Circus Factory Cork is delighted to host Gianluca Gerlando Gentiluomo for a two-day aerial intensive featuring aerial rope skills and silks on the first day!
Aerial Rope Skills and Silks Details
Day 2 / March 29th
Open to all levels (during the course, if there are very different levels, Gianluca will divide the work, generally into two levels). The two apparatuses are as different as they are similar and allow for complementary work for those who practise either rope and/or silks. He likes to see the study of the “technique” of a discipline as “grammar” or a basis for composing more articulate “phrases”, enriching it with “artistic research”. Technique is therefore not something to be underestimated in the search for one’s own style, but a solid starting point to be consolidated in the body. Part of the work will therefore be dedicated to the detailed analysis of movements and “motor patterns” that are fundamental to the study of any figure or transition on the rope.
In particular, the work will focus on:
- Specific physical preparation for the type of work to be done
- Study of certain sequences using positions of strength, dynamic movements and control
- “Aerial proprioception”: study of rolling up and down, C-shape and back balance, and different applications in dynamics or with control
- Dynamic movements: study of certain principles of dynamics in aerial acrobatics and application to certain sequences