coaching

Available for workshops within the United States and internationally. See below for offerings. Contact for rates.

LYRA FLOW: INTERMEDIATE

This workshop, for intermediate (or high beginner) hoop artists, will offer pathways and transitions between belly and back, top and bottom bar, and familiar poses within the hoop in order to expand sequencing opportunities. Students will learn combinations and also be given the theoretical tools necessary to make their own combinations smoother and more seamless. 

LYRA FLOW: ADVANCED SNAKING

This workshop, for advanced hoop artists, will explore "snakey" hoop movement. We'll cover various rolls and unique pathways and transitions between belly and back and top and bottom bar. Much of this workshop will focus on the movements and moments in between tricks and poses. Students will be offered unique combinations to play with, as well as a few sequencing puzzles intended to develop their capacity for creating their own interesting transitions. 

Drop The Beat: Intermediate

This course is ideal for anyone with bar experience (hoop or trapeze) who has focused on shapes, transitions, flow but has shied away from dynamic skills. We will discuss the basics of generating and utilizing momentum from a variety of positions in order to create the potential for safe, consistent release skills and dynamic tricks. We will work progressions for skills such as: elbow circles, pop to back balance, penny drops (knee beat release to standing), and more upon request and based on collective skill level of the group. Not every student will be offered the opportunity to try every skill, but everyone will walk away with a clear, progressive training path towards any of the skills we train.

Drop The Beat: Advanced

This course is for the accomplished hoop artist who has a great level of comfort on the bar, but isn't sure how to approach training for large, dynamic skills. We will discuss beat theory and how to generate momentum from various hanging positions, including some less common positions (ankle hang beats, anyone?). We will work progressions for skills such as elbow circles and inlocates, cutaways, casting from bottom bar to top, knee beat half-twist to hand catch, and more upon request and based on collective skill level. Not every student will be offered the opportunity to try every skill, but everyone will walk away with a clear, progressive training path towards any of the skills we train.

ALL ROADS LEAD TO ARMPITS

Armpit tricks have a special place in my heart. Transitioning into and out of armpits create an imagery that breaks from beautiful and graceful movement, and can more easily live in the worlds of humorous, absurd, or grotesque. The moment of pause in armpits can seem stuck, and transitions out of armpits have great potential to be unexpected and surprising. In this workshop, we'll explore a variety of entrances and exits into and out of armpits! Bring long sleeves!

BACKBENDING FUNDAMENTALS

Perfect for the stiff student beginning their bending journey, or the noodley student looking to develop better control of their flexibility. Together we explore the differences between flexibility and mobility, and discuss ways to open, strengthen, and stabilize the shoulders, hips, and spine. Students will learn, in depth, the purpose behind the alignment cues regularly offered in traditional yoga and flexibility classes. We will discuss various methods and the tools they offer for training flexibility, including yoga, traditional Mongolian contortion, and newer methods.

Jenna has been coaching circus arts for seven years. She is a member of the 2019 inaugural graduate class of the 3 year Pro-Track Program at the New England Center for Circus Arts and became a member of the core coaching staff in 2020. In all of her teaching she strives to create an environment that is fun, freeing, and celebratory of your body and what it can do.