In four 2-and-a-half-hour sessions, you’ll build trust and confidence in partner aerial acrobatics through two-person conditioning drills and stretches, practice two unique methods for hoisting humans on the silks, learn a complete three-person chandelyra routine, and celebrate it all with aerial “champagne” pours.
Chalk, wrist tape, and bubbly beverages provided.
+600 XP
Prerequisites
- Grip strength 50 lbs +
- Tuck Mount on lyra
- Knee Hang 20 seconds
- Crossback Straddle on silks
- Double Footlocks in the air (Figure 8 or Dancer’s)
Syllabus
- Tuesday, February 3, 6pm-8:30pm – REQUIRED
- group warmup
- prerequisite testing
- introduction to silks porting
- chandelyra choreography part 1
- partner stretching
- Tuesday, February 10, 6pm-8:30pm
- group warmup
- partner conditioning drills
- silks porting method 2 flow
- chandelyra choreography part 2
- cooldown
- Tuesday, February 17, 6pm-8:30pm
- group warmup
- partner conditioning drills
- silks porting method 1 flow
- chandelyra choreography part 3
- partner stretching
- Tuesday, February 24, 6pm-8:30pm – DRESS-UP DAY
- group warmup
- film silks porting flows
- film chandelyra routine
- aerial bartending (serve and be served sparkling water)
- foam rolling
