A complete, mentored pathway into becoming an Open Floor Teacher.
You will learn how to teach the Open Floor curriculum with clarity, integrity, and embodied understanding.

This includes developing the capacity to:

• Design and lead Open Floor classes and processes
• Hold groups in a grounded, responsive, and attuned way
• Work with what emerges in real time, individually and collectively
• Stay connected to the curriculum while meeting the uniqueness of each group
• Facilitate embodied learning, not only personal experience
• Learn how to create textured soundscapes

This is not only about learning the material.
It is about learning how to transmit it.

Open Floor is a resource-based movement practice with a clear structure and a wide range of applications.
In this training, you will come into a direct, embodied relationship with the curriculum so that it becomes teachable.

You will learn:

● The foundations and architecture of the Open Floor curriculum
● How to work with its resources in a clear and coherent way
● How to translate the material into teachable experiences
● How to adapt the curriculum across different contexts and groups

Over time, the curriculum moves from something you understand
to something you can teach with confidence and precision.

• A deep, embodied understanding of the Open Floor curriculum
• The skills to design and lead classes, workshops, and group processes
• Confidence to choose music that supports your dancers on the floor
• The capacity to hold individuals and groups with clarity and presence
• Experience teaching within a mentored and supported structure
• Ongoing feedback to refine your facilitation and teaching
• A professional pathway toward graduating as an Open Floor Teacher
• A community of peers and mentors within the Open Floor network

This is both a personal and professional training.

Your development as a practitioner and your development as a teacher evolve together.

This training is for those who want to teach Open Floor.

You may be:
● An experienced Open Floor mover ready to step into teaching
● A facilitator, coach, or therapist who has engaged deeply with the practice
● A practitioner who recognises Open Floor as a modality you want to carry forward

You do not need to already be teaching.

You do need:

• A genuine connection to the practice
• A willingness to learn how to teach it
• A readiness to take on the responsibility of holding others

Over time, something reorganises.
Not only in how you experience the work,
but in how you lead and hold it.

You become:

● More grounded in your presence as a teacher
● More precise in how you guide groups
● More confident working with what arises in the room
● More able to stay with complexity without losing clarity
● More connected to the intelligence of the body as a teaching resource

Participants often describe:

● Growing trust in their ability to lead
● A clearer sense of their voice as a teacher
● Greater capacity to hold groups with steadiness and care
● A deeper relationship with the Open Floor practice itself

The training unfolds across four phases over two years:

● Phase 1 – Common Ground and Physical Embodiment
● Phase 2 – Common Sense and Emotional Embodiment
● Phase 3 – Common Knowledge and Embodied Mind
● Phase 4 – Common Good and Embodied Soul

Each phase includes:

● Immersion training
● Practicum and teaching practice
● Small group development
● Webinars and mentoring
● Ongoing feedback and support

This is a progressive, mentored pathway into teaching.

This training requires commitment.
Time, attention, practice, and resources.
Because learning to teach and hold others in this way develops over time, through experience, reflection, and guidance.

The Heart of Our Pricing: A Commitment to Economic Justice

The pricing structure of the Open Floor Teacher Training 2027 aligns with our core value of inclusivity. We recognize that there are significant differences among our participants—geographically, in social status, and in access to privilege. By offering flexible and inclusive price options, we aim to embody economic justice and ensure the dance floor remains open to all.

Choosing Your Tier

We invite you to self-select the tier that honestly reflects your financial reality:

1.- Generosity Rate – This rate allows you to go beyond basic support. It also supports scholarships and lower rates for those facing financial hardship.

2.- Regular Rate – This rate covers the basic costs of running the program, ensuring it remains viable. It’s for individuals who can comfortably meet their financial needs and wish to contribute fairly.

3.- Accessible Rate – This rate is for participants with limited financial capacity or who are currently experiencing financial difficulties. Contributions from generosity-rate participants help subsidise this option.

Paid in full

One-time payment at the beginning of the course.

Generosity: € 9,900 | Regular: € 8,200 | Accessible: € 6,550

Paid in Installments

Total cumulative payment through the installment plan.

Generosity: € 10,500 | Regular: € 8,600 | Accessible: € 6,850

Installment Plan

1st Payment — Due: 30 days after your letter of acceptance

• Generosity: € 3,400 | • Regular: € 2,800 | • Accessible: € 2,250

2nd Payment — Due: 30 days before the start of Phase 1

• Generosity: € 2,800 | • Regular: € 2,300 | • Accessible: € 1,800

3rd Payment — Due: 30 days before the start of Phase 2

• Generosity: € 2,500 | • Regular: € 2,000 | • Accessible: € 1,600

4th Payment — Due: 30 days before the start of Phase 3

• Generosity: € 1,800 | • Regular: € 1,500 | • Accessible: € 1,200

TOTALS

• Generosity: € 10,500 | • Regular: € 8,600 | • Accessible: € 6,850

+ plus an application fee* – 100€

* A one-time non-refundable application fee is required for all Trainee applicants. This fee covers the administrative cost of processing your application and is non-refundable, regardless of the admission decision.

What IS Included in your Tuition costs:

• In-person Teaching: 4 Immersions (120 hours total) and 4 Practicums (80 hours total).
• Online Live Learning: 20 specialized webinars held over the course of the training
• Assignments: include teaching practice classes, developing music skills, taking electives, reading, and writing reflections.

What IS NOT Included in your Tuition costs:

• Room & Board: Paid directly to the venues for all immersions and practicums.
• Mentoring: A minimum of 6 individual sessions (at €110 per session), paid directly to your mentor.
• Optional Resources: Pre-recorded webinars available for voluntary purchase from OFI.

Beyond the Tiers:

We aim to do our best to ensure that financial barriers do not stand in your way of becoming an Open Floor Teacher.

If the Accessible Rate is still unaffordable for you, please contact Jorge Xapa at info@openfloortrainings.eu to let us know.

Crew Discounts

We have a few spots available with an additional 50% tuition discount for Crew based on our Regular Tier.

If you are interested, please contact Jorge Xapa at info@openfloortrainings.eu before registering to receive specific details and to request a Crew place.

This training is about learning to teach.

Learning to teach from a deeper place of listening, clarity, and presence.

You need willingness and a commitment to the practice.

Open Floor is a resource-based practice with both structure and flexibility.

This training supports practitioners to develop the skills to teach and hold groups in an embodied, responsive, and grounded way, while staying connected to aliveness, creativity, and relationship.

April 2027 to March 2029

Mentored, supported learning environment

1. Application required : Complete the Teacher Training application form [HERE]

Community Discounts

We have a few spots available with an additional tuition discount for Crew based on our Regular Tier.

If you are interested, please contact Jorge Xapa at info@openfloortrainings.eu before registering to receive specific details and to request a crew place.

Room & Board Ranges

Prices are per person, per night and include all meals (Full Board – Vegan / Vegetarian).

Immersions at Flackl, Austria

Shared Room* starting at € 88.70 up to a Single Room** € 123.70

Practicums at La Casa Toya, Spain

Shared Room* starting at € 59.00 up to a Single Room** € 95.00

* Shared room with shower/WC in the corridor

** Single room with private shower/WC

Room & Board will be paid directly to the venues for all immersions and practicums.