Flexy Flyers - Janelle (Dinosaurs) Peters
Flexy Flyers - Janelle (Dinosaurs) Peters
SILKS & SLINGS - ALL LEVELS
SUNDAY 230-4 TH
Let’s get bendy in the air! Learn how to soften into a stretch and gain flexibility without fighting yourself! In this workshop, students will learn ground-based, silks-assisted, dynamic and partnered stretches they can incorporate into their own training, and will gain a deeper understanding of the physiological relaxation response that allows for deeper stretches. This workshop is especially designed for aerialists and will provide step-wise progression for students seeking to maintain healthy shoulder mobility and who wish to increase mobility in their hips and spines. This workshop is appropriate for aerialists of all levels.
Janelle is a professional contortionist and aerialist from the San Francisco bay area. Janelle coaches her aerial and flexibility students with a style informed by her background in dance and education theory. She empowers her students to identify and pursue their own goals, while emphasizing the importance of safety and technique. Described as humorous, encouraging, exploratory, and warm, Janelle creates a personal connection with students that persists outside of the classroom. She works with all ages and skill levels, and excels with students who are exploring their artistic identities. Janelle coaches act development with a unique perspective produced by her training as a therapist and in physical theater method; exploratory, unflinching, and holistic. Janelle completed an apprenticeship with the Paperdoll Militia in 2013 and has been teaching since then. Janelle was the Aerial Program Lead Instructor at Ascend Aerial Arts before moving to Colorado in 2017. Janelle is now the Education Director at MOTH Contemporary Circus Center, and enjoys traveling to teach at studios around the United States. Janelle is also @cirque_psych on instagram, where she provides psychoeducational materials directed at exploring and understanding our beautiful, complex, circus minds.
OBSERVERS: Allowed for $15 fee
PHOTO & VIDEO POLICY: students may photo or video THEMSELVES, but not my teaching.