Jonathan Nosan

Jonathan Nosan
Jonathan Nosan
Jonathan Nosan

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Internationally renown contortionist Jonathan Nosan’s flexibility is not natural, he’s simply well trained. 

Unable to touch his toes at 22, Nosan changed career paths after an academic Fulbright in Kyoto (where he trained Butoh with Katsura Kan) to circus, theater and and contortionism. With the intent to challenge his body as much as he’d challenged his brain, he trained physical theater and circus in London and then three years as a contortion student of Mr. Lu Yi ...read more

Class Descriptions

Contorture

Contorture™ is a new method of conscious mobility, strengthening and stretching with a total body connection. With all his training in his 20s, Jonathan’s way resonates incredibly well for adults seeking extreme flexibility. It is “Backbending from the Front”—concentrating, strengthening and smartening the core and hip flexors to take the “brunt work” out of the back to create a feeling of release. 
Alignment and extension combined with inversions of headstands, forearm stands and handstands create the basis of Contorture™ as we learn to focus on micro muscles and movement. Breath control, moving through deep flexibility inversions and ultimately contorting ensues—from grand battement to hollow backs, you’re going to feel a difference and rethink how and where to move, engage, and “fire” from to bend, twist, kick, balance and invert with strength and smarts. 
Class begins with opening of hips, smartening of core through headstands, deeper hip opening in square lunges and splits, handstands, back and then more back, finishing with a freestyle time to work on individual moves. Suggested ability: 30 second Tripod Headstand away from wall, 30 second Handstand at the wall and 30 second bridge/full wheel.

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