Some gems recorded during #barmeetingusa at NECCA, jamming with @seasundance @misstattoo83 @frances.aerial @trapezerie. Some good potential and a good fail! I haven't been making time to get on trapeze these days so it was really nice to have a time and a place and a community for it this past weekend.
#trapezemeeting #barmeeting2022 #trapeze #statictrapeze #trapezeartist
1. Who is coming to my trapeze immersion this weekend or the next? I have all your names but don't know who you all are on IG!
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2. OMG I have been wanting to be able to grab the bar from heel hang without climbing up my legs forEVER!
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(Shown here: first ever success, first ever success in slow-mo just to really enjoy it, and second ever success to prove the first video wasn't a rewind ;))
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I remember working really hard on this in like 2012, but this is like example #63 of how hard work and consistency often don't work for me, and when I'm stuck on a skill, I tend to have more success with taking a break and cross-training. I attribute this sudden new ability to a summer dancing ballet (thank you, @balletvermont).
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#trapeze #statictrapeze #trapezetricks #aerialist #aerialistsofig #circus #aerialtricks #heelhang
My first @neccacircus August trapeze immersion weekend sold out the same day it was announced (!), so we added another weekend, and that means now there are still two spots available for the August 21-22 weekend... Could one of those spots be yours?? Link in bio for all the info. You have just enough time before then to get your hand calluses ready for a full weekend of trapezing!
Today was stickiest, sweatiest trapeze of the summer yet. Add-on sequence with @trapezerie.
#trapeze #circus #statictrapeze #trapezetricks #circuseverydamnday #jk #aerialdance #aerialinstructor
Add-on sequence with @trapezerie. It went on much longer but I was on the struggle bus so here's the nicer start 😊.
#trapeze #statictrapeze #circus #circuseverydamnday #circuslife #aerialist #aerialnation #dancetrapeze
I hate teaching (and working on ;)) pop to back balance because it's so challenging, so discouraging, so inconsistent for many of us, and does it even look that great in an act full of other cool things that someone with a pop to back balance can probably also do? (There are some people I love watching do it, like @trapezerie, who seems to take flight, but for so many of us we either make it by the skin of our teeth or it's clear we're muscling it instead of riding momentum.)
Sour grapes aside, it sure does feel good to do one, if only because it's something that other trapezists seem to care about. Okay maybe also because there's such a clear y/n as to whether you've succeeded or not.
I think reversing back balance to sitting could be a thing, going from sit to back balance nice and slow? At least a good technical challenge. I'm all about the etudes.
#trapezeartist #vermontartist #statictrapeze #singlepointtrapeze #dancetrapeze #trapezetricks
Some hot n sticky summer trapeze from an add-on phrase @trapezerie and I made together 💕
#statictrapeze #trapezeartist #singlepointtrapeze #dancetrapeze #aerialdance
Post-Gyrokinesis improv seeking that same stretchy gooey feeling. (I cut out the boring middle part for you 😉)
Spinning makes every improv look better, turns out...
#vermontartist #gyrokinesis #trapezeartist #aerialdance #dancetrapeze #singlepointtrapeze #trapeze
Another add-on sequence @trapezerie and I made recently. Feels so good to be on my trapeze out in the open air, grass all over my feet.
It's been a couple of months since I've really done trapeze because I've been busy getting ready to perform classical ballet with @farmtoballet this summer! We open in about 2 weeks and are touring farms around Vermont. Maybe you can come to a show? (Brattleboro is July 10th!)
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Trapeze feels hard and painful at the moment, but I'm grateful to have my rig up now with easy access for the coming weeks, and tickled that my heel hang hasn't left me even without chalk or rosin. I'm eager to reconnect with this friend.
I asked Catherine Jett to make up a little knee beat sequence for me on the spot today and this is what she gave me. It would be nice to fine-tune it more (omg my straddle inversion here makes me cringe!) but it's a sweet little ditty as is and I wanted to share.
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This is the first time I've done that knee beat to straddle catch high enough to beat out of it. The dynamics of it are very strange and I'd be curious to keep working on it!
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#dynamictrapeze #statictrapeze #trapezetricks #trapeze
Slowest possible dynamic trapeze (I mean, the video isn't in slow mo, I am!) + apologies for the very visually busy background!
Back balance to reverse elbow circle to ankles 💥
Double forward roll, crucifix to ankles. Wasn't sure what I wanted to work on during this training session and I was happy this came out in the end!
