http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ adventures in joining the circus en Vox Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:45:31 -0800 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/oh-a-show.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Julia) http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/oh-a-show.html?_c=feed-rss http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/oh-a-show.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:45:31 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398b39e85000501240b846bad860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e398b39e85000501240b846bad860e-50si" alt="Open House time! " /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Oh! I am kind of behind the times, but I have a show coming up this Saturday. Yeah, like this Saturday. Like, I'm not on top of things right now. It all goes down on Saturday, December 19th, over at Ye Circus Center in San Francisco. Fun stu... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/oh-a-show.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398b39e8500050123ddc91f30860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> circus school http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/5-weeks-5-acts-week-5.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Julia) http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/5-weeks-5-acts-week-5.html?_c=feed-rss http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/5-weeks-5-acts-week-5.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:22:15 -0800 Okay, so week 5 is kind of a cop-out... I really did run out of ideas, and rather than subject you all to another three minutes of me looking aimless, I decided to apply what I learned. There were a few things which I found/remembered during this... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/5-weeks-5-acts-week-5.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398b39e8500050123ddc1e983860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> trapeze http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/5-weeks-5-acts-week-4.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Julia) http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/5-weeks-5-acts-week-4.html?_c=feed-rss http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/5-weeks-5-acts-week-4.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:04:58 -0800 Week four! Let's do this thing! (The applause in the beginning is not for me--it's for someone who just did an amazing and difficult thing over on the static trapeze. But let's pretend...) I'm not gonna lie: this routine was hard for me. I... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/5-weeks-5-acts-week-4.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398b39e8500050123ddbe84b3860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> trapeze http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/this-is-a-test-it-is-only-a-test.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Julia) http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/this-is-a-test-it-is-only-a-test.html?_c=feed-rss http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/this-is-a-test-it-is-only-a-test.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:11:46 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/video/6a00e398b39e8500050123dde3ef3c860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e398b39e8500050123dde3ef3c860d-50si" alt="Week 3 - music by Andrew Bird" /></a> <a href="http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398b39e85000501240b76c74f860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e398b39e85000501240b76c74f860e-50si" alt="It&#39;s Trappy!" /></a> <a href="http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398b39e8500050123ddd06ea6860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e398b39e8500050123ddd06ea6860c-50si" alt="out! out! damn spot!" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Hey friends! It's week three! This week is a little short, mostly because a) last week was a little long, and b) I am lazy. The experiment was to see if I could put together something that was slow (hard! arrrgh, so hard!) and entirely under th... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/this-is-a-test-it-is-only-a-test.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398b39e8500050123ddd04759860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> trapeze http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/5-weeks-5-act-we-are-having-technical-difficulties-also-rage.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Julia) http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/5-weeks-5-act-we-are-having-technical-difficulties-also-rage.html?_c=feed-rss http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/5-weeks-5-act-we-are-having-technical-difficulties-also-rage.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:50:46 -0800 Okay! There was an incident with the music (short, "don't get me started" version: WMG seems to think their music will do better out in the wide world if no one is allowed to hear it, which seems strange to me, but what the hell do I know) so thi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/5-weeks-5-act-we-are-having-technical-difficulties-also-rage.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398b39e8500050123dde08617860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> trapeze http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/5-weeks-5-acts-week-1-un-derriere-verre.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Julia) http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/5-weeks-5-acts-week-1-un-derriere-verre.html?_c=feed-rss http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/5-weeks-5-acts-week-1-un-derriere-verre.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:53:23 -0700 If you didn't catch the post below: I am coming up with (and then posting video of) a new short sequence every week for the next five weeks. My goals are: -somewhat fresh choreography -dust off those skills I don't use in my act... -new music... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/5-weeks-5-acts-week-1-un-derriere-verre.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398b39e8500050123f1731c45860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> trapeze http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/five-weeks-five-sequences-one-trapeze.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Julia) http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/five-weeks-five-sequences-one-trapeze.html?_c=feed-rss http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/five-weeks-five-sequences-one-trapeze.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:03:37 -0700 You guys! I just had a cool idea: I've been fooling around with different little mini-sequences on my trapeze, these past weeks. Different heights (for the bar), lots of different music, whatever. I'm thinking it would be a good challenge for ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/five-weeks-five-sequences-one-trapeze.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398b39e8500050123ddb36b45860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> trapeze http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/a-resounding-silence.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Julia) http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/a-resounding-silence.html?_c=feed-rss http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/a-resounding-silence.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:01:30 -0700 Oh. Hello, friends. Yes, it has been awhile, hasn't it? It's not even September anymore. Much as I would like to tell you that I have spent the past month in a delirium of performance opportunities and have been far too busy to write, that is ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/a-resounding-silence.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398b39e8500050123dda85e87860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> circus school http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/toe-hangs-at-the-eleventh-hour.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Julia) http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/toe-hangs-at-the-eleventh-hour.html?_c=feed-rss http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/toe-hangs-at-the-eleventh-hour.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:16:41 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/video/6a00e398b39e8500050110164ad5d5860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e398b39e8500050110164ad5d5860b-50si" alt="toe hang, finally" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> WOOO! YEAH! Are you psyched? I'm psyched! Are YOU PSYCHED for TOE HANGS?! Cause here they are, baby! Immortalized in video, my first two totally-unassisted toe hangs--no ropes, no spotter--performed in the context of my act. WOOO! Here's ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/toe-hangs-at-the-eleventh-hour.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398b39e8500050110186a1172860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> hell yeah single-point trapeze http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/hey-ho-video-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Julia) http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/hey-ho-video-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/hey-ho-video-1.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:57:03 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/video/6a00e398b39e850005011016c58470860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e398b39e850005011016c58470860d-50si" alt="trapeze August 09" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Three things to note: 1) Whoa. Windows. I knew there was a reason I never film from this angle. 2) Toe hang. There is no toe hang. PROBLEMATIC. 3) That upside-down thing at 2:30? (I call it "kiki twist"--I don't know any of its real names.)... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://monkeybird.vox.com/library/post/hey-ho-video-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398b39e8500050110186521e9860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> video trapeze