Arisia over, I'm almost back to a regular human schedule again. I thought of you Friday night (well, Saturday morning) while I spent three hours playing with a friend who's been running a circus arts practice at Hampshire and his girlfriend (who is working on resting her feet on her head while in handstand).
So when/where/how do you get in to the gymnastics practice?
I like handstands though. I daydream about starting up a Cambridge handstand club in the spring
I like handstands too. Tell you what, start the club on Boston Common and I'll show (well, alright, I'll show if you start it on the red line, but I know people who might well show if it's on the green line). It's odd, some days my handstand is just there, and some days it's shaky as hell. I don't know why. Same with my pushups into handstand.
I wonder if they're a little like breakdancing handstands
I'm not sure what breakdance handstands are like, so I can't say how they compare to CI handstands. One of the big differences I've heard claimed twixt ci and gymnastic styles is whether you're looking down or out, and thus whether your spine is arched or straight respectively, thus how softly you can hold your body, thus...
This past weekend has also gotten me interested in levers and planches. Dang those circus people! Showing me cool stuff! How dare they!?
the improv stuff sounds really interesting
The next improv jam is this Monday from 8-10PM, top floor of the Dance Complex in Central. Live music, amazing movement. This is jumping in to the deep end, but I think you'll be fine. If you want to test the waters, every Sunday from 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM there's a contact jam (no music, much slower moving, more explicit intention, far fewer people) at the Arlington Center.
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Date: 2007-01-17 05:19 pm (UTC)So when/where/how do you get in to the gymnastics practice?
I like handstands though. I daydream about starting up a Cambridge handstand club in the spring
I like handstands too. Tell you what, start the club on Boston Common and I'll show (well, alright, I'll show if you start it on the red line, but I know people who might well show if it's on the green line). It's odd, some days my handstand is just there, and some days it's shaky as hell. I don't know why. Same with my pushups into handstand.
I wonder if they're a little like breakdancing handstands
I'm not sure what breakdance handstands are like, so I can't say how they compare to CI handstands. One of the big differences I've heard claimed twixt ci and gymnastic styles is whether you're looking down or out, and thus whether your spine is arched or straight respectively, thus how softly you can hold your body, thus...
This past weekend has also gotten me interested in levers and planches. Dang those circus people! Showing me cool stuff! How dare they!?
the improv stuff sounds really interesting
The next improv jam is this Monday from 8-10PM, top floor of the Dance Complex in Central. Live music, amazing movement. This is jumping in to the deep end, but I think you'll be fine. If you want to test the waters, every Sunday from 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM there's a contact jam (no music, much slower moving, more explicit intention, far fewer people) at the Arlington Center.
Come play!