Classes:
Shoulder / Frontal Contortion Stretching to Improve Range of Motion
Thurs. 8/5. 10:00-11:30 AM MDT
$35 class plus recording. | $35 recording only.
Prerequisite: Ages 14+. If students have previous shoulder or knee injuries, as long as the body is fully recovered AND students know how to set their own limits, to prevent injury.
Students will learn techniques from initiation to advanced for frontal contortions and technical shoulders, using an organic progression of joint stretching thus preventing any type of trauma. This type of stretching helps improve your range of motion as an artist of any kind, thus giving a different quality to your work. Focus on joints of hips, knees and shoulders
Marco Motta has taught this technique for more than 10 years without any type of injury to him or to any student.
Supplies needed: You’ll need a scarf, chair, mat and water to hydrate.
Resignification of Objects: different ways of using your circus apparatus to develop a new language
Fri. 8/6. 10:00-11:30 AM MDT
$35 class plus recording. | $35 recording only.
Prerequisites: Ages 14+. For students with some experience in dance and/or circus.
Students will explore the creative process of how I create my pieces, whether it is floor or circus apparatus. Learning from how I explore the languages of abstract breakdance technique will demonstrate how you can create in an organic and meaningful way, breaking with certain predominant aesthetic patterns. The class is light at the acrobatic level and focuses on the philosophical questions, as well as, coordination and memory.
Supplies: You’ll need flat smooth terrain and water to hydrate.
About Marco:
Marco Motta is a multidisciplinary artist (contortionist, dancer, aerial acrobat specializing in aerial straps) and circus director born in Salvador Bahia, Brazil and currently lives in Spain. He participated in several circus festivals and has won 3rd prize (Firco Festival), 2019 CircusTalk Critic’s Choice, Firco Festival 2019, and special prize of the jury 38e Festival Mondial Du Cirque de Demain standing out in these festivals for his unique style that is detached from the predominant aesthetic.