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With NATASHA PATTERSON, BRIN SCHOELLKOPF, and SABINE VAN RENSBURG of People Watching Collective
AERIAL SILKS (DYNAMICS & CREATION)
2 hour session includes;
- Extensive warm up & activation exercises
- Base technique of dynamic tempos & release moves
- Creative tools & research
- Strength & Flexibility tools
- Improvisation & how to connect sequences
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:
Intermediate & advanced aerial fabric and rope artists.
Able to invert in the air multiple times consecutively without coming down & do s-lock warps & basic drops safely.
ABOUT THE TEACHING ARTISTS:
NATASHA PATTERSON was born in San Francisco. At age 10 she joined Cirque du Soleil’s show KOOZA as a contortionist. After 5 years of touring with the company, she left to pursue juggling at the National Circus School of Montreal, where she also completed a formation in hand to hand and floor acrobatics. Rooted in a multi-disciplinary approach to circus, she has since doven further into dance, theater, and music by taking various workshops and developing in an autodidact manner. Along the way, she has had the pleasure of working and collaborating with various international circus and dance companies such as Les 7 Doigts, Cirque Eloize, Circus Monti, Jacob Jonas the company, Nohbords, and more.
BRIN SCHOELLKOPF grew up in the green mountains of Vermont, spending much of his free time in the performing arts community. At thirteen he joined Circus Smirkus. Brin decided to further his passion for circus at l’École national de Cirque in Montreal, specializing in tight wire and acrobatic research. After graduating in 2018, he immediately started the four month creation for 'Passagers' with The 7 Fingers, and toured the show internationally for two years. During the pandemic, Brin continued to pursue his personal projects including the formation of a new acrobatic dance collective titled People Watching, with Sabine Van Rensburg, Jeremi Levesque and Natasha Patterson. Recently the collective went into a month-long residency at the 7 Fingers studios, supported by the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.
SABINE VAN RENSBURG is a Montreal-based circus artist. Having been born into a family of artists, she followed in their footsteps. She attended the National Circus School of Montreal where she specialized in Dynamic Aerial Silks & Acrobatic Dance. After graduating in 2018, she performed and toured with the contemporary circus company Les 7 Doigts de La Main (The 7 Fingers). Recently, she founded an acrobatic movement collective called People Watching. Sabine has ample experience teaching and giving workshops, from Moscow, Berlin, Santiago, Barcelona, Cape Town and now Ithaca.
She looks forward to collaborating and inspiring circus artists & aerialists all over the world.