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Winter and Spring WORKSHOPS
Naomi Ullian on March 30th: Partner Acro, Handstands & Dance Trapeze Acro Stilt walking with Alicia Gerstein of Carpetbag Brigade April 6th at ODDFELLOWS Playhouse in Middletown** Kids 12-2pm Adults 2:30-4:30 Becca DeAngelis on Sunday, April 27, 2025: Adaptability in the Air.............10:00am - 12:00pm Partnering on Trapeze.............12:15pm - 2:15pm Sling / Trapeze Crossover.........3:00pm - 5:00pm Stay tuned for future workshop announcements! |
Acro Stilt workshop with Alicia Gerstein of Carpetbag Brigade. 9-13
At Oddfellows Playhouse in Middletown**
Learn the fundamentals of acrobatic stilt dance! This workshop will begin with guided exercises on the floor, leading into work on stilts. With solo, partner, and group work, participants will increase stability, explore weight sharing and find new possibilities for level changes and movement in stilt work.
Prerequisites: Be able to walk confidently and unassisted for an extended period of time on stilts.
Equipment requirements: Bring kneepads with a hard plastic shell. Stilts should have rubber on the stilt bottoms and stilts should be 1.5-2ft max height
At Oddfellows Playhouse in Middletown**
Learn the fundamentals of acrobatic stilt dance! This workshop will begin with guided exercises on the floor, leading into work on stilts. With solo, partner, and group work, participants will increase stability, explore weight sharing and find new possibilities for level changes and movement in stilt work.
Prerequisites: Be able to walk confidently and unassisted for an extended period of time on stilts.
Equipment requirements: Bring kneepads with a hard plastic shell. Stilts should have rubber on the stilt bottoms and stilts should be 1.5-2ft max height
$70
Acro Stilt workshop with Alicia Gerstein of Carpetbag Brigade. 14-Adult
At Oddfellows Playhouse in Middletown**
Learn the fundamentals of acrobatic stilt dance! This workshop will begin with guided exercises on the floor, leading into work on stilts. With solo, partner, and group work, participants will increase stability, explore weight sharing and find new possibilities for level changes and movement in stilt work.
Prerequisites: Be able to walk confidently and unassisted for an extended period of time on stilts.
Equipment requirements: Bring kneepads with a hard plastic shell. Stilts should have rubber on the stilt bottoms and stilts should be 1.5-2ft max heigh
At Oddfellows Playhouse in Middletown**
Learn the fundamentals of acrobatic stilt dance! This workshop will begin with guided exercises on the floor, leading into work on stilts. With solo, partner, and group work, participants will increase stability, explore weight sharing and find new possibilities for level changes and movement in stilt work.
Prerequisites: Be able to walk confidently and unassisted for an extended period of time on stilts.
Equipment requirements: Bring kneepads with a hard plastic shell. Stilts should have rubber on the stilt bottoms and stilts should be 1.5-2ft max heigh
$70
Adaptability in the Air Workshop with Becca DeAngelis. 14 &up or serious student
What happens when you can't use a foot? A leg? Your hand? Find out what most impacts movements and how you can modify the skill or your technique to still accomplish your goal. This workshop works your creativity, out of the box thinking, disrupts habitual pathways, and gives us tools we didn't know we had.
What happens when you can't use a foot? A leg? Your hand? Find out what most impacts movements and how you can modify the skill or your technique to still accomplish your goal. This workshop works your creativity, out of the box thinking, disrupts habitual pathways, and gives us tools we didn't know we had.
$70
Dance Trapeze workshop with Naomi Ullian.
TRANSLATING TRAPEZE: SKILLS + SEQUENCING ON DANCE TRAPEZE FOR STATIC TRAPEZE ARTISTS + OTHER AERIALISTS: This intermediate/advanced level class is ideal for experienced aerialists to explore their strength and aerial knowledge onto a apparatus that offers both vertical (like fabric and rope) and horizontal (bar!) elements. Come join us on the apparatus that offers something for everyone. Pre-requisite: Ability to invert from the ground; ability to hold with hands on ropes body weight for 5 seconds; some aerial class experience.
TRANSLATING TRAPEZE: SKILLS + SEQUENCING ON DANCE TRAPEZE FOR STATIC TRAPEZE ARTISTS + OTHER AERIALISTS: This intermediate/advanced level class is ideal for experienced aerialists to explore their strength and aerial knowledge onto a apparatus that offers both vertical (like fabric and rope) and horizontal (bar!) elements. Come join us on the apparatus that offers something for everyone. Pre-requisite: Ability to invert from the ground; ability to hold with hands on ropes body weight for 5 seconds; some aerial class experience.
$70
HANDSTANDS AS ATTENTION PRACTICE.
HANDSTANDS AS ATTENTION PRACTICE: This all-levels handstand class offers students a way to understand inversions and body awareness from the inside-out. We will explore range of motion, conditioning, the nervous system, and attention cues that allow us not only to progress in hand-balancing and inversions from a place of calm and care, but also learn to apply skills and concepts from hand-balancing in our daily lives.
HANDSTANDS AS ATTENTION PRACTICE: This all-levels handstand class offers students a way to understand inversions and body awareness from the inside-out. We will explore range of motion, conditioning, the nervous system, and attention cues that allow us not only to progress in hand-balancing and inversions from a place of calm and care, but also learn to apply skills and concepts from hand-balancing in our daily lives.
$70
Partnering on Trapeze with Becca DeAngelis. 14 & up or serious student.
In this workshop, we will focus on working with others as an extension of the apparatus. We will work on connecting with our partner and finding the unique spaces between ourselves/partners and the trapeze. No partner required- come alone or with your partner. We'll shift groupings throughout.
In this workshop, we will focus on working with others as an extension of the apparatus. We will work on connecting with our partner and finding the unique spaces between ourselves/partners and the trapeze. No partner required- come alone or with your partner. We'll shift groupings throughout.
$70
PROGRESSIONS IN PARTNER ACROBATICS.
PROGRESSIONS IN PARTNER ACROBATICS : This all-levels 2-hour workshop will explore the mobility, conditioning, and technique needed to progress through hand-to-hand vocabulary as well as set students up with concepts for safe weight-sharing in exploration and creation. We will cover classic stacked vocabulary and skills as well as partnering that moves across the floor. Pre-requisites: Ability to hold a solid plank on the floor for 15 seconds, ability to kick up to handstand against the wall.
PROGRESSIONS IN PARTNER ACROBATICS : This all-levels 2-hour workshop will explore the mobility, conditioning, and technique needed to progress through hand-to-hand vocabulary as well as set students up with concepts for safe weight-sharing in exploration and creation. We will cover classic stacked vocabulary and skills as well as partnering that moves across the floor. Pre-requisites: Ability to hold a solid plank on the floor for 15 seconds, ability to kick up to handstand against the wall.
$70
Sling / Trapeze Crossover workshop w Becca DeAngelis..
Sling / Trapeze Crossover
Static trapeze can be considered a rigid sling, while Sling can be considered a squishy trapeze. In this workshop you’ll explore the similarities and differences between these apparatuses.
For students who have previously taken this workshop, we’ll revisit some skills, build on others, and introduce a whole host of new tricks.
We’ll roll, drop, wrap, and swirl on these seemingly unrelated apparatuses. Exploring the ways in which the same skills and pathways can be performed on both when applying techniques that account for their shape. We will find timing, wraps, walk-downs, and a few skills which don’t quite translate and the reasons behind that.
Prerequisites: Beginner: Must be able to mount, sit, and stand on the trapeze and/or sling with minimal assistance, passing familiarity with either beginner sling or beginner trapeze skills.
Intermediate: Easily mount the trapeze and/or sling; be able to safely invert a few times over 2hrs
Advanced: Easily mount the trapeze and/or sling; be able to easily and safely invert repeatedly
Sling / Trapeze Crossover
Static trapeze can be considered a rigid sling, while Sling can be considered a squishy trapeze. In this workshop you’ll explore the similarities and differences between these apparatuses.
For students who have previously taken this workshop, we’ll revisit some skills, build on others, and introduce a whole host of new tricks.
We’ll roll, drop, wrap, and swirl on these seemingly unrelated apparatuses. Exploring the ways in which the same skills and pathways can be performed on both when applying techniques that account for their shape. We will find timing, wraps, walk-downs, and a few skills which don’t quite translate and the reasons behind that.
Prerequisites: Beginner: Must be able to mount, sit, and stand on the trapeze and/or sling with minimal assistance, passing familiarity with either beginner sling or beginner trapeze skills.
Intermediate: Easily mount the trapeze and/or sling; be able to safely invert a few times over 2hrs
Advanced: Easily mount the trapeze and/or sling; be able to easily and safely invert repeatedly
$70
Thrive Movement Studio opened in the summer of 2014 and is a dream come true for Heidi Kirchofer Joel Melendez. It represents years of dreaming and scheming by the dynamic duo and lots of hard work by Heidi, Joel and Heidi's father Charles Kirchofer.
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