Building with Blox – Cambridge

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Coming toyou as a coach at Pitch Catch Circus School of Acrobatics and a staff teacher at Partner Acrobatics, join Ellio Blox for a weekend of accessible, yet challenging Dutch style Acro. Dutch Acro is a tradition focusing on highly dynamic movements and standing work. Focusing on mechanically advantagedalignment, movement, and technique, expect to leave with a deeper understanding of Acro, as well as some fun new tricks in your pocket. Proper spotting will be taught as intentionally as the acrobatic skills themselves. This is going to be a great opportunity to expand your practice in a safe,supportive, community environment with an international instructor! @elliobloxacro

Limited Spaces.
No partner required

SKILL LEVEL
This workshop is for anyone with an active Acro practice but is not suitable for total beginners. As a ‘multi- level’ event, students will receive catered instruction to their skill level, whenever possible.

SCHEDULE

SATURDAY- January 28th
** Ross Street Community Centre **

Session 1 – 12:00pm – 2:30pm – Inversion Therapy
The handstand is the backbone of a strong acrobatic practice. An art in itself, it also conditions both the base and flyer to be more successful in partner acrobatics. We will identify the role of each significant body part, from fingers to toes, and construct the ideal acrobatic handstand.

Session 2 – 4:00pm – 6:30pm – Standing Acrobatics
An exploration of several standing acrobatic movements, many from the Dutch traditions. In this session, we will focus on mounts and dismounts,isolated tricks, and flows between them. We will break down the mechanics, the logic, and the fun of standing transitions to get you feeling confident to nail the tricks you want. We’ll get off our backs and onto our feetfor some standing work, stacking low, high, and potentially overhead.

SUNDAY – January 29th
** St Augustine’s Church Hall **

Session 3 -12:00pm – 2:30pm – Holding Hands (and Feet)
We will ‘kick’ things off with a super fun progressive foot to hand series. A wonderful skill in itself, training foot to hand will also aid in improving at the ultra sexy, coveted handstand in hands – as seen all over Facebook and Instagram. We’ll getthe microscope out and look at some of the finer details that can offer huge stability gains, and make these tricks consistent #nailedit No matter your H2H experience level, there are gains to make in this session.

Session 4 – 4:00pm – 6:30pm – Icarian Games
From the L-Basing position, we can create alignment conducive to popping flyers high into the air (and catching them again!). Building from the basics then moving beyond them, we will safely and intelligently train Icarian (a pop where the flyer and base release all points of contact). A class focused on skills-training, we willbreak down the mechanics, the logic, and the fun of pops and tempo to get you feeling confident to train the more dynamic side of acro.

INVESTMENT
~Registration: https://goo.gl/forms/AnOItfvjRWbnpXnm2

~FULL Event~
Early Bird (Jan 14) – £110
Regular – £120

~SINGLE Session~
Early Bird (Jan 14) – £30
Regular – £35

BIO
Ellio Blox
Acrobat. Teacher. Performer. AcroArtist.
Ellio Blox has nourished a lifelong fascination for peering over edges and discovering footholds in the unlikeliest of places. Afull-time world-traveling teacher with his company Blox Acrobatics, he offers quality instruction on a deep bag of tricks. Blox is a head coach of Pitch Catch Circus School of Acrobatics in Asheville, NC, is a member of the Partner Acrobatics teaching team on intensives and teacher trainings, and has performed partner acrobatics across North America and the Caribbean with his performing arts and production company, Acrodisiac. Rooted in many years of pedagogic study, acrobatics training under world-class teacherssince 2010, and a commitment to health and happiness, Blox is a powerfulresource for acrobatic advancement and personal growth.

WEB: www.BloxAcrobatic.com
FB: www.Facebook.com/BloxAcrobatics
IG: www.Instagram.com/elliobloxacro (@elliobloxacro)