ROH October: What can you do without a lot of rope?
Session 1: Rope dance & Rope 101
There will be two workshops running simultaneously, and it’s your choice which one you take part in.
Rope dance
This style of rope focuses on the rhythm and movement of two bodies working together, with the rope as a tool to allow creative positions and new ways of sharing weight. In this session we’ll give some exercises and tips for building your comfort with more free-form movement and dance-inspired rope. You’ll leave this session with more confidence moving in space, improved rope-handling skills in tricky situations, and body manipulation tricks.
Whether you want to learn to flow and twirl as you tie or get tied or simply make your scenes less static in some way, there will be something for you!
Pre-requisites:
- People tying: a solid single column of your choice, comfort moving with your partner
- People being tied: Good communication from inside rope, awareness of your boundaries, comfort moving with your partner.
Rope 101
Our well known 101 sessions return to teach you rope handling, basic skills and communication. You'll leave this class being able to tie a body up and glean some starter tips on how to be tied.
This class is suitable for people brand new to rope, and those who've been to a 101 before but still have some more questions around the fundamentals. There'll definitely be something new for you to learn.
Why not come along and take your next step on your rope journey?
Pre-requisites: none
Session 2: One-rope scenes
In this session we’ll do a deep dive into building scenes around a single rope (or two ropes joined together). This style of rope means you never have ‘too much’ rope to deal with, and focuses on the connection and communication you can build with repeated tying and untying within a single scene. You really can do a lot with a little!
We’ll focus on how to create connection from the very beginning of a scene, non-verbal communication skills, creating space to listen, and the different opportunities for play available in short-term vs long-term ties.
Pre-requisites: attending our 101 session, or
- People tying: a solid single column of your choice. Some understanding of rope tension, listening and communication skills.
- People being tied: Good communication from inside rope, awareness of your boundaries.
Presenter
The ROH Crew
(They/them)We run most workshops collectively, unless otherwise specified.
COVID-19 Policy
We ask that you only attend our events if you're fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (unless medically exempt) AND take an LFT on the day of the event, with a negative result. We will check this on the door. We have LFTs you can use, please arrive 15 minutes before stated start time to do so.
We welcome the use of respirators and face masks, but they are not compulsory.
Refunds
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As our events are over-subscribed and varied in price, we do not transfer tickets from one event to the next.