Releasing Into Movement: A Playful & Meditative Somatic Dance Class Fall 2026

In this class you will experience playful poetic imagery and touch in the lineage of Skinner Releasing Technique and Open Source Forms to bring you into presence and dynamic movement. The class atmosphere is gentle, interweaving guided imagery and a few hands-on partner exercises with a variety of musical environments that support and propel us into movement in a comfortable, safe atmosphere. We encourage participants to join if you either have experience with Skinner Releasing Technique before hand or with any other somatic movement modules using hands-on / partnering work and imagery to bring you into movement and dance. This falls class series will lead you through class five to fifteen in the Introductory Module. -- Time: 17.30-19.30 Day: Tuesdays Date: Oct 6th-Dec 8th -- Through the use of poetic imagery, guided touch, specific movement pathways and movement improvisation we practice letting go of unnecessary tension, discovering new possibilities to express oneself, effortless strength and an unlimited world of creativity. The practice offered is inspired by the somatic dance techniques Skinner Releasing Technique and Open Source Forms, interweaved with Tuva Hildebrand’s background in dance and several other somatic movement forms. Emslie, M.A., who wrote the book "Skinner Releasing Technique: a movement and dance practice", describes SRT as "a somatic movement, dance and creative practice with a core underlying principle of releasing blocked energy, held tension, and habitual patterns of body mind." Open Source Forms is an expansion of SRT by one of J. Skinners apprentices, Stephanie Skura. Besides body-work based touch and poetic images that one embodies through movement, the class includes learning a few specific forms of movement patterns to practice ease, strength and coordination. During a session there is also time for improvisation where one explores and integrates the kinesthetic and verbal information through your own rhythm, pace and physical expression. In the end of a session you process your experience through drawing and writing. -- Teacher Biography: Tuva Hildebrand is a choreographer, performer and somatic practitioner whose work is deeply rooted in improvisational forms and release-based techniques. Based in Sweden and formerly New York (2011-2018), she brings over a decade of dedicated experience in Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT) and Open Source Forms (OSF), having trained extensively with key figures such as Stephanie Skura (Open Source Forms) and Karl Andersson, as well as somatic dance pioneer Eva Karczag (in mentorship since 2017). Tuva’s somatic practice also draws from Alexander Technique, Body-Mind Centering, Ideokinesis, and Contact Improvisation. Her teaching blends touch, anatomy, poetic imagery, and relational listening to cultivate movement that is spontaneous, creative, and deeply embodied. In her recent MFA research (Högskolan för Scen och Musik, Gothenburg), she has critically explored SRT and Eva Karczag’s pedagogy through a socio-political lens—examining themes such as radical care, violence, and ecological thinking. As a teacher, Tuva creates a generous, non-hierarchical space where we question knowledge: she encourages listening deeply, letting go of tension, and opening into the body’s own intelligence so that movement arises on its own, without force or striving. -- Registration: Register on our website: https://plattformimprovisationsomatik.com/releasing-into-movement/ You can join a single class but please note that it is a series of classes with a specific progression from class 5-10 and 11-15 that will be offered this fall. It is recommended to go through the progression from beginning until end even though you can also drop-in to one class. Note that we will only begin the class series if we have a minimum of four people signed up to the first five classes in the series (October 6-Nov 3rd) by October 2nd. -- Cost: Single class: 250kr Class 6-10 (Oct 6-Nov 3): 800kr Class 11-15 (Nov 10-Dec 8): 800kr All ten classes: 1400kr **You can also pay with a clip card that can be used to any classes hosted by Plattform för Improvisation & Somatik in Malmö - see our website: http://plattformimprovisationsomatik.com 10 class clip card: 1500kr 5 class clip card: 2000kr** See less