H2H Workshop with Micah & Heidi in Somerville

Event Details

Join Heidi and Micah for a weekend of Hand to Hand workshops! Take your hand to hand from the floor to standing in the Friday night workshop; folks who are comfortable in standing h2h are invited to learn entrances, exits, and technique for standing reverse hand to hand on Saturday!

Details and registration here: https://www.amilia.com/store/en/eshcircusarts/shop/programs/37068?subCategoryIds=2007022

Journey to Standing Hand to Hand
Friday November 22nd
6:30-9:30am
Register here: https://www.amilia.com/store/en/eshcircusarts/shop/activities/2446010

Micah and Heidi share technique and conditioning towards integrating standing hand-to-hand into your practice with confidence and ease. We’ll take time to dissect grips, load-ins, tempos, alignment, exits and bails for L-basing hand-to-hand as well as standing hand-to-hand. Along the way, conditioning and technique may be woven into flows for training while taking in the scenery. This workshop is targeted to newcomers to standing hand-to-hand as well as those looking to revisit and refine the essentials of this skill.

Pre-requisites:

Flyers
-straddle jump into handstand against wall or with spotter, hold 1 minute
-30 second HS facing wall, hands as close to the corner as possible
-30 second foot to hand in L-base, both with bases elbows down and extended
-comfort in a 2-high

Bases
-10 consecutive push ups with elbows squared
-30 second foot to hand in L-base, both with elbows down and extended
-3 squats while basing 2 high

Standing Reverse H2H: Entrances, Exits, Flow
Saturday November 23rd
2:30pm-5:30pm
Register here: https://www.amilia.com/store/en/eshcircusarts/shop/activities/2446021

We’ll first establish the foundations for a steady standing reverse hand-to-hand (grip, placement and alignment), and then progress into various entrances: step-ups, roll-ups, reverse inlocate. Micah and Heidi share original transitions into and out of this skill from other standing poses as well as a few funky exits. There will be moments to troubleshoot, identify pitfalls and understand the spotting.

Pre-requisites:
All of those listed in the above workshop, plus
-10 seconds standing hand-to-hand with minimal movement, and a soft and controlled descent
-10 seconds L-base reverse hand-to-hand

About the Instructors:

Micah Ellinger has been immersed in the world of partner acrobatics since 2008, starting with an intensive circus program for 9 months at New England Center for Circus Arts in Vermont, and in 2016 completed 3 years training hand to hand at Ecole Nationale de Cirque in Montreal. Since then he has been performing internationally with several companies, including Cirque du Soleil, Cirque Eloize, and Circus Monti. In between performing contracts he enjoys connecting with the recreational and hobbyist acrobatic communities, teaching worldwide at workshops, intensives, and festivals.
IG: @micah_ellinger

Heidi Blais is a slackline, acroyoga and handstand teacher and innovator. From walking some of the world’s longest highlines, to balancing on minimal points of contact in acroyoga, playing with weight and gravity is her mojo. Hand-to-hand has become a wellspring of creative possibility in her acroyoga research. The former architect loves to deconstruct movement and share her understanding with others. She seeks to open students to their own potential on a journey of empowerment, towards that undeniable voice that cries, “We got this!” Her approach is as centered around “priming” – physical and mental preparation for greater cohesion in partner movement – as it is around delivering awe-inspiring moves. She teaches worldwide and is senior teacher trainer with Acroyoga Montreal. Heidi is born in California, based in Montreal.
IG: @heidiblais