TT • Building Transition Sequences • TT
presented by Dancehalldyke & Slab_me_harder
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Description
At times daunting and at times exhilarating; suspension transitions can be used to extend scenes, captivate audiences, build intensity, and find new possibilities for movement and connection. This course will focus on identifying opportunities for transitions, understanding their physical and emotional effects, and finding ways to choreograph sequences of transitions together to form a coherent and impactful scene. This course provides ideas and frameworks for how to move beyond static suspensions and planned transition sequences towards improvising transitions to form a sequence. We will also cover navigating various difficulties midair in safer ways.
Prerequisites: this is an intermediate/advanced class. Students need to have suspension experience to participate in the class. Beginners are welcome to observe and might find it interesting but will not be able to tie along for the class.
About the presenters:
Juno Sloane (Dancehalldyke, she/they) is a switch who likes to play with power dynamics, emotional vulnerability, and darker themes from both sides of the rope. Her style is a mix of traditional kinbaku with dynamic transitions and athleticism. She has a background in classical ballet, modern dance, and mathematical physics. In her vanilla life, she is a college professor, and has been teaching math and physics for 15 years. She is a student of Barkas, although she has many other influences and instructors. She have been teaching rope for three years nationally and internationally at Vox Body Studio, Temple New York, Dark Odyssey, Ropecraft, Northern Exposure Alaska, Birdhaus Toronto, The Jungle House Costa Rica, and more. Her rope performances have been featured at Twisted Windows, Seattle Erotic Arts Festival, Folsom Street Fair, SF Pride, Kinkfest, VoxBody Studio, and more.
Slab_me_harder (she/her) explores emotions, capabilities, and vulnerabilities thru rope. Her goal is to create mesmerizing and emotional rope scenes and performances that seek to subvert traditional rope norms and build space for queer community in rope. Her rope performances have been featured at Folsom Street Fair, Seattle Erotic Art Festival, SF Pride, Nuit des Cordes, VoxBody Studio, Birdhaus Toronto, and more. She has taught rope nationally and internationally at Dark Odyssey, VoxBody Studio, Temple New York, Ropecraft, Birdhaus Toronto, and more.