Adult Session Classes - Descriptions & Pre-Reqs

Adaptive Aerial Lessons

We believe aerial and circus arts are limitless in their potential, unbound by any rigid curriculum. Our Adaptive Aerial Lessons and classes are suited for students who are not best served by our general classes.

Whether you are working with physical limitations, overcoming a fear of heights, or simply want to slow down and engage in dancing between the ground and the air, we take a collaborative approach to help you you live your best life.

Some of our students have physical limitations, are overcoming traumatic experiences or have learning differences that make learning in a group setting overwhelming.

Some of the potential adaptations we can offer include: low impact warm-ups, creative exercises in low aerial silk knots, mindfulness, breathing and other emotional co-regulation exercises and one-on-one support that centers your needs and desires throughout the whole session.

This offering was born out of a collaboration with occupational therapists and researchers in a Neuromotor Clinic, collaborations with mental health professionals and our desire to create offerings in line with our mission and company values.

Not sure if this is the right class for you? Contact lynsey@cirqulation.com with questions.

Intro to Aerial Course

Our intro course is designed for people who are brand new to aerial silks as an art form. In this course, we introduce students to the fundamentals of form and technique. Students will learn to wrap foot locks, execute several poses low to the ground, and start to get comfortable being upside down. Students in this level will work on strength, body awareness, and comfort in the air. Students may spend a couple of sessions at this level while they build core and upper body strength.

Pre-requisites:

• Ability to hang from one’s hands briefly

• Ability to engage safely in moderate physical activity

Not everyone who may enjoy aerial as a physical and creative outlet is comfortable or physically enabled to participate in our Intro to Aerial curriculum. We also offer adaptive lessons that allow you to go at your own pace and co-design a curriculum that works for your specific needs. This allows us to offer affirming space tailored to your specific needs for folks with chronic pain, neuromotor disorders, social anxiety, learning disorders and other access needs.

Aerial Silks 101

After completing our intro course or the equivalent experience in private lessons, you may enroll in Silks 101 where we will continue to build foundational aerial skills such as inverts, footlocks, climbs and knot sequences.

Pre-requisites for 101 Classes:

• Ability to invert (go upside-down) in a knot from the ground without instructor’s help
• Ability to hang from hands for five seconds
• Knowledge of foundational positions (tuck, pike, straddle pike, hollow body, etc)

Aerial Silks 201

In Aerial 201, students will begin to work with more in-air skills and more complex wraps, poses, and sequences.

Pre-requisites for 201:

• Ability to climb several steps up
• Ability to foot lock in the air – both fabrics on one foot
• Ability to hang from wrapped hands with shoulders and abs engaged, toes on the ground, for 10 seconds
• Ability to invert from the ground to pencil without instructor’s help
• Ability to hold tuck, double stag and/or birds nest between the fabrics for a few seconds
• Understanding of shoulder engagement both upright and inverted, (execution need not be perfect)
• Comfortable with double foot locks from the ground

Aerial Silks 301

Students in 301 will continue to build strength and confidence in the air while building movement vocabulary and style. We will solidify understanding of skills learned in earlier levels as well as introduce more complex climbs, poses, drops and short sequences. Students in 301 will begin to experiment with more creative expression through choreography and option participation in student showcase performances.

Pre-requisites for 301:

• Solid recall of basic movement vocabulary – student can execute multiple skills without being talked through step by step
• Ability to execute a long arm hang with knees to chest, abs and shoulders engaged and feet off the ground for 10 seconds
• Ability to execute a bent arm hang with feet off the ground for 10 seconds
• Ability to climb to the top of the silks and descend with control
• Ability to invert cleanly from the mat
• Ability to execute a windmill hip key from the mat and finish in a stable position in the air
• Ability to invert in the air at least a couple of times during class – using toes is ok
• Ability to hold a straddle inversion for five seconds
• Familiarity and comfort with: hip key, double crochet sit up to crucifix, wrapped 360 dive

Aerial Silks 401

Students in 401 will begin to work on movements higher in the air, as well as longer sequences to build stamina, more advanced drops, and expand creative expression through exploration of a variety of choreographic tools.

Pre-requisites for 401:

• Student can create and execute a short sequence without help from an instructor, including recall of a variety of skills and the steps required to do them
• Ability to hang from hands, wrists locked, knees to chest, with abs and shoulders engaged for 15+ seconds
• Ability to invert in the air from bent arms repeatedly during class
• Ability to hold a straddle inversion for ten seconds
• Ability to exit a straddle invert to bent arms
• Ability to sit up from same side knee hook into crucifix with good form
• Ability to climb to the top three times in a row without touching the ground
• Ability to complete a 2 minute sequence (not all foot lock tricks) in the air
• Familiarity and comfort with: invert climbs, catchers wrap, hip key in the air, single stars

Intro to AcroYoga / Partner Acrobatics

Our intro course is designed for those who are brand new to AcroYoga and partner acro. This art form involves two or more people lifting, moving, and supporting eachother through various acrobatic movements and balances. Students will work in small groups and learn the fundamentals of basing, flying and spotting. At Cirqulation, we value accessibility and strive to create curriculum that offers a variety of progressions. We integrate and emphasize consent education and enforce policies to protect our students physical and emotional safety. There is an inherent risk and danger in all strength based art forms so we encourage you to consult a doctor if you have any health concerns.

Handstands

We ❤️ handstands, longer description coming soon!

Flexibility

See schedule for level descriptions. Workshops available on demand!

Neuroscience of Recovery Special Class

Coming soon!