WHAT: SPINS!
In this 1.5 hr workshop we’ll explore spins! Everything from how to spin underneath yourself without a swing or an orbit, tools and practices for alleviating dizziness and tips for nausea and spin related wonkiness! We’ll play with span set spins, side mounts, flares, split spins, etc at multiple heights and explore different ways of entering the hoop! This workshop will help you level up and look more professional with tight, centered spins!
APPARATUS: Lyra, Sling or Dance Trapeze
PREREQUISITES: Intermediate to advanced aerialists.
WHO: New York Cat (they/them) studied dance since they could walk. Cat's eclectic dance style draws from ballet, first and foremost, as well as pointe, modern, tap, jazz, contemporary, partnering, musical theatre, hip-hop, West African, vogue, tribal and belly dance... Performing in NYC since the age of 15, they studied intensely from a young age with Mia Michaels, Dan Karaty, Suzi Taylor, Terry Beeman, Finis Jhung, Daniel Catanach, Debbie Allen & numerous others.
At 17 yrs old Cat studied with and performed Mia Michaels' rep at the Riverside Church, moved to NYC and started attending NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. They travelled to Africa to study West African dance with the Ghana National Dance Co. and performed immediately after earning their BFA from NYU in many National Tours and Regional Musicals.
After a hit-and-run left them with 4 herniated discs, a concussion, a handful of other injuries and unable to perform 8 musicals a week, they shifted into straight acting and became a personal trainer, certified by former middleweight champion Michael Olajide Jr, to help others with spinal and shoulder injuries like themself. Cat can be spotted on Broad City, High Maintenance, Incarnate, The Bridge, Law & Order and several other film projects.
Gogo Dance + Performance Art entered their life 8 years ago and since then Cat has become a resident performer at Henrietta Hudson, NYC and House of Yes, BK. They also perform for Hot Rabbit, Bad Habit, Femme Party at Club Cumming, with Share Gurl on Fire Island and the Modern Gypsies. They’ve also been seen at Diamond Horseshoe, Secret Loft, Elements Festival, Envision Festival & many more.
More recently, w/over 7yrs of training with Benn Mendoza, Kyla Ernst-Alper, Jonathon Conant, Jan Manke, and Francoise Voranger under their belt, they regularly perform Aerial- Cage, Moon and Cube as well as Lyra, Cat’s solo apparatus of choice!
In 2015 they debuted their first Fire Fans act at Envision Festival in Costa Rica and has performed Fire with Flambeaux Fire and Enchanted in NYC.
Cat’s been teaching a flexibility class at 305 Fitness, NYC since 2017 and has continued teaching flexibility and mobility classes over Zoom every Tue + Thur at 4:20pm ET.
You can connect with Cat on Instagram at @newyorkcat 🐱
WHEN: Saturday September 11th 6:30-8:00 p.m.
COST: $55 Early Bird price ($65 when you sign up after 9/4/21)