About Christine Morano
Christine Morano dancer, aerialist, and acrobat, has over a decade of professional performance experience ranging from experimental to corporate events, from intimate venues and unusual spaces to theaters across the world. She has been coaching aerial since 2009, is a freelance professional aerialist, and is the founder of MoDa Movement Co. She has performed in companies throughout the country such as Thom Lewis Dance Company, Alchemy Dance Company, DanceFusion, Grounded Aerial, Green Chair Dance Group, Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance, Nickerson-Rossi Dance, Altitude Aerials, AJ Harper Dance Project, Brian Sanders’ JUNK and Almanac Dance Circus Theater. She can be seen dancing in The David Mayfield Parade’s Human Cannonball music video with PINK HAIR AFFAIR and can be found in Bill Hayward’s book Chasing Dragons. She has toured internationally as an aerialist and dancer for Greg Kennedy’s shows Spherus and Theorem.
In this workshop, students will learn one or two short phrases. We may also play with sequence creation within the class, along with movement quality and musicality.
In this workshop students will learn progressions towards and variations on:
- Meathooks
- Isabel (Open sideways rotation, landing in crucifix)
- Wheel downs / Windmills / Helicopter
- Drops to hands (mini bombs to front balance, sideways rolls to hands, etc) Slow Stars & C shaping
- Mobile to mobile (arabesque through to other side hip key)
- Assisted Scorpion