Explorations09: Interview with Toby Shaw (Faculty)

Explorations (Grades 7-9)
March 8-13, 2009
Fort Worden State Park
Port Townsend, Washington

NOTE: This interview is not finished. I'm seeking photos and videos clips of performances and class activities to be added to this discussion.

Circus Skills
Toby Shaw will focus on traditional circus skills including juggling, diabolo, and acrobatics/adagio. Toby mixes it up to keep everyone active, and breaks the process down step by step. He takes students at an absolute beginning level through to the magic of keeping three balls in the air, balancing and twirling a crazy yoyo and balancing on and with your friends through the acrobatic training of adagio. Adagio is the name given to partner acrobalance movements. It originated in Eastern Europe, and involves transitions between various stationary balances using one flier and one base. The base remains in contact with the ground and the flier is balanced in the air. To see what juggling with a diabolo looks like, check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyTnFQd9W_A.

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