with Burgundy Rose & Spring Tide

“I'm not so interested in how they move as in what moves them.” 
― Pina Bausch

This full weekend workshop will look at how to use movement and body mechanics to create fluid, dynamic and expressive rope scenes both on the ground and in the air. Where rope becomes a dance of restraint and release, of leading and following, control and surrender. 

We will cover efficient body and rope handling, how movement quality affects emotion and intention, tying both minimal rope and structural harnesses with movement, and creative ways of using uplines to manipulate the body. 

Drawing from Burgundy Rose’s training in physical theatre, circus and contemporary dance, the class will explore how to use movement to enhance your rope dynamic and personal style.

• Prerequisites

  This class is suitable for both beginner/intermediate and more advanced students wanting to deep dive into integrating movement into their scenes. Riggers must be able to tie a solid chest harness and have some experience with uplines. All participants must be willing to be physically close to each other and bring an exploratory, open mind. 

• About the Teachers

  Burgundy Rose (she/they) and SpringTide (she/her) met at Anatomie Studio almost a decade ago, and are now partners in rope, and in life. 

  Burgundy Rose has trained in performing arts which influences their rope style. Dynamic, playful and attentive, they are endlessly curious about people and thrive on the intensities, physical and psychological, that rope can bring out. 

  SpringTide’s relationship with rope tends to be either focused on surrendering and endurance or active, dynamic and co-creative. As an educator she focuses on choices a person has in rope to help shape a physical and/or emotional experience in a rope scene. 

  Burgundy Rose has trained with Jasmin Vardimon Dance Theatre Company (JVI Intensive) and on Circomedia’s degree programme in Circus Arts. In 2019 they were awarded a ‘Developing Your Creative Practice’ grant from Arts Council England to spend a period of time exploring rope, dance and physical theatre.

  The pair have learnt from a wide range of national and international rope educators and are committed to ongoing personal development and growth. They have had education in a range of styles, and are currently inspired by blending the intensity and aesthetics of ‘traditional’ Japanese Shibari with a more movement-based and deconstructed ‘contemporary’ style.

  Their shibari teaching, performances and life modelling has taken them across the UK, Europe and the USA.