In “Crotch-to-Air Chair Tricks,” you’ll fall head-over-heels in love with chair tricks — literally. From backwards shoulder rolls to gravity-defying inversions, DeeDee Queen/Will X. Uly will introduce you to chair acrobatics that will leave your audiences begging for more. We'll learn strengthening exercises to prepare you for safely executing tricks, and then dive headfirst into ways to enter, hold, and exit inversions. This is a true intermediate class: Students should be able to hold a plank, do a shoulder roll and shoulder stand, and lift themselves into a headstand, but are not required to have mastery of hand or arm balances.
Your Instructor
DeeDee Queen/Will X. Uly is an award-winning, internationally traveled drag, burlesque, and pole dancer. They are this the 2018 winner of the San Francisco Drag King Contest, as well as the Bronze medalist and Master of both Amazement and Tassels at the California Regional Burlypicks and Gold medalist in Dramatic Level 2 at the 2018 Golden Gate Pole Championships. They are a Gold medalist in Entertainment Level 3 at the 2016 Pacific Pole Championships, and they wrote and produced "How Lovely to Be a Woman: A Feminist, One-Woman Burlesque Show," which was workshopped at Feinstein's/54 Below in NYC and performed in Redwood City and San Francisco. They have chair danced from Anchorage to Amsterdam and run the Silicon Valley Burlesque Academy in San Jose.
Course Curriculum
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PreviewIntroduction (2:39)
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Start00. Warmup Recommendations
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Start01. Neutral Spine (5:09)
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Start02. Engage Your Core (4:00)
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Start03. Hip Bridges (6:28)
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Start04. Table Top (2:46)
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Start05. Point Your Toes! (4:19)
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Start06. Leg Lifts (5:10)
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Start07. Leg Lifts to Hollow Body (4:38)
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Start08. Deadlift Training (2:36)
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Start09. Boat Pose (3:00)
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Start10. Boat Pose to Hollow Body (2:38)
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Start11. Terrible 3s (3:30)