Level 2-3 Lyra

Level 2-3 lyra focuses on building skills which enable you to create your own choreography.  Lyra is a unique apparatus that lends itself to beautiful sequences, shapes, and spins. In each class, we focus on learning a 2-3 minute choreographed phrase, and we will also explore how to make interesting and smooth transitions between moves.  In addition to technical skill, this class explores style, drawing elements from classic and contemporary circus, as well as ballet and modern dance.  Lyra traditionally involves spinning, but many moves, can be done without any spin.

Here’s an act that was developed using skills from this class: Lyra Performance.

Prerequisites: Proficiency in all Level 1 Lyra skills.

Example Skills

Level 2: Pullovers, Basket mount/Arrow on top bar, Clock Splits (drop down to Delilah), Shoulderstand & variations, Inside Out Splits, Scorpion/Chest stand, String Cheese Split, Lightning Bolt, Canadian Leg Bounce, Birdcage in the hoop, Seated Roll, Single Kneehang, Beauty Roll, Lion to Half Hip hang/Running Man, Candlestick, Alien Splits, Sneaky Cat in the Moon, Monkey Rolls, Mermaid Arabesque to Leg Block, Inverted Prow, Motorcycle, Snake-ups, Melissa Roll through, Delilah Fakeout, Wineglass via MIM legswitch, Sitting on top, Elbowhang on top (spanset), MIM to lion (tight version), MIM sneak

Level 3: STC/Prow, Russian Split, Amazon Split, Butterfly, Pinwheel (inside hoop), Hiphang Exit to Split, Pullover to top, Dragon, Shoulder Straddle, Straddle over, Side pike to Straddleback, Diamond Drop, Flipped Man-in-the-moon, Big Wineglass, Wineglass Wabam, Pretzel Hang, Knee Hook on top to Starfish (Gena), Top of the World, Straddle Switches, Twisty Kneehang (top), Catchers on top of the Hoop, Ball on top & variations, Lyra Salto, Single Arm Hang, Meathook, Spinning mount to Meathook, Full Straddle to Delilah, Flair Entrances to the Hoop, Around the World (outside the hoop), Elbow Rolls, Weaving Straddle Rolls