Join us for an Intensive Weekend of ALL THINGS AERIAL!
*Please wear close-fitting clothing such as long leggings that cover the back of your knees and a t-shirt that will cover your underarms, but won’t ride up when you’re upside down. No shoes. All levels welcome.
Lyra is a beautiful apparatus, though it often seems to be best suited for never dizzying contortionists. For those of us who don’t fold up like a pretzel, double lyra is a seldom tapped goldmine of stunning poses, innovative basing, and graceful transitions. It’s a fantastic vessel for creating exciting new work with ample opportunity for heavy character work. Requirements: Ability to invert and sit up on lyra without assistance.
Do you love supporting other people? Letting others hang from you while enduring various amounts of pain and cinching? Then this is definitely the workshop for you. We will get an overview of a variety of different ways to hold weight while on the fabric and delve into the mechanics of balancing while doubled up in the air. There will also be directed play for the invention of new basing techniques. Then we will move past positions and into transitions – how to seamlessly move from one basing position to another, without your act looking like another “trick, pose” routine. Pre-requisites: Ability to invert in the air, an open mind about basing AND flying, and the mindset to always take care of the person who’s in the air with you.
Although standing on your hands seems fairly simple, there is a lifetime of technique in mastering the skill set for a solid and steady handstand. In this class, master the basics and figure out how to turn yourself upside down safely and efficiently. If you already have your handstand, learn techniques for improving your form and the steps necessary for moving onto more advanced moves, like lever ups and one handed handstands. In addition, we will delve into some deep partner stretching and go over some ways to increase and maintain your flexibility. No experience necessary.
How do you begin to create an act? How do you work with others and maintain your true vision? How do you ensure a maximum response from the audience. For too long, the aerial arts have been a breeding ground for trick/style poses and slow, pretty, but often boring routines. Discover how to add theatricality back into your art. Find techniques for developing character and theme. Learn how to ask and answer the right questions and make something that will demand a reaction. Requirements: Taken at least 5 aerial classes on either silks, lyra or static trapeze.
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Stay tuned for information on this amazing weekend of workshops!
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Never tried Aerial? Read this short article on What to Expect from your first class.
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Instructors:
Amanda Furgiuele
Pole Dance & Erotic Fitness, Aerial Silk, and Aerial Yoga Instructor
Amanda began teaching fitness in 2001. From co-leading rock climbing, kayaking, and caving expeditions, to teaching collegiate level competitive fencing, and participating in just about anything and everything–martial arts, dance, yoga, pilates, ice climbing, skydiving, canyoning, and a million other health adventures–Amanda LOVES showing her students that FITNESS CAN BE FUN!
She believes that boredom is the enemy of any progression in fitness (and in life) so she dedicates her classes to the fine art of having fun—“a workout doesn’t have to be work”—and incorporates a mix-and-match philosophy to each workout session. Because inspiration manifests in infinite ways, Amanda strives to try and teach as many types of classes as possible. She is motivated by the stories and accomplishments of her friends and students, by the rush of achieving more than she thinks she can, and by the challenge of new adventures. When she’s not dancing and moving around like a mad woman, you can find Amanda out in nature, or conversely, glued to her computer doing digital graphic and television production work…or planning the next big “thing!”
“The more you come to class, the more confidence you will gain, the more strength you will build, and the more fun you will have! A workout doesn’t have to be work!”
Amy Erickson
Lyra Instructor, Professional Acrobat/Performer, Aerial Yoga Play Instructor
As a young gymnast, Amy learned to love being upside down. She continued to develop this love over the next ten years as a dedicated yogini.
Her journey led to circus arts in 2013 when she took her first flying trapeze class. From there she accelerated into the world of acrobatics, learning wraps and drops on the aerial silks, spins and contortions on the lyra, and became a flying trapeze instructor. In 2015, with the support of her fitness and yoga instructors, Amy received her Aerial Yoga Play certification.
Amy loves sharing the joy found in Aerial yoga and lyra with her students. She thrives on watching them learn to trust their bodies, to grow in their abilities, and let go of their fears–imparting a newfound courage beneficial in all aspects of their lives.
Caitlyn Larsson
Lyra, Silks, Handstands & Flexibility, AcroBalancing Instructor
Caitlyn is an artist, instructor, director, and perpetual student of the circus arts. She has trained and taught in schools in Europe, Oceania, the States and the Caribbean. Her interest in circus lies in where the physical meets the dramatic and her specialty is storytelling and theatricality. Circus is more than a show and tell of learned tricks, its an opportunity to share an idea with the world. Caitlyn teaches flying trapeze, aerial silks, static trapeze, duo trapeze, triple trapeze, corde lisse, spanish web, lyra, duo lyra, and trampoline at an advanced and performative level, and partner acrobatics and juggling at a beginner level. Learn more about Caitlyn HERE.
Julie Mitchell
AcroYoga and Yoga Instructor