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[flexagon]

Last Friday flexagon finally got to see what apfelsingail's circus posts are all about. That was planned... unplanned is that we wore almost identical outfits. Hint for confused viewers: only one of us has enough hair to have a braid. :)


Here is flexagon doing a layback under the careful tutelage of the mandatory tattooed instructor:



apfelsingail displays impressive flexibility on the Spanish web. Take note of her (lone) ninja-foot!




flexagon was only allowed to do this rope trick because the head teacher wasn't there.



That apfelsingail sure does get herself wrapped up in things.... And THIS sort of thing is why she often has rope burns on her feet.



More standing and leaning back... what can flexagon say, it's a gift given only to some.


This is apfelsingail's current favorite new trick. flexagon can see why -- very pretty.


flexagon looks superlatively trim and graceful in this one- and check out those back muscles!


Look ma- no hands! Well, actually, the hands are about to come off, but this shows why apfelsingail always has funky bruises on one ankle or the other.



Purty. (flexagon hung like this and they swung her around. Wheee.)


apfelsingail introduces the REAL owner of the place, Phoenix the Cat, who has come out to inspect the class...


There is no technique involved in flexagon's latest showoff move... it's strength and nothing else. Good thing it looks tricky. (apfelsingail disagrees on the 'no technique needed' statement. Then again, she is incredibly jealous, because she certainly can't do a one-handed handstand.)


And at the end of the day, we let our poor, tired feet relax.

Comments

[flexagon]

Yeah, far away... I did my "I'm a beginner but I'm strong" gig. We have seriously GOT to get more of a circus school scene going in Boston, but I don't know how to help make that happen.

[dilletante.livejournal.com]

people totally learn stuff at spontaneous, but we're pretty informal; past the very beginning moves nobody has a real program of study to advance, people just exchange stuff they know. we send people up to nimblearts for more formal study.

for spinning and hooping, though, the spinjam is thick with talented teachers. it's also informal, but... rich. and there are some folks doing partner acro and contortion there, too.

we're starting to get more crossover of other circus stuff to the silks practices at spontaneous, also. and there's a regular core of lyra/static trap folks now, too.

for an actual school, there's the "simply circus" guy, but he's not close in to the city. and there's the somerville open air circus, which... crap, they started june 24 this year, i always forget to check. um, they're more aimed at kids, but they do some adult stuff too.

[motyl.livejournal.com]

I know there is at least one aerial silk class, as I have a friend who has been going. I suspect it's a bit more narrow than full circus classes but it looks a lot like what you were up to.

[flexagon]

*nods*

If it's the one at Spontaneous Celebrations in Jamaica Plains, it actually sounds like their scope has broadened a bit lately, which is good.

[motyl.livejournal.com]

Do you know anything about OpenAir (http://openaircircus.org/about.html)? They said they do workshops for all ages, though I'm not sure if the classes (http://openaircircus.org/Schedule2008.html) are just for kids or not.