Alien Jon Workshops HERE in Seattle!!! Please help spread the word about this fantastic workshop that Luxotica is helping to host…

This will be his first time visiting Seattle and don’t miss it! We will be offering 3 workshops over the weekend. Attend 1, 2 or all 3…we guarantee you will learn something new in every session.
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RSVP’s are required as there is limited space. Please email: erin@luxotica.com.
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1st Workshop: "Learning to spin from your Body" <br>
There is a tendency amongst both beginners and advanced spinners, playing at the edge of their technical ability, to plant their feet, lock up their body, and put all of their focus on what their hands are doing with the poi. This workshop gives you the foundational elements, forms, and understanding you need to increase your freedom of movement. You'll develop the tools you need to easily take that move you're learning and move your body freely with it. <br>
1st phase of class: Miming poi <br>
• Footwork basics
• Footwork Drills (expect to be a little silly)
• The Hallway and keeping your bearings
• Timing and direction with your arms: the 4 modes
• Move your feet and your arms at the same time!
• Focus points and transition points for the 4 modes wile turning!! <br>
2nd phase: getting poi involved <br>
• 4 modes with poi
• Footwork drills with poi!
• pinpoint your problem areas and polish them
• Where can we push it: Pirouettes and other silliness!
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2nd Workshop: "Spinning Geometry with 1 and 2 poi: Time Sculpture" <br>
In this workshop we'll take a look at the fundamental geometric attributes of poi when spinning , as they relate to you and the space around you. We'll explore how to move circles around your body, touching on basic building blocks that even advanced spinners have missed. Then we will explore the relationship and symmetries of 2 circles. Finally we will move beyond the circle into expansive and contractive orbits, and the patterns you can make with them.
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1st phase will be: The Geometry of a circle from 2D to 2.5D <br>
• Anatomy of a circle <br>
• Figure-eights and Cross-Points <br>
• Pushing and pulling the circle <br>
• Move through zones around your body <br>
2nd phase: how the poi dance together <br>
• Symmetry and Harmonic Proportion
• Stalls
• Loops and Arcs
• Linear moves
• Continuous Assembly Patterns (CAPs)
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3rd Workshop: Tech poi and group requests
In this workshop, we will delve deeper into the space surrounding your body, the frames and negative space your limbs and body can create, and how your poi interact with it. This is an an elegant and more easily understood take on some rather technical poi spinning. Then we will open up the class to participant directed questions and request for technical and advanced moves and patterns.
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1st Phase: Advanced use of Body Space
• Framing your poi
• Insides
• Inswings
• Introversions
• Inversions
2nd Phase: Group questions and exploration
The group can explore more advanced moves they want to learn!
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Jonathan Everett AKA Alien Jon, has been spinning things since childhood, starting with himself, and expanding to socks with tennis balls in them and sticks found in the woods of Maine. Starting with his first pair of devilstix in 1995, he officially entered the world of object manipulation. In 1999, from a foundation built on devilstix and drawing inspiration from T'ai Ji and Aikido, he began spinning glowing objects on strings or in socks at "all night dance parties". After meeting other spinners he learned that objects had been spun in a similar manner for millennia by ancient cultures from around the world. This gave rise to the discovery of fire spinning, and his dedication to the art of contemporary poi began.
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From devilstix and poi other object manipulation quickly followed: Sphereplay, staff, meteor, diabolo, and astrojax to name a few. These talents have been melded with a love of music and dance, including liquid, illusional, and funk styles. Jon loves to play and lives for the spark of innovation and creativity, while further honing his skill through diligent practice.
<br>Jon has performed at the Fringe Benefit for the 1st Annual Boulder Fringe Festival, the 1st Annual Boulder Juggling Festival, Ratuva Circus performance and workshops, COSM Fire, the 2007 Burning Man Conclave, and with the ExtraTerrestrial Circus Experiment. He has taught classes around the country in poi, sphereplay, and devilstix at the Double Rainbow Ranch, Boulder Circus Center, 1st Annual Boulder Juggling Festival, Shepherd Valley Waldorf School, SphereCamp East and West, Domba/Mystic Jewell dance Studio, Wildfire (CT), Florida State University, and at Renaissance Festivals country-wide. He also teaches private lessons.
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When: <br>
• Friday March 27th 7-9PM - Intermediate<br>
• Saturday March 28th 7-9PM – Intermediate<br>
• Sunday March 29th 7-9PM – Advanced<br>
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Price: <br>
• 1 workshop - $30<br>
• 2 workshops - $50<br>
• 3 workshops - $70<br>
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Where: Velocity Dance Studio (Seattle)<br>
915 East Pine Street, Suite 200 Studio #3<br>
www.velocitydancecenter.org/index.htm