It seems like Bungee is taking over the world. We know what this feels like, it has taken over our entire company for the past 23 years!

With such a vast surge in the use of bungee lately, we wanted to offer some information to allow you to understand what you are falling in love with. When you know that, you can take a huge informed dive into the extraordinary and versatile world of bungee.

Here at Wired we have two main focuses of the use of bungee.

From a fitness point of view in the form of BUNGEE WORKOUT™.

As the demand for BUNGEE WORKOUT™ is rocketing, we have given it its own website and you can find all the information you need on how to become an instructor or installing Bungee Workout™ in your venue, by following this link above.

Artistically in the form of BUNGEE-ASSISTED DANCE

BUNGEE-ASSISTED DANCE

You may have already seen Bungee-Assisted Dance used in an artistic way at theatres near you. From the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s knock out production of Peter Pan, to major UK festivals such as Glastonbury, Greenwich and Docklands International Festival (GDIF), and Stockton International Riverside Festival (SIRF). Other companies also love to use our bungees and skills; those of PINK, Diversity and Lady Gaga too. Wired have had no shortage of platforms to showcase our work - or for that matter, teach it to hundreds of enthusiastic dancers/movers, many who travel from all over the world to learn this incredibly versatile technique.

WHAT IS IT?

It’s an ingenious dance technique originally developed by Wired in 1999. It allows a ground based performer that's connected to a bungee, to dance and move anywhere in the air as well as on the ground/stage.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

The performer wears a harness and is connected to a bespoke bungee. The bungee is connected to the harness at the back of your body, so you can move with no restrictions in front of you, and is tensioned so that you move and dance dynamically around the floor whilst experimenting in lift, flight, bounce and power. 

The combination of refined equipment and specific physical training allows Wired to produce vocabulary and effects that confidently break new ground, seamlessly fusing dance with flight and suspension.

HOW WAS IT CREATED?

Wendy and Jamie conceived the idea to better combine their two areas of expertise; Wendy's experience of contemporary dance and Jamie's inventive aerial technical know-how, formed from his many years of climbing mountains and competition climbing.

Over the last 23 years it has developed into a constant obsession and exploration into the exaggeration of physical moments, which are impossible to perform without the use of this specific equipment set up.

More so now, its development is rooted in its versatility in its use. Theatrically, to fuse theatre with aerial movement to enhance a theme. In Dance, to allow a performer freedom of movement on the ground and to easily access the space above the usual travelled airspace.

The development of Bungee-Assisted Dance into our very own fitness technique brings together hard work, laughter and flight as well as the most exciting way of keeping fit and healthy too! Find out more about BUNGEE WORKOUT™ at www.bungeeworkout.co.uk

CAN I LEARN TO DO BUNGEE-ASSISTED DANCE?

Yes, you can!

We teach all levels of ability and experience in workshops for non-dancers through to professional performers. We have carefully noted and recorded this technique from conception to now and we never cease to update, refine and add to the multitude of skills, strengthening exercises, training exercises and sequences that we have designed carefully to train the body to be able to dance and move in harmony with the bungee. The amazing thing is that the more experienced you become at working with Bungee-Assisted Dance, the less you focus on the bungees presence, and the more you witness the superhuman performer take to the air.

We have welcomed students and lecturers, professional performers and artistic directors from around the globe, including Aeriosa (Canada), Touch Compass Dance Trust (New Zealand), Zenergy Fitness Studio (Thailand) and CORE Concert Dance Company (USA).

Don’t forget that we can also come to you - contact us if you would like to explore bouncing in your region rather than ours. Bungee-Assisted Dance is universal and adaptable, we look forward to welcoming you!

For those who want to aim towards teaching Bungee-Assisted Dance (B.A.D), we offer an Affiliation scheme which guides you perfectly through the steps of learning the technique and we support you to go on to teach it safely and with inspiration and ingenuity in your own venue. DUE TO THE HIGH DEMAND IN BUNGEE WORKOUT™ INSTRUCTOR TRAINING, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE B.A.D. TEACHER TRAINING AT PRESENT. Do send us a message if you would like to go on our waiting list for when we open the Affiliation Scheme again.