What is Open Floor?

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Open Floor International

Open Floor is a movement practice that has evolved over many years out of a rich tapestry of conscious dance practices through out the world. It's founding members are all skilled and wise elders in the field of embodied movement and have developed a robust framework to explore the mystery of the body- mind -heart connection that can enrich our life, offering us self knowledge, connection and transformation. It's more than a dance practice, it’s a way of getting to know yourself with grace and gravitas. 

Open Floor Founding Member, Lucie Nerot writes:

“Life is movement.  Life is relationship, Movement is relationship. The crucible of this mysterious alchemy is our body. We offer it an Open Floor.

Open Floor is an exploration of free movement and of oneself through movement. The Open Floor is a place where you can be and move exactly as you are and become more of who you truly are with each dance.

It’s a place where anything can happen and everything becomes movement. We move with our whole body, our whole heart, our big mind, connected to the vast mystery of life.

We make space for our hunger for solitude, for connection, for belonging, and for spirit.

Sometimes we have powerful experiences on the dance floor, sometimes we simply have a great time dancing. Sometimes we are deeply connected to the mystery that moves us, and sometimes we are simply practicing.

Open Floor classes and workshops are good for the body good for the heart, good for the soul, and even…for the mind!  As we expand our movement vocabulary, our emotional and relational skills expand, and we learn to use our minds in new and creative ways.”    

— Lucie Nerot, Founding Member of Open Floor