Greentop Circus Workshops Autumn 2010

From absolute beginners to people with more experience, try Beginners Trapeze, Intermediate Hoop and Silks, Acrobatics, Puppetry, Contact Improvisation and much more.

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Second Swinging Sunday with Jon Cotton

September 12^th, October 10^th, December 12^th • 11am – 5pm

Swinging Trapeze Sunday Sessions led by an experienced trapeze tutor. Learn new techniques and improve existing skills, try moves on and under the bar, from standing and sitting and experience the thrill and the freedom of being weightless. For beginners to more advanced students - open to everyone with some aerial experience and a reasonable level of fitness and a good head for heights. Price £30 / £20*

Beginners Trapeze with Peter Murphy

September 18^th, October 9^th, November 13^th, December 11^th • 11am - 4pm

An introduction to this exciting circus art, including: warm up, body conditioning, rope work, moves on and under the bar and some transitions. This workshop is suitable for adult beginners - no experience necessary. This workshop is also a good basis for further training in aerial silks and rope work in subsequent workshops. Price: £35 / £30*

Aerial Hoop and Silks with Emily Rose

September 19^th, October 16^th • 11am – 4pm

Learn and practice climbs, locks, drops, moves and sequences on silks. Look at ways of using aerial hoop including low swinging, spinning, transitions and balances. Some previous aerial experience and upper body strength is required. This workshop will focus on good technique, conditioning and elements of performance with the equipment. Price £35 / £30*

Puppet Manipulation with Pif Paf

September 26^th • 11am – 4pm

At this one day workshop Pif-Paf's lead artists will teach you how to design, make and manipulate a simple giant puppet and explore how it can interact with human actors and an audience. Please look at their website www.pif-paf.co.uk to see examples of their extensive work with puppets of this genre. Price: £ 30 / £25*

Chinese Pole with Emily Rose

October 2^nd, December 5^th • 11am – 4pm

Learn and practice climbs, locks, drops, and sequences, static and dynamic moves on the Chinese pole. This workshop will focus on good technique, conditioning and elements of performance with the equipment. Some previous aerial or pole experience and upper body strength is required. Emily Rose an experienced aerial theatre, Chinese pole artist and teacher who leads a fun action packed session. Price £35 / £30*

Contact Improvisation with Kate Dymoke

November 14^th • 11am – 4pm

Contact improvisation (CI) is a movement form that is based in Yoga, Gymnastics, Aikido and Dance. These elements make it accessible, full of somatic information and references to improve body awareness and usable in both training and performance contexts. It is a mostly done as a duet form involving physical contact, weight bearing, supporting and being open to the moment to sustain fluidity, trust and ease. We will work from the floor to standing and move towards more dynamic lifting and falling, working with gravity, against gravity, and with the surface of the floor and your body. Price: £35 / £30*

Aerial Dance with Gerry Turvey

November 21^st & 22^nd● 11am – 5pm

This is a great workshop for dancers, circus artists and aerial dancers to work together. During the two days we will create new ideas for working with aerial equipment. The emphasis will be on discovery and play as creative tools, the focus will be on finding new ways to work in and out of the ground, with encouragement to dive into unknown territories. This workshop will give you tools for new ways to create movement material, both on the ground and in the air. No previous experience of aerial work is necessary, just a good sense of your own physicality, and an ability to be playful with improvisation. Price: £80 / £70*

Acrobatics with Marcelo de Ramos

September 14^th - 15^th ● 10am – 4pm, December 7^th – 9^th● 10am – 4pm

This is an intensive workshop aimed at all acrobatic levels from beginner to professional. The intensive will cover tumbling, mini-trampoline and adagio. Marcelo is an acrobatic performer and teacher and a specialist stuntman with over 20 years experience, as seen on Britain’s Got Talent. September Price: £80 / £70*, December Price: £125 / £100*

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