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All Apparatus C-Shaping (Rope/Silks/Straps)

Friday, February 27, 4:30 - 6:30 pm All Apparatus C-Shaping

This in-depth journey into waist rolling, including floorial, hipkey roll-ups, sling rotational drills, catch/release c-shaping drills (rope), and c-shaping on 1 and 2-arms on straps/fabric will investigate the many ways to effectively progress through c-shaping skills while reducing injury risk (to the rib cartilage, intercostals, low back, and more). The use of multiple apparatus to progress through the c-shaping skill tree will be covered, as well as how to program and periodize the various drills in a training cycle. Students will walk away with a variety of strength, mobility, and c-shape specific drills.

Prerequisites: No discomfort in spine with c-shaping, safe inversion, comfort in a hip hang on sling, ideally exposure to front/back balance on rope/straps/fabric, and to any c-shaping pathways.

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Aerial Straps Master Class

Friday, February 27, 6:45-8:45 pm

This in-depth journey into straps (and how straps are fun and are really the training wheels of vertical apparatus) will explore a wide breadth of techniques, and provide progressions for training straps at three levels. Participants will investigate dynamic theory of spinning, swinging, and c-shaping through spotted and self-spotted progressions. Students will not be conditioned to death. They WILL learn a series of progressive conditioning and skill drills to walk away with to make gains for weeks after the intensive.

Prerequisites: level dependent - see below:

  • Beginner: safe 2-arm inversion, ability to long-arm hang, no current injuries,

    some exposure to training any kind of spin or swinging.

  • Intermediate: 2-arm straight arm inversions, meathook hold, experience training

    back balance/support flag and/or reverse meathook, some experience training 2 or 1-arm flare pathways, and some experience with 2-arm swings, exposure to any c-shaping pathway.

  • Advanced: 1-arm meathook hold, 1-arm flag hold, experience with 1-arm flare pathways, comfort with at least some 2-arm & 1-arm swinging pathways, comfort in support position.

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8-week Performance Workshop with Veronica Blair

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.