Aerial Fabric Workshop: Connections
This workshop originally started out named "transitions," but after teaching it, I felt that the workshop needed a name-change to better represent it's content. This workshop is meant to give participants an understanding of how various "base" movements connect to one another. "Base" movements is the term I use to describe movements that other movements are built upon. This workshop covers the following base movements and their most direct connections (i.e. the transitions between the base movements): thigh lock (hip key, separate the fabrics and put your leg in between), hip lock (a.k.a. hip key), closed wrap (opposite side thigh wrap), open wrap (same side thigh wrap), single open wrap (same side thigh wrap on a single ribbon), X position (feet are wrapped and the fabric is crossed behind the back), egg beater leg wraps, crochet thigh wrap (where both your feet are crocheted like a bat hang and then the fabric is wrapped over each thigh), and footlocks, including understanding the connections between various types of footlocks.
The workshop is designed to take your brain to a new place in asking questions about how to connect to various movements without unwrapping and rewrapping. It also helps you to organize the base movements on fabric within the files of your thoughts, helping to categorize them and place them in your memory through the use of connections between the movements. I know that when I am working with putting movements together, I always like to ask "what can I do from here (with minimal transition)?" The tools you learned in this workshop can be used to help answer that question, as well as get you thinking about new and creative transitions.
Below are some pictures from the most recent "connections" workshop April 2010:
If were a participant in this workshop and/or have the password to watch the video from this workshop, CLICK HERE to enter the password and watch the 2 hour workshop condensed to a 6-minute version, including major highlights and core instruction.
The workshop is designed to take your brain to a new place in asking questions about how to connect to various movements without unwrapping and rewrapping. It also helps you to organize the base movements on fabric within the files of your thoughts, helping to categorize them and place them in your memory through the use of connections between the movements. I know that when I am working with putting movements together, I always like to ask "what can I do from here (with minimal transition)?" The tools you learned in this workshop can be used to help answer that question, as well as get you thinking about new and creative transitions.
Below are some pictures from the most recent "connections" workshop April 2010:
If were a participant in this workshop and/or have the password to watch the video from this workshop, CLICK HERE to enter the password and watch the 2 hour workshop condensed to a 6-minute version, including major highlights and core instruction.
