On Tuesday 28th and Wednesday 29th, the dance team went to Creation Climbing Centre in Birmingham to train with Joe from circusMASH UK in aerial silks and lyra.
What a painful two days!
We had a great time learning new tricks and holds on both sets of equipment with each of us finding some easier than others..... One thing is evident, we need a lot more strength!
On the silks, we worked on basic and Russian climbing as well as figure-8 foot locks and many, many wraps. We worked on various poses including double foot lock splits (see Amy below). We looked at:-
foot rolls, inverting from side wrap amongst many others.
On the Lyra (hoop), we all tried various mounts including straddle and side mounts (they are soooooo hard!). We worked on various poses including man in the moon, mermaid, stag, back balance straddle, half back balance, gazelle, amazon and lots more...... Have a look at the photos below for a peek at how we got along.
This is Amy doing Half Back Balance
This is Charlotte doing the Crucifix.
Charlotte's Cross Wrap Straddle.
This is Emma doing the Stag.
Holly 's Gazelle Splits.
This is Charlotte & Holly doing Figure 8 foot lock & Cross back straddle.
Holly's Figure 8 foot lock splits.
We were extremely inspired by Joe's teaching and will continue to train and build confidence on the equipment. We are set to buy our own rig, silks and lyra VERY soon in the run up toZygote Festival, which will happen in Sleaford in October 2013. There will then be quarterly workshops, classes & intensives for children, young people and adults to get involved.
Joe (who taught us in Birmingham) runs circusMASH UK which is the leading circus company in the West Midlands. Contact him to book workshops, performances, intensives and other training in the circus disciplines. We would highly recommend it!
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