Workshops
All-Levels Flexibility with Gunnar Field
Sunday, November 24th
Noon-1:30PM | $30
Curious about backbending, learning the splits or just want to improve your flexibility for dance, aerial, pole or more? This workshop will introduce skills and drills that will help you on your backbend & flexibility journey. Focus will be on shoulder and hip mobility to best set us up for backbending and splits.
Come discover the joy of flexibility through safe and fun techniques. All levels are welcomed and encouraged to join. No prerequisites.
About the Instructor
Gunnar Field is a contortion and hand-balancing coach based in the USA, he has been teaching contortion for over a decade. Gunnar teaches Mongolian contortion techniques infused with his own flair and influenced by his past training in gymnastics and ballet. Gunnar began training contortion in Minneapolis, MN, coming from gymnastics and having a natural inclination towards flexibility he fell in love with the art immediately. He went to study contortion Ulaanbaatar Mongolia and trained under the guidance of Nargama Baatar. He has furthered his training in China at the Beijing international school of acrobatics and arts. He has performed around the USA, Thailand & China. Using his 30 years of accumulated knowledge of body movement and mechanics he has taken a somewhat different approach to teaching the art of contortion. We are excited to bring Gunnar to our studio to offer this workshop!
Check out his IG @Splits_Whisperer
Introduction to Contortion with Gunnar Field
Sunday, November 24th
2-4PM | $40
This workshop is geared towards getting a taste for contortion, brushing up on skills, or wanting to learn some new skills and sequences. We will go over warmups, drills for the hips, back and shoulders, balance exercises, and partner shapes.
This workshop is open to contortionists of all levels but does have some light prerequisites.
Prerequisites:
-Bridge with shoulders over hands i.e wheel pose
-Splits close to flat or over
-Comfortable kicking into a handstand on the wall
About the Instructor
Gunnar Field is a contortion and hand-balancing coach based in the USA, he has been teaching contortion for over a decade. Gunnar teaches Mongolian contortion techniques infused with his own flair and influenced by his past training in gymnastics and ballet. Gunnar began training contortion in Minneapolis, MN, coming from gymnastics and having a natural inclination towards flexibility he fell in love with the art immediately. He went to study contortion Ulaanbaatar Mongolia and trained under the guidance of Nargama Baatar. He has furthered his training in China at the Beijing international school of acrobatics and arts. He has performed around the USA, Thailand & China. Using his 30 years of accumulated knowledge of body movement and mechanics he has taken a somewhat different approach to teaching the art of contortion. We are excited to bring Gunnar to our studio to offer this workshop!
