C4 Circus Workshop Weekend 2020
Monarca in Flight presents

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Cancellation policy: Because our traveling instructors require guaranteed payment levels, client cancellations less than 72 hours prior to the beginning of a workshop and without a doctor’s note will receive a 30% refund. If a class is canceled by Monarca in Flight or by the instructor, a full refund will be issued to the affected students.
Thursday, April 23
Building Effective At-Home Workouts for Aerials – $55
Devin Gaither
6:30 – 8:00
Solo Invented Apparatus – $55
Acoatzin Torres & Susan Lowery
6:30 – 8:00
A Trio of Invented Apparatus with Acoatzin and Susan.
In this workshop, students will explore and learn skills to begin to navigate three (3) different invented apparatus: The Peach, Horizontal Triangle and Clown Balls . This workshop is a great exercise for the brain, the imagination, and the body. Don’t miss this opportunity to train on these uncommon apparatus. Pre-Reqs: clean invert from the floor, basic knowledge of Trapeze or Lyra, clean pull over is helpful but not necessary, we will work with your level. |
Trap Tease – $55
Devin Gaither
8:00 – 9:30
Duo Invented Apparatus – $55
Acoatzin Torres & Susan Lowery
8:00 – 9:30
Double the trouble – Double the Fun! Duo Invented apparatus workshop with Susan and Acoatzin
In this workshop, students will not only learn skills to navigate the Stacked Peaches, Duo Clown Balls and Horizontal Triangle, but they will learn how to share the space as a duo act. This workshop is a great exercise for the brain, the imagination, the body and the belly (from all the laughs and giggles). Pre-Reqs: clean invert from the floor. Ability to complete inverted tuck, pull over and 10 sec; strong hold.
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Friday, April 24
Double point Lyra – $55
Danielle O’Donnol
6:30 – 8:00
In this workshop we are going to explore the double point lyra (rigged so that it will tip up when the top is weighted). We will focus on skills at the top of the hoop, playing with the additional motion of the Lyra. Pre-Reqs: Invert with ease, comfortable at the top of the Lyra, vocabulary of standard Lyra poses. |
Emergency Exit : Navigating the Unexpected in the Air – $55
Devin Gaither
6:30 – 8:00
Mini Lyra – $55
Acoatzin Torres
6:30 – 8:00
Juggling and Movement – $45
Christian Kloc
7:00 – 8:15
Acting Up : Portraying Character and Story in the Air – $55
Devin Gaither
8:00 – 9:30
Ball/Club Passing – $45
Christian Kloc
8:15 – 9:30
Saturday, April 25
Fabric Theory Practicum – $55
Elizabeth Finn
11:00 – 12:30
Beginner German Wheel: Get Ready to Roll! – $55
Chris Delgado
11:00-12:30
Beginner German Wheel: Get Ready to Roll! – $55
Chris Delgado
1:00 – 2:30
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Straps Bread and Butter – $55
Elizabeth Finn
1:00 – 2:30
Rope Play – Lyra – $55
Gena DuBose
1:00 – 2:30
Advanced Beginner German Wheel – $55
Chris Delgado
3:00-4:30
Lyra Combos and Spins – $55
Gena DuBose
3:00 – 4:30
Partner German Wheel – Twice the Fun! – $55
Chris Delgado
4:30-6:00
Tippy Lyra – $55
Gena DuBose
5:00 – 6:30
Sunday, April 26
The Drop Shop (sling) – $55
Daniel Saab
11:00 – 12:30
Rope Tools – $60
Lisa Natoli
11:00 – 12:30
Above the Loop – $55
Daniel Saab
1:00 – 2:30
Research and Destroy Vertical Theory Abstract Thought – $60
Lisa Natoli
1:00 – 2:30
Lyra Flow – $55
Daniel Saab
3:00 – 4:30
Intuition and Technique – $60
Lisa Natoli
3:00 – 4:30
Instructors
Chris Delgado
Gena DuBose
Elizabeth Finn
Devin Gaither
Susan Lowery
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Susan started her professional life in the science world. As a published biologist, she has worked for Battelle, NASA, New Mexico State University, Corning and Juniata College. In one facet or another, Susan has always been encouraged or steered to instruct adult learners (university students, USArmy Engineer Officers and NGB soldiers).
During a sabbatical in the UK at the age of 43, Susan found aerial arts at Spin City, Newbury, England (Spin City Hoop Bibles) under the instruction of Amy Capper-Gorman, Francesca Stockwell, Lexi Gumm and “Bendy Kate” Czepulkowski, training mainly in fabric and cross training in Roman rings, flexibility, static trapeze, corde lisse and Lyra. Susan loves to use biology and science to highlighting the physical movement with scientific and anatomical concepts. She loves instructing students who, like her, start their aerial journey with “hurdles” (lack of strength/flexibility, fear of heights, lack of confidence, overweight or simply over the age of 40) but simply posses the desire to “try”.
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Lisa Natoli
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Lisa Natoli is a freelance aerial artist specializing in silks, rope, and lyra. She attended the Alvin Ailey certificate program before receiving her degree in dance at the University of Iowa. She trained as an aerialist in NYC with Laura Witwer, Kevin O’Connor, and Terry Beeman. As an aerialist Lisa has performed in private, corporate, and staged events across the nation including Jenny Rocha’s “The Dinner Party: A Whodunnit Cabaret” and “Migrations”, choreographed by Cirque Du Soleil-alum Kristin Young. Lisa has performed at Black Hearts Burlesque (Minneapolis),Burlesque Below The Bridges (Brooklyn) and has performed in the Floating Kabarette at Galapagos Art Space (Brooklyn), The Slipper Room (NYC), and Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret (Denver) . Lisa has been presenting her own evening length and ensemble work as well as curates evenings as Lisa’s Bright Ideas and Bright Ideas Aerial Salon in Brooklyn, NYC since 2008. LBI has collaborated with pedal steel player Bob Hoffnar, German photographer Henryk Spiess, and playwright Carrie Louis Nutt. Lisa has taught on-going classes at Aloft (Chicago), Circus Warehouse (NYC), Aerial Arts (NYC), The Muse (Brooklyn), and House of Yes (Brooklyn), and Frequent Flyers (Boulder). She has also taught many workshops across the nation: Aircat Aerial Arts (Boulder), Aerial Acrobatic Arts (Denver), Miraas Circus Arts (Denver), Bumbershoot (St. Louis), Project in Motion (Las Cruces), Altitude Aerials (Phoenix), Vertical Arts (Phoenix), Tucson Circus Arts (Tucson), Agora (Detroit), Detroit Flyhouse (Detroit), Contemporary Circus Arts Festival of Toronto (Toronto). |
Danielle O’Donnol
Daniel Saab