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Leo and Yam circus classes at GRAVITY aerial acadamy click for link.
Circus Bites Back 13th Dec Leo performs his new aerial plastic creation in Albany Theatre.
Zirkus Plus festival in Barrow 15-17 july.
'Beyond Circus' at Albany 13 April, Leo and Yam taking part in this mini fest celebrating contemporary circus.
Cabaret version of ‘Panoramic’ Leo and Yam’s full-length show playing at Hat factory Luton 5th May
Leo taking part of Robert Mapplethorpe: Night Work: Curated by Scissor Sisters in Alison Jacques Gallery London 19 Jan – 19 March
‘Panoramic’ – 70 min Show Leo and Yam’s full length show 23-24 November in Jacksons Lane and 26-27th in Stratford Circus.
Subtopia Festival – Stockholm
2nd and 4th September ‘Some Like It..’ is taking part in Subtopia - circus art festival in Alby, Stockholm.
The Barbican
24 July, site specific version of 'Some Like It..' for Barbican art centre, in their dramatic atrium space together with live music by Joanna Quail. Free entry show starts at 10 pm.
Glastonbury festival
‘Some Like It…’ will take part of the Circus Big Top line up.
The Shunt Vaults
17,18 and 19th of June . Leo and Yam return to The Shunt Vaults with new creation ‘Some Like It..’, Thu 10 pm, Fri & Sat 10 :30 pm.
Stratford Circus
24 April – Leo and Yam Successfully premiered new act 'Some Like It...' as part of 'Dance Away With The Circus' production.
ITV- ‘Ultimate Movie Toons’
Leo and Yam performed together with Beverly Knights as part of Ultimate Movie Toons. Aired 27th Feb 2010
Why a covered rope?
Advantages are that covered rope done properly is softer and much less painful than other types of rope. All aerial work is somewhat painful, but covered rope enables you to train longer without burns and bruises (same pain level as silks/tissu for those of you in the know).
Because of the softness you also get a better grip with your hands since rope compresses around your grip. The smoothness of covered ropes makes them somewhat more slippy when you not gripping with your hands tho, and do require a bit more rosin than other types of ropes but very easy to get used to.
Our covered rope are also extra smooth, more so than some other covered rope on
the market, like Berry's or American ropes, and hurt your skin less. We can also dye your rope your favourite colour making training so much more fun or your show so much more stylish.
Click here for main colours available, we can also mix colours and there is a few special, limited edition colour. Have a look at our Face book group for pictures of previous ropes and colours we tried.
Normal 3 ply style rope - Photo by: Bertil Nilsson
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TECHNICAL INFO:
- Our ropes have roughly a circumference of 10 cm and can be any length you require.
- The cover is a cotton tube which we can dye for you in almost any colour.
- The core is done with cotton and nylon fibres. Estimated BBL for core is 2000kg our cores have been batch tested to 1500kg without sign of breakage. The cover on its own has a BBL of 600kg, but most of the weight of the rope artist will be on the core of the rope.
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- Top of the rope have an integrated pear shaped Steel Maillon Rapide with BBL 36Kn.
- We can also make ropes with two attachment points for Cloudswing use, or on top of an aerial hoop.
LIFE OF YOUR ROPE:
The cover is the first thing to wear out on covered ropes and last roughly 2,5-3 years under normal professional use, slight less if used for double rope. When the cover breaks it slides 15-20 cm from break point and then stopes as the cover bunches up. It is not very dramatic. You can tape over and darn frayed section to lengthen lifespan of your cover.
Store rope in dry clean space away from sharp object that can damage the cover. If your ropes get wet make sure you dry it quickly as mould can make the fibres weaker. If your rope is dyed try to avoid too much sunlight as that will fade the colours.