Straps-Workshop with Amina Riccetti

Workshop content: Straps are the perfect conditioning tool and require a lot of endurance. Progress is often slow, patience and persistence are essential. In this course we explore the element of air on the straps, its characteristics and singularities. We concentrate on the basics and focus on safety and technique. Participants will familiarize themselves with the necessary exercises, in order to feel confident with fundamental movements. Technical elements and tricks will be explored step by step and eventually we will delve into spins and loop movements as well.

– warm-up and strength exercises for straps
– specific mobility and injury prevention
– tricks and flexibility
– creative games

About the person: Amina Riccetti is a circus artist living in Vienna with experience in life sciences and confectioner artistry: She won awards at national confectioner competitions, finished her studies at BOKU university and studied circus arts in London (Great Britain) and Turin (Italy), where she specialized in silks and straps.

In her projects she examines feminist questions and highlights different perspectives through various methods and skills. She combines trans- and multi Sie kombiniert trans- und multi-disciplinary knowledge and explores materials, elements, movement and their relationships to each other by synergizing edible craftwork, performance art and scientific work.
Amongst others she’s currently teaching courses and workshops with key aspects in technique, creation and the menstruating body in Vienna and all over Europe.

Dates: 10.11., 17.11., 24.11., 08.12. and 15.12.2024
from 12:00 to 15:00

Location:
Turnsaal der NSMS Donaustadt
Am Kaisermühlendamm 2
1220 Vienna

Workshop fee: 130 €

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