I just completed a two day course on Lyra yesterday. Wow. Of all the aerial apparatus I have ever used, this one is by far the most painful! lol I had a wonderful time, of course, but I sleeping the last two nights have proved somewhat difficult. I have bruises in the strangest places!
Marina, who was our instructor, was amazing. She makes everything look so effortless, which of course makes it all the more frustrating when you try it, and realize how NOT effortless it is. The Gravity Girls who hosted the class also took the course, along with a few others who have all had experience on the lyra before. I was pretty much the only one who didn't have recent experience on one. Marina was really patient with me, and by the end I had learned the basics of handling myself in the air. I also picked up the names of a few tricks, which range from making sense, to really bizzare. I mean, names like Dragonfly or Amazon make sense to me. Skin The Cat is another story. Who came up with that one?
I also have finally purchased my Lyra at long last! Jackie Tan made it for me, and it came in just in time. Its so pretty, and I brought it to class on the second day. Marina hung it up, and it got broken in with some of the most talented people I've seen. It was awesome. She called it the "Tippy Lyra" because of the rope rigging. The ropes make it much easier to flip the hoop around upside down and such. However, because it's so easy, this also happens unexpectedly sometimes. Which can either look really cool, or scare the crap out of you. Or maybe a bit of both. :)
I am super excited to keep training on it, and perhaps make my first performance in March at Wave Street Studios. I gotta see how much strength and pain management I can build up in the next month. I will post dates as soon as I can confirm.
I also took some video at the class, and posted a short snippet below. I am going to try and add more later, as my very slow computer at home permits.
Signing off, happy, sore, and looking for more...
