Workshops
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All Apparatus Workshops with Aaron Koz
Friday, October 23, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Fast Rolling vs. C-shaping for: Single Coil, Hipkey Roll-ups, and Beyond!
Have you always wondered why people SWEAR by different techniques for waist rolling? This workshop lays out the technical differences, progressions, and drills to help you understand AND unlock both types of waist rolling for any apparatus.
Pre-requisites:
Ability to invert into a sling/loops OR hold a hipkey on fabric/silks + no spinal pain/injury
Please note our cancellation policy:
If you cancel at least 3 days (72 hours) prior to the workshop, you will receive 100% refund. After 72 hours before, you will receive a 50% discount. If you cancel within 24 hours prior to the start of the workshop, you will not receive a refund
Price: $80
Making Back Balance...Balanced
Sunday, October 25, 5:00 - 7:00pm
Making Back Balance...Balanced (aka how to hold your back balance and/or back flag).
Back balance (on verticals) is taught as a fundamental, but heck it’s one of those very hard fundamentals (depending on body proportions, active flex, strength, etc). Back flag will be taught concurrently for those interested.
This workshop will break down EVERY variable conceivable that can unbalance your back balance, and will give you the ability to self-assess which YOU should focus on in your training.
You’ll walk away with an absurd amount of drills that will allow you to overcome any plateaus or frustrations in your back balance (or back flag), whether you’re spotted or unspotted.
Pre-requisites:
Invert to kneehook is helpful but not required.
No wrist injuries.
Some exposure to training back balance or back flag.
Please note our cancellation policy:
If you cancel at least 3 days (72 hours) prior to the workshop, you will receive 100% refund. After 72 hours before, you will receive a 50% discount. If you cancel within 24 hours prior to the start of the workshop, you will not receive a refund
Price: $80
Lyra/ Hoop workshop with Sarah Norden
Sunday, November 8, 5:30 - 7:30pm
Dynamic Hoop Lab is for aerialists who want to diversify and level up their bar-based dynamic technique.
The class is designed to help students take ownership over their dynamic hoop training by going beyond individual skill acquisition to explore the underlying mechanics that
make momentum-based movement possible in the air.
In this class, we’ll break common dynamic skills into clear “families” (hip circles, elbow rolls,beats, dislocs, etc) and use targeted drills, progressions, and playful challenges to uncover the principles that connect them. Each skill family will offer layered options to provide everyone with
accessible entry points and meaningful challenges. We will also venture beyond the canon to experiment with newer, less traditional dynamic skills.
To round things out, we’ll learn a handful of expedient transition moves to help you integrate and sequence dynamic elements with
greater flexibility.
Through thus demystifying and diversifying dynamic aerial hoop technique, this workshop aims
to help intermediate/advanced students gain the skills and confidence to develop an autonomous, creative dynamic hoop practice.
Bring a thick long-sleeve layer, your willingness to fail, and get ready to fall in love with dynamic
hoop!
Pre-requisites:
Participants should be comfortable inverting in the air, doing skin the cats, and holding a front balance and knee hang without hands.
They should also have some familiarity with beats/tempos.
Please note our cancellation policy:
If you cancel at least 3 days (72 hours) prior to the workshop, you will receive 100% refund. After 72 hours before, you will receive a 50% discount. If you cancel within 24 hours prior to the start of the workshop, you will not receive a refund
Price: $80
Bio:
Sarah Norden (she/they) is an emerging circus performer, creator, and researcher based in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal. She is a graduate of École nationale de cirque specializing in aerial hoop. She also has significant experience with dance, clowning, and group acrobatics, and enjoys engaging with circus off-stage as a coach, dramaturg, and researcher.
Before pursuing circus professionally, Sarah earned a BA from Wesleyan University, where they studied the intersection of science, art, ethics, and the environment. Their approach to circus is shaped by this circuitous path: they like to think about movement and move about thinking. Their recent creative interests include discomfort, queer ecology, and feminine rage.
As a coach, Sarah is passionate about teaching aerial research skills, deconstructing mainstream circus aesthetics, and mentoring students to build sustainable, nurturing relationships with training and creation. She loves views that make you whoop and holler, books that make you stay up all night, and friends that make you feel at home in the world.
Lasso Lowdown for Silks & Rope with Jessica Leong
Friday, November 20, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Let the lasso energy going! We’ll play with shapes, drops, and transitions while exploring lasso-inspired movement around the body.
Expect plenty of flicking, kicking, swinging, arcs, and wraps, with a focus on momentum, timing, and making the most of the movement.
Pre-requisites:
Intermediate Prep/Intermediate & Up
Confident inversions in the air.
One-hand grip recommended (or working toward a steady one) but not required. Not all elements will need a full one-hand grip, so everyone can play along where they’re at!
Please note our cancellation policy:
If you cancel at least 3 days (72 hours) prior to the workshop, you will receive 100% refund. After 72 hours before, you will receive a 50% discount. If you cancel within 24 hours prior to the start of the workshop, you will not receive a refund
Price: $80
Bio:
Jessica Leong is an aerialist, performer, and coach originally from San Francisco, now based in Dublin, Ireland. She specialises in silks and rope, coaching students from beginner to advanced levels, and her approach has been shaped by training with coaches from around the world.
Jessica is a technique-based teacher who enjoys breaking down complex skills into achievable steps. She has a particular love for dynamic movement and sequencing, especially finding ways to connect skills and transitions into fluid combinations. Her classes balance strong technique with creativity, helping students understand not just how to do a skill, but how to move between skills and build sequences in the air.
She has taught workshops across Europe and the USA, choreographed showcases, trained aspiring teachers, and mentored Arts Council Ireland–funded artists. She has completed extensive teacher training and continues to develop her practice through international training, residencies, and intensives.
Outside the studio, Jessica enjoys travelling, hiking, camping, live shows, trying new pastries and cakes, and sitting in coffee shops pretending to read.