Explore the Floor
a ground-based mini movement intensive
October 18-20, 2024
What?
Explore the Floor was born in 2022 out of Jenny's deep devotion to floor-based conditioning, and her desire to do more of it in a *warm* space and surrounded by community. This year, it's a 3-day/4-night escape to the lovely hills of Leitrim, where participants will stay in beautiful self-catering cabins and fill their days with 2x daily led classes (focused on strength-based mobility and progressions toward handstands), unlimited open studio time, daily sauna and hot tub on site, and all the (optional) dog cuddles you could ask for! Full price is €400, or €350 for current paid Patreon supporters of any tier.
Where?
This event heralds the soft opening of Tinteán Arts Centre, located just 20 minutes drive from Sligo town just outside the village of Dromahair. Workshops will take place in our warm (in both color and temperature) studio space, which is connected to the shared dining area, and sauna, showers, and hot tub. We'll be housed in two cozy eco-cabins, each with its own kitchen and shared living space. Plenty of parking is available on site. Please note Tinteán is not serviced by public transport - if you need a lift from Sligo town bus/train station, let us know on the intake form and we can try to arrange lifts. We are a 2-minute drive / 15-minute walk from Dromahair, where you'll find a well-stocked Centra and our local pub.
Who?
Anyone with a regular movement practice is welcome to join! Whether like me you're an aerialist who values a strong and consistent ground practice to keep you healthy in the air, an instructor who just wants the luxury of being told what to do for a change, a flow artist who wants to expand your range of expression, or a yogi who would like to explore flexibility and inversion through the lens of circus technique, all levels and styles are welcome.
Why?
But you're a die-hard aerialist, Jenny - why the floor? Although I love nothing like I love being in the air, I credit an enormous amount of my range of expression to the work I put in on the ground. At the end of the day, that's the whole point of getting stronger and bendier: to increase the vocabulary available to us, so we can tell ever more intricate, compelling stories. I've had the privilege of studying with contortion and handstand coaches across several continents over the past ten years, and while I would never call myself a contortionist or a handbalancer, their techniques have informed the practices that keep my aerial body happy, and I can't wait to share them with you in a focused, intensive (and did I say warm?!) environment.
How?
Registration for Explore the Floor is currently CLOSED - join Jenny's Patreon to be the first to know about upcoming intensives.
Questions? Comments? Exclamations? You know where to find me: circlecirque@gmail.com
