december, 2007
Our newest performer, Jenna. Her performance on the bungee is terrific!
december, 2007
The construction at Dardano's was successful! We now have over 20 feet of
clearance for large drops and intricate routines. Our class schedule will be
expanded in 2008. We have developed a custom aerial instruction that
incorporates Feldenkrais to great advantage. Our Parkour friends share the
gym with us and were happy to have Ben visit to see their amazing feats.
december, 2007
More crane bar pictures.
december, 2007
November brought more height to the ceiling at our winter work out space,
Dardano's. Thanks to Larry Dardano, we were able to raise a section of the
ceiling so as to install a crane bar and have over 20' of clearance to work
in. Barca Chase flew in to help in the construction, Ben lent his welding
skills, and our aerialists and Parkour enthusiasts pitched in as well. It
was a team effort!
november, 2007
In October we held our first workshop Kansas City, MO. There were 16
participants who did fantastic. Rachel and John were the hosts at their
warehouse. David provided massage therapy and Sean was our one brave male
participant. We look forward to returning to Kansas City Dec 1 and 2 for the
next workshop.
october, 2007
We have made friends with other performers who have ordered our fabric. Gia
Bathory from Nashville ordered red fabric for her show, Devil's Night 07 and
sent us photos. Thanks Gia!
september, 2007
Jenna practicing for her first bungee show Nov 1st. Photos soon.
august, 2007
LJ, trapeze artist from Miami, joined us in August. Jennifer has performed a few times at the club.
august, 2007
Gail, violinist from Corteo, and LJ, trapeze artist from Miami, joined us in August. Also Gails' niece, Clarion.
Jennifer has performed a few times at the club. She has a different
repertoire of tricks and so is a valuable asset for performing and teaching.
We were happy to have LJ visit and perform on the fabric at the club while she
learned bungee with us. After her last practice with us in
Denver, we had an impromptu belly dancing lesson in the kitchen with Morgan.
september, 2007
Julie, one of our favorite performers was married to Matt in September. They
met while trying out for the National Circus School in Montreal. The wedding
was in Bisbee Arizona. We wish Matt and Julie all the best as they chart a
new life together.
more august, 2007
We were honored to have Florence, a performer with the Cirque Corteo show
come by our practice. She was training Christine and we watched her training
after one of the Corteo shows. We also had a chance to get to know Oleg who
is a great hand-balancer in the Corteo show. We enjoyed becoming friends
with the performers and family members of Corteo and were sad to see them
leave Denver. However, we have new ideas as a result of our interaction and
will be working on developing new routines for our shows.
august, 2007
Christine Girard (and her daughter Mya) accompanied a group of Cirque du Soleil folk down to the Imperial Flyers trapeze rig a couple times.
Benny also had them up to his place for water skiing and a party, and we hosted several fabric get-togethers and BBQ.
august, 2007
Here are a few photos of Bama and his group doing Parkour at Elitches
Xcity show. They have been doing 3 shows a day all summer and will end their
run with Elitches on August 12th. Tanya and I were amazed at their athletic
prowess while scaling the towers and buildings of the set. It has been
wonderful to help them gain more gymnastic skills at Dardano's over the past
winter.
july, 2007
We have had a great time making friends with several of the performers and
their wives and children who are in Denver with the Cirque Corteo show.
Christine purchased fabric from us and has brought her friends Claire and
Tasha to our practice sessions along with her daughter Mya. Christine's
husband, Fred is one of the amazing high bar performers in the Corteo show.
It was a pleasure to have the cast members of Corteo visit the Church
nightclub where we do our shows. We have enjoyed getting to know many of the
cast and support crew with Corteo, and have seen Corteo several times,
appreciating the show more each time.
It has been a great month with our friends from Cirque learning new skills
at practices, having BBQs, flying trapeze, and water skiing! Ben, our mentor
even visited the club to watch his grand daughter's show at our fifth
anniversary performance. And our latest fabric order was sent to New
Zealand!
And our wonderful Brian hung up his bungee harness after his last performance.
may, 2007
In May, Jennifer did her first fabric show at the Church. She is a great
addition to our performing and teaching corps!
april, 2007
Julie was in town briefly and did a quick performance at Denver School of
the Arts. She whipped herself into shape within a week and now is back in
North Carolina. We worked with the DSA senior tech students and their show
was great.
april, 2007
Photo of us with Marshall Garfield, in the Cirque dining hall with the arch
by Andrew Goldsworthy in the background.
april, 2007
Our visit to Montreal was truly amazing! Thanks to Marshall Garfield we were
able to visit Tohu, an amazing venue, the National Circus School, Cirque
Eloize, and Cirque du Soleil headquarters which is enormous and still
growing! We learned a great deal and met many wonderful people. Marshall was
fantastic in arranging all of our meetings. Barca Chase, featured in a few
of the pictures, drove us all over Montreal.
january 25, 2007
Unbelievable! Julie came in from North Carolina during the massive blizzards that hit Denver. She shoveled a path through the snow drifts to our practice rig and set up the fabric! She is amazing.
january 15, 2007
A quick update from Jeena in Florida. Apparently she misses Denver's freezing blizzard weather but she is making up for it by working hard on her rig!