We worked on silks in this class. Silks are silk knot without the knot, so two free pieces of fabric. I had been waiting all summer to work on silks, so this was an exciting day for me. Silks require more strength than silk knot does and the apparatus isn't as stable, so we work a lot harder to work on the silks. We worked on some basic skills: climbing both silks, climbing one silk, wrapping our feet with an 8-loop, and a crossback straddle or butterfly. Silks, silk knot, and Spanish Web use a lot of the dance skills I'm used to, so I feel more comfortable on these than I do on the trapeze or the lyra.
Circus Day 5
I completed my summer goal of being able to do a handstand. I can now do a handstand. Now that I can correctly get my body into the handstand position, I can work on balance and core strength to keep it longer. This was the highlight of my class. We worked on our floor work as usual, and then my group went to stilts. Stilts are difficult, and understandably so. You have to reteach yourself to walk with longer limbs than you are used to. I felt like a baby learning to walk and took a lot of wobbly baby-steps. I'd love to work on it again. We spent so much time strapping in, there wasn't a lot of time to actually practice walking.
We worked on silks after that and worked on the same things we did the day previous. Chris and I also taught ourselves to do this:
Chris is doing a crossback straddle in the silks and I am doing an inverted straddle. This position is a lot of fun and I really like the way it looks.
Aerial Day 6
We worked on trapeze again today. It was great to go back to the first apparatus we worked on to see how far we've come. Trapeze was much easier for me this time because of how much more strength I have. I still don't have the best grip, and that makes me nervous. I'm now strong enough to get up and work, but I'm constantly afraid I'll slip off and I have to make multiple trips to chalk my hands. I'm glad to see how much easier it is to work on the trapeze now though. We did a lot of new stuff on the trapeze this time, including a new favorite, the coffin:
Circus Day 6
After floor work, my group went to work on juggling pins. These are a little harder than juggling balls due to the way you have to catch them and the way they have to be flipped. I was able to figure out how to manipulate one pin pretty well, but I had to stop at two pins. There is a specific rhythm with two that will take a while to learn. We went and worked on trapeze some more. We did the splits, "the angel," and "the bird's nest." These were all moves we did the day before, but it was nice to get a second chance to work on them.
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