Professional development is important to Blue Eyed Soul and so the Company has always encouraged its staff to seek out training opportunities that support their practice. With this in mind I signed up for a course to deepen my knowledge and understanding of the aerial dance work that we have been developing for the past ten years. There is no training available that matches exactly what we are doing but I did fund an Industrial Rope Access course that seemed to fit the bill.
Day one of a five day course... large warehouse building fitted out with a multitude of ropes, down, around, in, out and over various steel girders, ladders and barriers, very high and very cold! Me and five off shore riggers with skills in welding, lagging, fixing and assembling. We were led through a whole range of rigging tasks to move safely around the ropes and structures.
Day five and a fault free assessment means I get my level 1 irata qualification. It was an incredibly difficult week both physically and mentally, every move mechanically precise and physically challenging but it was also huge fun with a lot of laughing.
Image - teaching aerial at Bishops Castle, photographer Kathryn O'Connor
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