fabric
Improver Fabric Technique 
/ with Lily Rubin-Miller (2024)
For silks students with some experience under their belt, this weeklong workshop will help you develop your aerial skills and take your practice to the next level. We will focus on technical skills, drills, theory, and technique, then string everything together with some creative sequencing. You will walk away with new moves and sequences, a deeper understanding of wrap theory, and a grasp of key technique concepts that will inform the rest of your aerial practice moving forward.
Prerequisites: Can hipkey in the air and climb to the top of a 20 ft silk 2x in a row (climb of your choice)
Improver Fabric Technique
/ with Jen Von Essen (2024)
This fabric class will cover sequences, drops, wrap theory, and creative exercises so you will not only learn new pathways and skills, but ways to make them your own. We’ll cover topics from interesting climbs to variations on standard wraps to how and why a drop is safe. Designed for students who can already climb, hipkey, and apply footlocks in the air, this class aims to deepen your understanding and technique while encouraging creative exploration.
Improver Fabric Technique
/ with Lydia Lara (2024)
You’ve learned the basics now what? We will work on some clever entrances and exits to access those higher level skills without killing your arms and shoulders. Mix in a little bit of theory, a variety of techniques, and loads of play to expand your silks knowledge and general aerial practice.
Prerequisites: You have mastered regular and Russian climbs, figure 8 and dancer’s foot locks in the air, you are able to hold hip key and front balance, you are able to get into crossback straddle.
Skilled Fabric Technique
/ with Kate Dunne (2024)
Kate will lead you through clever and creative sequences to help push your fundamental knowledge of silk repertoire. You will indulge in new pathways and technical wraps and even develop new shapes whilst handling these silky fabrics.
Pre-requisites: Good understanding of fabric pathways and tension. A comfortable helicopter roll down and long arm inversions.
Advanced Fabric Technique
/ with Kate Dunne (2024)
Kate will lead you through clever and creative sequences to help push your fundamental knowledge of silk repertoire. You will indulge in new pathways and technical wraps and even develop new shapes whilst handling these silky fabrics.
Pre-requisites: Good understanding of fabric pathways and tension. Back planche and roll up pathways (not necessary to have perfect execution of these skills)
Chains
/ with Alec Stoddard (2024)
Participants should be comfortable inverting and pulling up repeatedly, as well as have some spin tolerance already developed. This is not because the course is that demanding, but rather, the chains themselves can be! Knowing your baseline aerial conditioning is solid will help you focus on new chain-specific sensations!
This course will allow students to indulge in the luxury of more consecutive time on chains to build their knowledge of and tolerance to the bruise noodles! Concepts will start low and slow, moving focus throughout the week from body part to body part while progressively building grip conditioning.
We’ll explore:
-Multiple types of spins and how to tame wobbles on the heavy beasties
-Standing and balance skills
-Working with higher height: drops! and under the chains choreography
-Adding more sensitive body parts safely: wrists, elbows, and neck
-Student-directed choreography exploration
-Ongoing desensitization care like chain-proofing clothing, bruise tending, and nervous system hygiene
Suggested equipment:
-Layers for hips, thighs, ankles, shins, elbows
-Trapeze boots or gaiters if you own some!
-Plain rock rosin
-Ginger candies or Sea Bands for dizziness
-Arnica gel for bruising!