Summer 2010
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Beginning Acrobatic Stilt Workshop
06/19 - 6/20 - Location TBA, Oakland CA - 12noon-6:00pm
$155 discounted early registration (register by June 5th);
$195 regular registration
BYO stilts or $40 to rent our aluminum acro stilts
workshops@carpetbagbrigade.com 517-881-9307
This workshop will challenge you to learn acro stilt walking in a two day intensive format. The workshop is geared towards people with balance and movement training (dancers, acrobats, yoginis, etc.) in order to cover ground quickly. Previous stilt experience is helpful, but not necessary.
Our work and play will include
- stillness, walking, falling, landing and rolling
- pathways to the ground and up,
- partnering and ensemble thinking
- physical character on stilts
- games, improvisation and choreography
We will draw on Circus, Contact Improvisation and physical theater to transorm the human body into something eight feet tall, dynamic, stable, fragile, and beautifully precarious.
We will have several pairs of our aluminum acro stilts to loan to participants: space in the workshop is limited.
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Summer Stilt Asana Seminar
Carpetbag Brigade's Summer Stiltasana Seminar will be at Green Valley Village near Sebastopol, California.
It will take place between the 11th and 31st of July. The workshop component of the seminar will be from the 12th to the 23rd and will focus on technique and composition. The laboratory component of the seminar will take place from the 25th to the 31st and be oriented around a collective creation process that leads into local presentation the 30th and 31st of July.
We will work two sessions a day; morning and late afternoon/early evening. Participants in the first component are welcome but not required to be in the second component.
Jay Ruby will be the primary instructor. There may be a 2nd instructor to come in and work with training in contact improvisation and choreography and a musician to work with rhythm and presence.
The first two weekends will be for rest and exploring. The third weekend will be used for presentations.
- Workshop cost (1st two weeks) = $550
- Laboratory cost (last week) =$150
Green Valley Village is an intentional community on 300 acres of land. It is a combination of Redwood Forest and grasslands. We will work in the performance barn upstairs for wooden floor training work, as well as near the grape arbor for grass surface training work. There is a pond for swimming and a camping area that will be used for lodging..It will be necessary to bring tents and sleeping bags. The pond and camping area are about a 1/4 mile walk from the rehearsal area near the performance barn. Participants will be responsible for their own food. On the ground floor of the barn is a communal kitchen with two refrigerators, stove, silverware, and plates.
A non-refundable deposit of $250 is due by June 15th to reserve your space.