Trapeze
Improver Aerial Dance Trapeze 
/ with Sara Granda (2024)
Do you love Trapeze and do you wanna know more about it? Then this is your class! Are you not sure if you like Trapeze and you wanna explore it more? Then this is your class too!
In this class we are gonna work on different skills like Front Balance, Back Balance, Under the bar, hanging, tangling and using the ropes… We are gonna basically explore all the possibilities that the Trapeze can give us. It will be better if you’ll have some experience with Bar, either Trapeze or Hoop before coming to this class. We’ll work on some sequences including all the skills above and we’ll work on spinning techniques too. If you don’t feel comfortable spinning that’s ok too !
Improver Aerial Dance Trapeze
/ with Lydia Lara (2024)
In this class we will build on the basics of aerial arts with specifics to trapeze technique and mechanics. Learn how to dance under the bar, in and out of the trapeze, and intro elements on the ropes. We will work on skills that come from knee hangs, front balance, back balance, and simple wraps on the ropes.
Pre-requisites: 6 months experience on any aerial apparatus, ability to tuck under the bar, assisted pull over the bar, comfortable double knee hangs, seated balance, front balance, and back balance.
Improver Aerial Dance Trapeze
/ with Christopher McAuley (2024)
This workshop caters to those without any extensive dance trapeze experience but not for total beginner aerialists. We will be working with transferable skills that work across aerial disciplines, encountering how the dance trapeze adapts the material and proposes new directions and possibilities.
This workshop will involve spinning, hanging and balancing, giving us the space to push our boundaries and comforts of being in the air. For those with sensitive tummies for spinning – bring some ginger tea/candies! My goal is to facilitate a class that is both comfortable and challenging for your skill level. I will blend and sculpt the class between my hopes and yours to create a lesson that is the right next step for you in your aerial journey.
Skilled Aerial Dance Trapeze
/ with Lydia Lara (2024)
Sequences all the way! During this week we will learn 2 full sequences on the dance trapeze with a variety of spins, dynamics, wraps on the ropes, and drops.
Pre-requisites: 12 months of solid practice on single point trapeze, static trapeze, or hoop. 3 consecutive unassisted pull overs, 3 consecutive unassisted straddles, meathooks side to side, 2 arm flares, comfortable spinning, and single knee hangs.
Skilled Aerial Dance Trapeze
/ with Christopher McAuley (2024)
This workshop caters to those who have experience in trapeze/dance trapeze/hoop, looking at adding new flourishes to existing techniques and incorporating dynamic trapeze techniques into our repertoire. No prior experience in dynamics, however a firm understanding of how to hang and invert is needed. We will cover quite a wide variety of dynamic drills to encourage flight, and so having a strong shoulder girdle is the only prerequisite.
This workshop will push our comfort zones, challenge us with split second decision making and award us with some juicy adrenaline for all the hard work we put in. This can be a lot on the hands, so please consider balancing your lessons throughout the IADF to consider the longevity of the hands. Swinging on open blisters is never fun, and we will balance the class with other non-dynamic material to pace the intensity. My goal is to facilitate a class that is both comfortable and challenging for your skill level. I will blend and sculpt the class between my hopes and yours to create a lesson that is the right next step for you in your aerial journey.
AdvancedAerial Dance Trapeze
/ with Lydia Lara (2024)
Sequences all the way! During this week we will learn 3 full sequences on the dance trapeze with a variety of spins, dynamics, wraps on the ropes, and drops. Note: These sequences are different from Skilled sequences, an emphasis on performance quality will be explored.
Pre-requisites: Solid practice on dance trapeze. 3 consecutive straight arm unassisted pull overs, 3 consecutive straight arm unassisted straddles, 1 arm meathooks, 1 arm flares, front and back beats, side to side beats.
AdvancedAerial Dance Trapeze
/ with Christopher McAuley (2024)
This workshop caters to those who have begun the journey towards dynamic trapeze technique and have taken part in lessons focused mainly on this skillset. We will focus more intensely on flight and so I expect an understanding of how to swing and momentum. I expect to be able to push you in this lesson. We will look at catch and release, rope-based and various other dynamic drills that involve landing on soft squishy mats.
This does come with a prerequisite of embracing failure, and the willingness to get up to try again! I will approach other skills like free-balancing, handstands and trapeze flow, to vary the intensity on the hands. My goal is to facilitate a class that is both comfortable and challenging for your skill level. I will blend and sculpt the class between my hopes and yours, to create a lesson that is the right next step for you in your aerial journey.