Contortion with Rachel Talbert

This December Rachel Talbert can grace us with her presence at Rocket City Circus Arts! She is a Virginia based Contortion , Flexibility, Injury Prevention , and hyper mobility management instructor. She has been teaching classes, workshops, and private lessons for 12 years now, and hope to offer my multifaceted approach to you guys as well. She received her initial training in Contortion and Aerial Sling at the wonderful circus school NECCA in Brattleboro Vermont and then completed a Circus Arts Intensive program on a scholarship at Actors Gymnasium in Chicago IL further studying Contortion under a Mongolian coach. Rachel also completed flexibility teacher training under Cirque du Soleil's Alixa Sutton as well as continuing education courses in injury prevention and physical therapy approaches to mobility through Cirque Physio.  

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Check out the two (2) workshops she is offering at our studio below:

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1) Introduction to Middle Splits (Saturday, December 12th 1:00pm-2:30pm)

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This is a one and a half hour workshop with a short cardio warm up. Targeted stretches for the various
muscles in the legs and hips that are specific to middle splits will be introduced using yoga blocks,
walls, mats and chairs. Muscle activation exercises will be introduced for strength and prevention. This
workshop is open to all participants.

Price: $50 per student

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2)Introduction to Back Bending Workshop (Saturday, December 12th 3:00pm - 4:30pm)

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This is a one and a half hour workshop with a short cardio warm up and back conditioning. Stretches for
upper back, shoulders and hips will be introduced using chairs, yoga blocks, and walls. Assisted
stretching and spotting may be used. This workshop is open to all levels.

Price: $50 per student