Clara LaFrance shared some cool ropes exploration she came up with while trying to play with a trapeze hip key I had posted, and then Catherine Jett and I tried to imitate Clara’s work – which didn’t seem to translate from Clara’s single-point to our weighted static-rigged bar. But in the meantime, we got to this nice shape and sequence instead — an excellent game of trapeze telephone.
0:00 Sit, lay back, hook left knee on right rope (bonus mermaid-y open out)
0:06 Both hands on left rope, hook bar in right hip crease, invert, hook right foot on rope overhead
0:10 Release hands and push hips forward
0:19 Regrab rope above face, move right foot to candlestick on far rope, wrap right arm around back/around bar, unwind
0:23 Release left hand, try to figure out what to do with so much hair
0:29 Remove right arm from bar (Don’t try this part without a spotter! You can do the whole sequence without removing this arm.)
0:37 Take bar with both hands, unravel legs and tip into meathook on left arm
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