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Guest Workshops & Coaching with Gunnar Field aka 'The Splits Whisperer'


  • Ascendance Pole & Aerial Arts 724 South 3rd Street Renton, WA, 98057 United States (map)

Ascendance is thrilled to host Gunnar Field aka ‘The Splits Whisperer’ for multiple in-house workshops in 2023!

2 HR CLINICS:

  • Flexibility technique for exotic pole

  • DYNAMIC flexibility technique - all levels

1.5 hr WORKSHOPS:

  • Beginner Hand-Balancing

  • make me a pretzel: intro to contortion

Gunnar Field is a Mongolian-technique contortion and hand-balancing coach based in Minneapolis, MN and has been teaching contortion for over a decade and training for even longer. Using his 30 years of accumulated knowledge of body movement and mechanics, he teaches Mongolian contortion techniques infused with his own flair and influences from his past trainings in gymnastics and ballet.

Gunnar has travelled to Ulaanbaatar Mongolia to study contortion and train under the guidance of Nargama Baatar, and furthered his training in China at the Beijing International School of Acrobatics and Arts. He has performed internationally, notably in China, Thailand, and the USA.

Please email ashlee@ascendancestudios.org directly to facilitate room rentals for private lessons.

Earlier Event: February 25
Befriending the Body with Roxanne
Later Event: June 17
Queer Pole jam