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 November 23. 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, September 29 - November 17, 7:00-9:30 pm

• Dedicated weekend Open Gym: starting Sunday, October 5 - November 16, 2:30-4:30 pm

• Tech Rehearsal: Saturday, November 22, time TBD 

• Performance: Sunday, November 23, 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.

In addition to the Monday workshop, a Sunday afternoon open gym will be available for workshop students only.

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.

There will also be an opportunity for students to be a part of a photoshoot in the studio for the workshop.

Prerequisites:

• 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 that includes 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 the 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: $675

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.