vertical dance
Low Flying Lab 
/ with Lindsey Butcher (2025)
NOTE: This is a one-week long course. We will be repeating material in week 2.
Low fly is a single point harness class in free space that works in and out of contact with the floor using climbing equipment, abseil lines and harnesses to create moments of suspension and flight.
We’ll begin each class with floor work, leading into aerial exploration using a variety of rigging systems in different configurations and spatial relationships and use guided improvisations to explore each new territory.
We’ll work solo, in pairs and groups to explore finding techniques for flying and partnering with momentum and sensitivity, giving and supporting weight and expanding our range of spatial orientation.
A really fun class which you can take at your own pace – and even better and you don’t have to hold your body weight on your arms!
Lindsey advises wearing at least a couple of snug layers around your hips and waist for your comfort. Long sleeved shirts are also handy for some moves. If you have a preferred climbing harness & any kit (gri gris, rigs, carabiners etc), please bring them with you.
Improver Vertical Dance Technique
/ with Sara Granda (2025)
This class is for people who have some prior experience of vertical dance i.e. you’ve been on the wall before or are a climber. Also, if you love flying, this is your class!
We will start by learning how to safely use vertical dance equipment/gear and work through basic techniques to keep up safe on wall.
Through out the class we will be learning jumps, cartwheels, cool flips, somersaults and some running! Towards the end of the week we will begin to weave these movements into a choreography/phrase. We promise it will be very fun!
Clothing: Something comfortable and thick to protect your skin around your hips and waist.. layer up!!
Improver Vertical Dance Technique
/ with Sianna Bruce (2025)
This class is for those with prior Vertical Dance or climbing experience looking to refine technique and expand creative expression.
We’ll begin by grounding in safety and equipment awareness before exploring fundamentals in body alignment, spatial sensitivity and the interplay between breath and movement.
As the week unfolds, a set sequence will serve as our foundation – something to learn, embody, and then reshape through personal exploration. Through this process, you’ll deepen your connection to the wall, discovering new movement possibilities where technique and creativity merge.
Improver Vertical Dance Technique
/ with Hannah Scully (2025)
This class is for people who have some prior experience of vertical dance i.e. you’ve been on the wall before or are a climber.
We will start by learning how to safely use vertical dance equipment/gear and work through basic techniques to keep up safe on wall. We will focus on posture and alignment with an emphasis on finding ‘your dance’ on the wall.
Through out the class we will be learning jumps, cartwheels and somersaults. Towards the end of the week we will begin to weave these movements into a choreography/phrase. All of this will incorporate partnering and improvisation, to best get to know the wall and orientation.
Clothing: Something comfortable and thick to protect your skin around your hips and waist.. layer up!!
Vertical Dance Rep
/ with Lindsey Butcher (2025)
NOTE: This is a one-week long course that is strictly for aerialists with prior single point sit harness experience! We will be repeating material in week 2.
The focus for this class will be on working through and understanding specific vertical dance body puzzles and orientations applied in some of Lindsey’s own choreography created over several years.
Pre-requisites: Ideally you should be familiar with, confident and competent in demonstrating; Planks (on different planes), finding your balance point on hands or feet, jumping and returning to the wall with control, basic rotations.
NB None of these have to be perfect!
Throughout the week we’ll gradually build up the vocabular and choreographic material shifting between fast paced dynamic sequencing and slower more sensual phrases – there may well be some counting involved in this class!
As you’ll know (!) we advise wearing at least a couple of snug layers around your hips and waist for your comfort. Long sleeved shirts are also handy for some moves. If you have a preferred climbing harness & any kit (gri gris, rigs, carabiners etc), please bring them with you.
Vertical Dance Technique
/ with Lindsey Butcher (2025)
NOTE: This is a one-week long course that is strictly for aerialists with prior single point sit harness experience! We will be repeating material in week 2.
In this class we will assume a proficiency of dancing in the harness, and an ease in moving on the wall.
From here we’ll aim to get curious and interrogate your known dance vocabulary: to find ease, discover new pathways and open up your dancing body and imagination. Each day will have a different focus drawing on my own current questions on how to keep nudging at the edges of what we know; peeling back the layers to broaden and gain a deeper understanding of your practice and your own individual style.
As you’ll know (!) we advise wearing at least a couple of snug layers around your hips and waist for your comfort. Long sleeved shirts are also handy for some moves. If you have a preferred climbing harness & any kit (gri gris, rigs, carabiners etc), please bring them with you.