Helping Vanessa with Her Split Back Bend
Nothing much happened today until later in the night when I did the second part of my contortion workshop at Lighthouse Dance Studio. It was a lot of fun because there were a lot more girls then before. Vanessa was there, which is great because she is apparently thinking about doing this professionally so I was interested to see how she would work and what level she was at. Generally all the girls are really young still but they were still easy to work with.
The Group
We worked on a lot of the same things we did before. I helped them with crocodiles on canes, push ups, straight handstands against the wall, ab/core workout routines, conditioning, various versions of backbend splits, over splits and some partnering stuff. A few of the girls actually got their snap dragons too which was uber exciting for everyone. At the end they all did some tumbling things. One girl was very good on her hands and I spotted her in some one arm practice. She was very straight and had good engagement. Apparently she just started at Lighthouse which was really awesome. She'll will go a long way if she keeps everything up.
Contortion Group Picture
We took some group pictures at the end and that was basically it. It was great hanging out with Charity and the girls. I finally got into my groove with teaching and Charity said I was a really good teacher and that she'd give me a recommendation any time. Awesome! I hope to teach more contortion in the future because I love working with people on these skills. It's amazingly rewarding for me too when they get something.
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