I shared this clip of a shoulder warm up on IG the other day, and people were really into it, which is always nice. But then I got to thinking about what was happening in the body in the exercise, and that set off my nerd brain. And when that happens, I gotta write a …
I often talk about how pathways in aerial show up over and over. But maybe I don’t always explain what I mean. So let’s talk about a pathway I call “rolling over/keying over”. To introduce this pathway, I use a floor exercise adapted from Bartenieff fundamentals. It is important to note that we’re going to …
You might have noticed, I spend a lot of time talking about bodies and movement. Imagine how much more time I spend thinking about bodies and movement. It’s a lot. I’ve been doing this work for a pretty long time at this point, and over the years the way I think about these things has …
I’ve been talking a lot about having an active connection to your apparatus, both in my classes and online. One of the big ideas that I share when I talk about this concept is the idea that there are two ways that you can interact with your apparatus. You can hang from it, or you …
Flamenco grip can be a tricky position to get comfortable with. And for good reason! It’s putting the shoulder, elbow, and wrist in positions that may be challenging for you because of strength and mobility restrictions, or because of previous injuries. And even if you don’t have any physical limitations, I find that it’s often …
I’ve never been shy or uncomfortable about dancing or moving my body. I always loved to dance as a kid, I took belly dance classes with my sister when I was 13. I was a teen in the 90s and went to raves and danced with glow sticks. Any time I was in a situation …
