Vertical Dance Technique - Intermediate
Following a short warm-up, we’ll check back in on correct use and understanding of the rigging we use in vertical dance.
On the wall we’ll revisit some basic known vocabulary to re-find your connection and orientation before moving into sequencing moves through different planes. In the afternoon we’ll shift between learning some of my existing choreography and using creative exploration tasks to find your dance on the wall.
Please wear multiple snug layers around your hips and waist for your comfort. Long sleeved t-shirts are also handy for some moves. We usually work barefoot but you may also want to bring slim soled non- marking plimsolls for the wall and/or socks.
If you have a climbing harness you prefer and any kit (gri-gris, rigs, karabiners etc.), please bring them with you.
Who is it for?
The vertical dance technique class assumes some previous experience of working in single point harness and of using a belay device (grigris, rig or similar).
Pre-requisites for attending:
You should be confident and have some experience in demonstrating:
- Plank positions on different planes
- Finding your balance point on feet or hands under the rigging point
- Jumping away and returning to the wall – with control!
- Some experience of rotations (basic forward & back somys) and cartwheels on the wall.
NB None of these have to be perfect!
Please wear multiple snug layers around your hips and waist for your comfort. Long sleeved t-shirts are also handy for some moves. We usually work barefoot but you may also want to bring slim soled non- marking plimsolls for the wall and/or socks.
If you have a climbing harness you prefer and any kit (gri-gris, rigs, karabiners etc.), please bring them with you.
All aerial equipment needed will be provided.
Age 16+
About Lindsey Butcher
Since graduating from London Contemporary, Lindsey has worked with numerous dance, theatre, circus and opera companies as a dancer, aerialist, teacher, mentor and choreographer.
As a dance and aerial practitioner, she has over 40 years of professional practice and remains very active as a performer, choreographer, teacher and mentor.
In 2003, (after winning the Jerwood Award for Circus) Lindsey founded the aerial dance company, Gravity & Levity to provide a vehicle for her artistic vision.
Much of Lindsey’s aerial choreographic work over the last 20+ years has been 'building based' vertical dance commissions, a discipline in which she specialises and teaches master classes in the UK and Internationally; France, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Canada, USA, Panama and Brazil.
She is also a founder member of the Vertical Dance Forum, a transnational group who received Creative Europe funding to disseminate this practice and support the development of the art form.
Bio provided by the artist.