10/30/2018 0 Comments Unicycling is hardToday we slept in, which was for many of us the first chance to catch up on sleep since starting classes on September 12th. With this abundance of time we cooked up some delicious pancakes for a group brunch. Fuelled and ready to go, we set out once again for the Trenton Circus Squad Factory. With no further ado, we got to work on our projects.
While Isla and Claire were organising the office, the rest of the team got the chance to speak with Melea’s former aerial arts instructor and company director, Joanna Haigood. Facetiming in from the San Francisco Bay Area, she told us about how her background in dance influenced the way that she practiced and choreographed aerial arts. We learnt how Zaccho, Joana’s youth company, had a major impact on its members development by encouraging them to reflect and create. In this way, their young people grow in consciousness as well as technique Operating in a similar area to Trenton Circus Squad, the social aspect was also important to Zaccho and helped us relate their experience to the experience of Trenton Circus Squad. After our conversation and some more work on projects, we got a beginner’s lesson on the unicycle from a member of the King Charles’ Troupe, famed for their basketball on unicycles act. We found it to be ‘five time as hard as we expected,’ ‘hard, that’s like, yeah…’, ‘our left shins are bruised’, ‘wait, my right shins are bruised’, ‘OMG look at my bruise’, ‘spicy’. To conclude, a challenge. Nevertheless, we persevered and (most of us) got a little bit better. After finishing up, we had our second dinner with the squad, meeting new members and getting to know them better. We’re really enjoying this opportunity to meet students of different ages, it’s nice to mix with people of very different ages, which doesn’t happen often while at college. Their aspirations, interests and stories are a joy to hear, and remind us of life as a high schooler. After a break, we returned to the performance area, getting to see the advanced unicycling class while trying new tricks ourselves. A particular favourite today was the chinese pole, a tall pole with high friction that can be climbed up, hung off and slipped down. There we tried various tricks including the flying frog. After a tiring practice, we called it a day, cleaning up and heading home. Much love, Jimmy Biscuits
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Trip LeadersIsla Weber '21 grew up in Indiana amongst a family of artists, musicians, and performers. She has been doing aerials for 8 years and teaching for 3 and is excited to share circus arts and the many benefits it brings with the Princeton community and beyond. In the case that she doesn’t run away with the circus in the next few years, she plans to major in Neuroscience on the Premed track (maybe Cirque Du Soleil is looking for a new onsite doctor?). ArchivesCategories |