All aerial classes are for ages 16 and up.
Note about class levels: Please understand the importance of developing strength and proper technique. It is crucial that you learn skills in a safe, structured manner, in a class that meets your needs. If you have any uncertainty about your level, please sign-up for a beginner or all level class so that an instructor can help assess your current ability. All students are expected to discern which is the correct level for them prior to the day of their class. If you are not sure, please e-mail us your concerns, and we’ll get back to you. If you sign up for a level that is beyond your demonstrated skills and join the class, you will not be allowed to participate and will forfeit the credit for that day.
Beginner
For students new to aerial, who are building strength and learning basic skills. You must take at least 4 beginner classes before moving to advance beginning. This class will include a guided floor warm-up. Please ask your instructor if you are able to move to the next level.
(Please note that we do not offer Beginning Rope classes. We recommend taking Beginning Silks first, where you will gather the same necessary prerequisites needed for Rope. Once you have the necessary prerequisites, you may then take the Pre Intermediate Rope classes.)
Pre Intermediate
For students that have an understanding of the basics of the apparatus. You can ask your instructor if you are ready to move to this level.
- Silks Prerequisite Skills: Able to climb to the top of the fabric, tie figure 8 & aerial dance locks in the air, and able to invert from the ground on your own.
- Hammock Prerequisite Skills: Unassisted pullover mount, front and back balance, hipkey and mounting a high hammock unassisted.
- Rope Prerequisite Skills: Able to climb to the top of the rope, invert in the air, & hipkey in the air.
- Lyra Prerequisite Skills: Unassisted straddle mount and side mount, comfortable with double knee hangs, dragonfly and cradles.
- Static & Dance Trapeze Prerequisite Skills: Unassisted straddle mount and trapeze mount, comfortable with double knee hangs, standing on the bar, dragonfly and cradle.
Intermediate
For students that have mastered the basics.
- Silks Prerequisite Skills: Invert in the air to wrap your leg, hipkey in the air, s-wrap in the air, cross-back straddle, and 3 inverts in a row.
- Hammock Prerequisite Skills: Clean invert from standing in hammock, clean invert into the hammock with straight legs, & able to do 3 Pre Intermediate sequences in a row.
- Static & Dance Trapeze Prerequisite Skills: Unassisted trapeze mount, pull-over mount, and invert from standing on the bar. Must be comfortable with single knee/arm hangs and back balances.
- Lyra Prerequisite Skills: Clean trapeze mount on top & bottom bar, clean pullover mount on the bottom bar, front & back balance, and single knee hangs.
- Straps Prerequisite Skills: Able to do meat hooks, pull-ups, and single arm hangs.
- Contortion & Handstand Prerequisite Skills: Assisted chest-stands, scorpion handstands, or they have been approved by the instructor.
- Rope Prerequisite Skills: Straight leg invert, straight leg hipkey, s-wrap in the air, front balance, and assisted back balance.
Advanced
- Silks Prerequisite Skills: Hang for one minute, invert with straight legs, invert with straight arms, & clean windmills/wheel-downs.
- Lyra Prerequisite Skills: Clean pullover mount on the top bar, full meat hook, illusions, swings, and flares. Comfortable inverting on rope/spanset of lyra.
- Rope Prerequisite Skills: Hang for one minute, hip pops, invert with straight legs, invert with straight arms, clean windmills/wheel-downs, and straddle swivels.
- Dance Trapeze Prerequisite Skills: Straight arm inverts on the ropes, full skin the cats, full meathooks, and full pull-ups.
All Levels
For students from Beginner to Advanced.
