. She allows you to unfold in ways that are innate yet unknown to you.” Laura Reichhart, Choreographer
April 18 – 20, 2025
Friday: 17h30 – 20h30
Saturday & Sunday: 10h – 15h (includes 30 min lunch)
At La Poêle
5333 Casgrain (corner of Maguire), studio 307
Montreal
Canada
Info and registration:
lapoele307@gmail.com
“This work helped shift my entire perspective about performance. I will always be in gratitude & awe.” Samekh Resh, actor
More info: https://mailchi.mp/7525526befe6/open-source-forms-2025-montreal-easter
Photo by Ian Douglas: Stephanie in ‘Sacrilege is Needed. Competency is Hell.
Stephanie is the only still-practicing teacher on the planet who worked closely alongside Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT) creator Joan Skinner. She developed OPEN SOURCE FORMS (OSF) after twelve years as core Skinner Releasing faculty and teacher-trainer, & decades of radical performance practice. Taking time for depth of technique to catalyze creative work, OSF sessions offer tools to access freedom, specificity & courage in movement, vocal practice, & performance. These days, Skura considers her work as ‘compassionate planetary activism’ and is grateful to be part of a community dedicated to creative empowerment as instigator of positive change on the planet. Skura’s non-fiction and poetic writings have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers, as well as the books Oxford University Press Handbook on Improvisation in Dance; Skinner Releasing Technique, a Movement and Dance Practice; and Reimaging America, the Arts of Social Change. A former New Yorker directing a touring dance company, she now lives in the American Pacific Northwest.
