Rope Dart with Bird (CANCELLED)

Caitlin "Bird" Bartow is a New York-based multiprop flow arts instructor and performer with a focus in the rope dart. She has been a resident instructor at The Floasis, Brooklyn's only school for fire arts. She has taught workshops at Fahrenheit, Flashepoint, New England Flow Fest, Flame, Kinetic, Fire Drums, Great Lakes Flow Fest, Flowmotion Symposium, TriFlow Fest, Spin All the Things, and Juggle MIT and has taught independent workshops in New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Lancaster. She has also served on the organizer teams for Fahrenheit Flow Arts, Flame, Flashepoint, CampFire and New England Flow Fest and is newly a member of the Director team for Flame Festival.

Come learn rope dart skills that will enhance your flow with Bird in an intimate and focused setting, all while having fun!

Note for beginners:

It is recommended that students have some familiarity with rope dart in order for these classes to be effective. If you have never picked up a rope dart before, we recommend getting your hands on one prior to the workshop and working through some beginner tutorials (especially in wraps) before taking these workshops.

THAT BEING SAID, even if you are relatively new to dart, you will still get a lot out of these workshops. These classes are great for newer dartists to try out more advanced concepts. If you are interested in private lessons prior to the workshop please contact the instructor.

Workshop Details

Horizontal Rope Dart (12:00-1:00PM)

Subvert audience expectations by adding some plane changing to your rope dart repertoire! This workshop will cover several options for entering and exiting the horizontal plane and a handful of fun wraps, cradles and body bounces to play with while you're there.

Rope Dart Slack Lifts & Traveling Wraps (1:00-2:00PM)

Don't let all that rope dart length go to waste! Learn to manipulate your slack with lifts, snaps and harnesses. These techniques will open up new possibilities in close-to-the body, contact-driven, creative use of your slack.

No prop? No problem!

We'll have extra rope darts at this class for student use.

About the Studio

The Community Education Center is a nonprofit performing arts center and artists incubator space. The Center is known and respected by artists and audiences alike for its support of the local arts community and its presentations of outstanding dance and performance. The Center also offers the community opportunities to explore their creativity through classes in the performing arts as well as performance opportunities. Learn more at http://www.cecarts.org/

FAQS

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.

WHAT TO WEAR?

Wear clothes that you are comfortable moving around in. No shoes allowed in the studio, so bring socks if you don't like being bare footed!

WHAT TO BRING?

Bring a water bottle and your rope dart!

PARKING & PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION?

Street parking is available, please come a bit early to ensure you can find a parking spot! The CEC is located very close to the 34th street stop on the Market Frankford Line and is also a 15 minute walk from 30th Street Transportation Center.