Double Staff with Wolf Bukiet

Come learn one of the most challenging props from international artist Wolf Bukiet! This workshop will be 3 hours long, consisting of...

Intro to Double Staff Flow (3:00-4:30)

No Experience Needed

We will be covering the basics of double staff theory with an emphasis on finding your own creative flow right from the start. We will start with one and two beat reels and stalls in all possible timing and direction combinations. For each move, we will explore all the different parts of the body we can use to create that pattern and how to allow the staves maximum freedom, momentum and flow. We will play with the distinction between "staff-centric" movement and "body-centric" movement. At the end of the class, we will begin applying the same principles to antispin/isolation combos.

Prop-body Integration (5:00-6:30)

Some Flow Arts Experience Required

Using props, we will explore motion, momentum and inertia both within and outside of our bodies. We will practice following the toy to unexpected places, moving our bodies in synch with it. Eventually, the prop and body will merge, so that while movement which originates in either object or body will be channeled through the other, eliminating the difference.

About the Studio

When to arrive?

Please arrive 5 minutes before class time in order to get acquainted with the space and ready for class to begin on time.

How to get there?

Stay Fly is located at 5th and Spring Garden, sharing the same building as the Dollar General. Enter the studio through the gated area at the center of the building courtyard, which is on 5th street (behind the Dollar General)

What to wear?

Wear loose, comfortable clothing. No shoes on the rubber mats, so wear dance shoots or gripped socks if you don't want to be barefoot. There is a full changing room and locker room to store your things during class.

What to bring?

Bring a water bottle and your props. Tim Lund of The Playing Mantis will be vending staves on site for practice and purchase. 

Parking?

There is a large FREE parking lot located behind the Dollar General building (directly in front of the studio entrance). Enter the parking lot from 5th street or park in the Dollar General on the Spring Garden Side.

Public Transportation?

Stay Fly is only a few blocks walking distance from the Spring Garden stop on the Market Frankfort Line.