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Workshops with Thalita Souza
Pilates for inversions
Sunday, March 8, 5:00 - 6:30 pm
Working on cleaning up your inversions? Or are you ready for the challenge of straight-arm straddle ups? Wherever you’re at in your inversion journey, this workshop is for you.
This all-level workshop is designed for aerialists looking to improve their inversions. You will learn exercises and drills to do at home in order to develop the strength and body awareness necessary to perform clean inverts in the air.
Prerequisites: Ideally for aerialists who already do inversions but want improvement, or aerialists who wish to level up and achieve their dream invert!
Please note our cancellation policy:
If you cancel 48hrs prior to the workshop series, The Hive SF will issue 75% of your refund. If you cancel 24hrs prior to the workshop, The Hive SF will issue 0% refund, and 0% refund on same day cancellations.
Price: $55
Wheeldown Lab
Sunday, March 15, 5:00-6:30 pm
In this workshop, we’ll wake up the muscles needed to defy gravity while rotating mid-air. We’ll drill and explore the wheeldown movement using progressions and exercises you can do at home. We’ll also experiment with different entries into the S-wrap.
Prerequisites: Students should be comfortable executing a clean straddle inversion at the top of the silks (bent legs and arms ok) and know at least one S-wrap entry.
Please note our cancellation policy:
If you cancel 48hrs prior to the workshop series, The Hive SF will issue 75% of your refund. If you cancel 24hrs prior to the workshop, The Hive SF will issue 0% refund, and 0% refund on same day cancellations.
Price: $55
Are you ready for the spotlight? Don't miss your chance to be a part of The Hive SF's 8-week performance workshop and show off your aerial superpowers in our student showcase on May 3. Join master instructor and professional aerialist, Veronica Blair, for this 8-week workshop where you’ll learn to create your own act to perform in The Hive SF’s Student Showcase.
Dates:
Workshop: Mondays, March 9 - April 27, 7:15-9:45 pm
Dedicated weekend Open Gym: starting Sunday, March 15 - April 26, 3:00-5:00 pm
Tech Rehearsal: Saturday, May 2, time TBD
Performance: Sunday, May 3, time TBD
In this workshop, students will learn the theory behind aerial skills, techniques and seamless transitions. Through technique drills and music-driven play, students will explore how to link tricks together, move to music and create their own aerial act with the end goal of performing in The Hive SF student showcase in June.
What’s Included:
8 weeks of instruction with Veronica Blair
A dedicated Sunday afternoon open gym available for workshop students only.
Free attendance to other open gyms during the week
Opportunity to be a part of a photoshoot in The Hive SF studio
Opportunity to perform in The Hive SF Student Showcase
Students can also attend other open gyms during the week (included in cost). You are strongly encouraged to attend all workshop dates, as well as open gym time to work on your act.
Prerequisites:
Clean inversions in the air - 3 in a row (bent arms/legs ok)
Stamina to stay up in the air for at least 2-3 minutes
Please submit a 2-3 minute video to hello@thehive-sf.com to apply to be a part of the workshop. Your video should include inversions in the air, getting into various tricks/skills and anything else you'd like to show.
You must be continuously in the air on your apparatus for the entire 2-3 minutes.
Cancellation policy: If you cancel 48hrs prior to the workshop, The Hive SF will issue 75% of your refund. If you cancel 24hrs prior to the workshop, The Hive SF will issue 0% refund, and 0% refund on same day cancellations.
Cost: $685
About Veronica Blair
Veronica Blair is an accomplished aerialist, choreographer, and circus researcher. She is the recipient of the 2021 Gerbode Foundation's Choreographers Award, the 2020 American Circus Educators Award for Innovation, and the Community Impact at the inaugural International Circus Awards for her work on the Uncle Junior Project, a multimedia archive spotlighting People of African descent in American circus.
Under the same project, Veronica curated a live exhibition titled "Entrapment to Entertainment: A Celebration of Black People in American Circus" in 2013. Her impactful work has earned her invitations to speak at the Smithsonian, San Francisco International Arts Festival, and facilitate panel discussions engaging conversations about institutional barriers, individual biases, and abuse prevention in the circus industry as part of the Circus and Changing Realities series in partnership with CircusTalk.com.
8-week Performance Workshop with Veronica Blair
Basic Beats
Friday, April 3, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
This class examines a series of beats, aka swinging movements on rope, and principles of how they can be applied to create interesting, dynamic choreography. Curriculum includes beats in the sagittal and frontal planes (front-back beats, bell beats) and rotating beats such as twisting straddle beats and twisting planche beats.
Prerequisites:
6 months of rope or tissue training
Ability to do 2 pull ups, and 4 straddle ups with straight legs.
Please note our cancellation policy:
If you cancel 48hrs prior to the workshop series, The Hive SF will issue 75% of your refund. If you cancel 24hrs prior to the workshop, The Hive SF will issue 0% refund, and 0% refund on same day cancellations.
Price: $80
Rope Workshops with Terry Crane
Hip Hop-Inspired Rope
Saturday, April 4, 5:00-7:00 pm
This workshop will be an exploration of vocabulary and exercises to bring a hip hop- or breakdance-inspired style into your rope performance. We’ll play with threading, waving, staccato movements and cool things to do with your legs, to give texture to your rope choreography. Skills will include: kneekey, flag, beats to front balance and back balance, scorpion, candy cane drops, and of course, hip hop climbs.
Prerequisites:
1 year of rope or tissue training
Ability to do 4 pull-ups
Ability to do 8 bent-arm, or 4 straight-arm straddle-ups
Please note our cancellation policy:
If you cancel 48hrs prior to the workshop series, The Hive SF will issue 75% of your refund. If you cancel 24hrs prior to the workshop, The Hive SF will issue 0% refund, and 0% refund on same day cancellations.
Price: $80
Dynamic Rope
Sunday, April 5, 5:30-7:30 pm
Let’s cheat gravity and create enough power to float at the top of a swing. Passing through a graduation of increasingly difficult drills, we will practice moving dynamically with a sense of ease and effortlessness on rope.
Prerequisites:
1 year of rope or tissue training
Ability to do 4 pull-ups
Ability to do 8 bent-arm, or 4 straight-arm straddle-ups
Please note our cancellation policy:
If you cancel 48hrs prior to the workshop series, The Hive SF will issue 75% of your refund. If you cancel 24hrs prior to the workshop, The Hive SF will issue 0% refund, and 0% refund on same day cancellations.
Price: $80
