Date: Thursday 29th July 2021
Time: 10.45am - 12.30pm BST
Location: Marlborough School field, Marlborough Avenue, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 4HS (Free Parking)
Aimed at: Anyone with regular dance, movement or yoga experience
Age restrictions: 18yrs +
Fee: Pay What You Can £3 / £5 / £8 / £10
Important information: By joining this workshop participants are responsible for their own health and safety working in their personal spaces or outdoors on site. Please do not attend a face to face workshop if you have any Covid symptoms www.nhs.uk/covidsymptoms
DESCRIPTION
Simon will be teaching a vinyasa flow class that will also incorporate elements of Yin Yoga. The three main areas of focus will be alignment, use of energy and breath. Simon’s class is designed to help you connect more deeply with your body, increase physical strength and freedom and, importantly, release tension and find increased range of movement. The class will take place in a quiet and private location.
ABOUT SIMON BIRCH
Simon trained at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance and went on to perform in works by Nigel Charnock, Liv Lorent, Gill Clarke and others.
Simon has created works for many of his own projects and has also been commissioned by, among others, Akram Khan, Cscape Dance Company, Freefall Dance and Verve. His work has been toured throughout the UK and abroad. Simon was Rehearsal and Associate Director with balletLORENT for many years.
Simon has worked across art forms using film, text, movement and visual imagery; most notably collaborating with visual artist Trish O’Shea.
Simon was the recipient of the Wooda Art Award 2008 and was a choreographer on the International Dance Course for Professional Choreographers and Composers in 1995 directed by, founding member of Twyla Tharp’s dance company, Sara Rudner and composer Nigel Osborne.
Simon has a passion for education. He was a lecturer and Head of Faculty at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance and is currently a part-time Senior Lecturer in dance and choreography at Falmouth University and is a qualified yoga teacher.