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Taking on the ultimate test of stamina, strength and endurance this week, Arielle pedalled 100 miles through wind, rain and freezing temperatures to complete her longest ever DJ set, all whilst cycling.

The Radio 1 DJ and teams of listeners worked together to keep the wheels turning and the decks spinning – and they couldn’t have crossed the finish line without your support.

Arielle took on this Red Nose Day challenge to raise life changing money for Comic Relief; and there’s still time to donate. The money raised will help support people struggling with the cost-of-living crisis and tackle issues such as homelessness, mental health problems, and food poverty here in the UK and around the world, so if you can support Arielle and the team, a donation of any amount will help to make a difference.

It doesn’t have to cost the earth to help change lives. Your donation can help people who are facing the toughest times of their lives, here in the UK and around the world. Please donate what you can, now.

Ahead of her big challenge, Arielle visited a Comic Relief funded project called ‘Mind Our Music’ in Luton.

Mind Our Music is a weekly music therapy support group for adults with mental health conditions and provides them with a unique opportunity to engage in making high quality live music. The music is led by the participants as much as possible, with the support of facilitators, including a Music Therapist and a Community Musician. The project is run by Music24 at the Bear Club (a Jazz club) in Luton.

Arielle took part in the session, having a go on the drums and various other instruments, and chatting to the participants about their experiences of the project; finding out how it supports their mental health. For over 35 years, Comic Relief has been supporting people facing the toughest times of their lives, both here in the UK and around the world. Please donate what you can, now.

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Why More and More Dancers Are Getting Into Aerial

These days, you don’t have to be in the circus to learn how to fly. Aerial dance has grown in popularity in recent years, blending modern dance and circus traditions and enlisting the help of trapeze, silks, hammocks, lyra and cube for shows that push both viewers and performers past their comfort zones.

More dancers are learning aerial than ever before. Besides adding new skills to your resumé, becoming an aerialist opens up a new realm of possibilities.

Why Take to the Skies?

Many dancers are drawn to aerial work for the diverse performance prospects—from night club acts to Broadway stages to concerts. “I do a fun burlesque number in Atlantic City every Thursday,” says Hannah Risner, a New York City–based aerialist. “But then I can also do corporate work at someone’s holiday party as the pretty dancer in the air.”

Having aerial skills can make you more hirable, says Joshua Dean, co-owner of Aerial Arts NYC. “For me, becoming a circus performer actually brought me back into the musical theater world because they wanted my specific skills.”

Aerial also provides the opportunity to be both choreographer and dancer. “So much of the time when I was a dancer, I was doing other people’s work,” says Dean. “But as a circus performer, you get to create your own work.”

Longevity is another draw. “One of the reasons I moved away from traditional dance was because my body was hurting,” says Dean. “Doing my own work, I can make changes if my body doesn’t feel good that day.”

How to Become an Aerial Dancer

Like concert dance, aerial is rooted in proper training and technique. But there is no single path towards a professional career. Many aerialists were concert dancers or theater performers, while others began as circus artists.

Dancers who want to make the leap to aerial should first find an experienced coach or training program that emphasizes safety. Training takes time, and attempting a skill that they are not qualified to perform could cost them their career.

As aerial dance becomes more prominent, university dance programs are taking note. Both University of Wyoming and University of New Hampshire implement aerial training into their curriculum, and University of Colorado at Boulder offers an MFA program with an emphasis on aerial and works closely with Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance.

What Dancers Should Know

While there are a handful of aerial companies (like Frequent Flyers, UpSwing Aerial Dance Company and A-WOL Dance Collective) that offer traditional company positions, most aerial dancers are “gig artists” who are hired to perform their acts at events. It may seem like competition would be steep for these jobs, but the fact that dancers create their own routines—which they generally perform at auditions rather than learning any set choreography—works to their advantage. “There may be 15 other short, strong brunettes, but no one does my act, and I don’t do anyone else’s act,” says Risner.

Today, there are enough opportunities to teach and perform that a full-time aerial career is possible. “People have danced hanging off hot air balloons,” says Nancy Smith, founder and artistic director of Frequent Flyers. “Our company has danced off the side of a 33-story building. Everyone is continuing to push the boundaries of what’s possible both physically and creatively, so the field of aerial dance will continue to develop.”

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Aerial dance

Traditional tango moves are stretched, expanded and turned upside down as a pair of dancers attached to bungees skim across the surface of the floor—without touching it. She walks up his legs and down his arms, and he holds her in lifts impossible without the aid of the apparatus. Aerial dance, which relies on equipment to lift dancers, is known for its ability to add dimensions to choreography  impossible to achieve in conventional dance.

Aerial dance originated in the 1960s when postmodern dancers like Alwin Nikolais and Trisha Brown started experimenting with taking dance from the horizontal to the vertical realm in order to extend the possibilities of the modern dance vocabulary. Nearly 50 years after those first explorations, there are aerial dance companies, international aerial dance festivals and schools devoted to teaching the genre.

“The aesthetic is like any other dance form,” says Nancy Smith, artistic director of Frequent Flyers Productions based in Boulder, CO, “but you can go much higher, cover space to a much greater degree and elongate and draw things out like you wouldn’t be able to do without the use of apparatus.” Here, DS takes a look at the highs and lows of aerial dance.

High Accessibility “As long as you have a moderate level of physical fitness, you’re ready to give it a try,” says Chloe Jensen, co-director of Ameba Acrobatic and Aerial Dance in Chicago. “Aerial takes a significant amount of upper body and core strength, but a dancer can develop those things through the study of aerial dance techniques,” she adds. While Jensen’s company teaches students as young as 5, Smith and Jayne Bernasconi, artistic director of Air Dance Bernasconi in Baltimore, co-authors of the book Aerial Dance , think 10 is an ideal age to start. Before then, kids can be too reckless with their bodies. “They don’t have a sense of fear yet,” explains Bernasconi.

A sense of fear is one thing, but what about a fear of heights? Professionals say that shouldn’t be a deterrent. Much of aerial dance has nothing to do with being up high. “It’s about using the equipment to discover new possibilities of movement,” Jensen says.

Each apparatus can be hung high or low. “You can stay low and do swings under the bar,” explains Bernasconi. “You can grab the bar and run underneath it, kick off and bring your feet off the floor. You can bring your toes up to the bar and stand up or climb up the ropes to the ceiling. It all depends on where you want to take it.”

What to Expect Expect to work progressively, working your way up in space. “A beginner starts with her feet on the ground touching the bar at the low-flying trapeze and then progresses to hanging, to sitting, to swinging and to going upside down,” says Smith.

Bernasconi’s warm-up begins with arm-strengthening, shoulder-rotation exercises and core stability work. “The stronger your core is, the less strain aerial work will have on your shoulders because the shoulders are really what takes the brunt of the stress,” she says. Then she introduces students to the single-point trapeze with an exercise she calls pulling taffy. “You’re still on the floor, but you fall into space holding the trapeze,” she says. “It warms up your hands as well your body and helps you to trust the equipment.”

It’s not uncommon for students to experience motion sickness. “You’re off the ground and upside down and the movement and spinning can create vertigo,” says Smith. Expect to get bruised and sore in ways that you don’t from traditional dance forms. You can also get calluses on your hands and the backs of your knees, and shoulder injuries are common.

While there’s obviously a certain amount of risk involved with aerial dance, a reputable instructor will work to minimize that risk with safe rigging. “We run about eight classes a week and 15 hours a week of company rehearsals,” says Jensen. “We have never seen a serious injury.” When looking for an instructor, insist that he or she take the time to explain the rigging system and teach you how to check it yourself. “It’s like packing a parachute when you’re jumping out of an airplane,” says Bernasconi. “You probably want to be the one to pack that parachute so you know exactly what’s going on.”

Prep Talk Since the equipment used in aerial dance is unpredictable, improvisation is an important part of the work. “You may go to grab the apparatus and it’s not where it was every other time in rehearsal,” explains Smith. You have to be prepared for sudden changes.

In preparation for your first class, hang off playground equipment to gain familiarity with being upside down. “In choreography, you have to know where your body is in space when you’re not touching the ground,” says Smith. Hang on the monkey bars. Practice pushups with your hands underneath your shoulders and your elbows close to your side. “This way you’re building your back muscles and abdominals,” says Bernasconi.

Once you’ve prepped yourself for using muscles you didn’t know you had, assumed the risk and psyched yourself up for being suspended in mid-air, Smith suggests freeing your mind in order to reap all the benefits of the genre. “Aerial is a very liberating art form, and it spurs people’s creativity,” she says.

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Radio 1’s Arielle Free to DJ while cycling for 50 hours in aid of Red Nose Day

Radio 1 host Arielle Free is to take on the longest set of her life as she will attempt to DJ live while cycling for 50 hours across five cities in five days to raise funds for Red Nose Day.

From Sunday, the early breakfast host will be taking to the streets of York , Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester and Liverpool , tackling a different city each day.

The Scottish broadcaster, 34, will undertake the challenge, dubbed Tour de Dance with Arielle Free, on a 10-person bike adapted with DJ decks and a giant Red Nose.

Along the way, she will be joined by Radio 1 listeners and some famous faces in each of the cities who will need to help her pedal to keep the music pumping.

On the first day, Free will join Radio 1 presenter Greg James for a special ‘Tour de Dance For Red Nose Day’ breakfast show to talk through the task she is about to embark on.

Free said: “I’m so nervous about the challenge, it’s something I’d never considered before, and that’s just the cycling shorts! It’s going to be a huge mental and physical challenge peddling whilst mixing live, across five cities in one week.

“I have definitely had some funny looks in the gym whilst practising DJing on the bikes!

“Looking forward to raving and pedalling across the nation, if you see us cycling past, please show some support by dancing along! And please donate if you can!”

James added: “These challenges only work when the whole station and all the listeners get behind them so I’ll be doing my very best to be the ringmaster back at base rallying everyone together to get Arielle over the finish line.

“She’s incredibly tough but this will be her biggest challenge yet.”

Money raised for Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day will help those affected by the cost-of-living crisis and tackle issues such as homelessness, mental health problems, and food poverty in the UK and across the world.

A portion of the money raised will also go towards the emergency response to the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.

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Samir Patel, chief executive of Comic Relief, said: “We are incredibly excited to have the support of Arielle for this extraordinary challenge that only our friends at Radio 1 could imagine.

“The Tour de Dance with Arielle Free is a unique and exciting way to raise funds and we hope that Radio 1 listeners and people across the country get behind Arielle and help her through this huge challenge of a lifetime. Good luck Arielle.”

The challenge will begin on Sunday, March 5, live on BBC Radio 1 and daily updates on Free’s progress will be given during Vick Hope and Jordan North’s show, which will be renamed for the challenge Tour de Dance For Red Nose Day and will be broadcast live from whichever city Free is cycling through.

Red Nose Day returns to BBC One on March 17 with hosts AJ Odudu, David Tennant, Joel Dommett, Paddy McGuinness and Zoe Ball.

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FLY-LINES: A Brief History of Aerial Dance

By Selby Schwartz

Off-the-ground dance comes loaded with its own peculiar history, beginning with the acrobatic and technological innovation of women dancing on pointe. At the end of the 18th century, Charles Didelot was rigging dancers up with wires so that they could “fly” very briefly during performances. In 1832, when Marie Taglioni debuted in La Sylphide , a vision of ethereal grace, she was the first ballerina known to have danced a full piece on pointe. Bournonville described Taglioni as “everything that can be imagined as pure, gracious and poetic, combined with a talent whose outstanding quality was an airy lightness.” The quality of lightness in Western concert dance thus came to be inextricably linked with 19th century moral values of femininity: grace, purity, and a denial of the body’s messy materiality.

When early 20th-century modern dance in America reclaimed the body’s relation to the ground, it was forcibly confronting ballet’s tradition of enforced lightness. Modern dance proclaimed the doctrine of the bare foot on the floor, the movement that emanated from the solar plexus or the pelvis, and the body moving deliberately off-balance, so that gravity would be an inherent part of the dance. Because the genealogy of early modern dance history was composed almost entirely of women, ideas of the feminine body in dance quickly accrued a new set of associations contrary to those in ballet: the female dancer’s body was now grounded, powerful, flexible, and dramatically independent. Elevation and aerial lightness were not central concerns of American modern dance until the 1960s and 70s, when Alwin Nikolais and Trisha Brown started staging dances on rooftops and rigging their dancers up in harnesses and ropes.

As it turned out, aerial and off-the-ground dance was going to be as much the province of women as early modern dance had been, especially in the Bay Area. Following Terry Sendgraff, who pioneered the motivity trapeze in San Francisco in the 1970s, the tradition of local aerial dance includes Joanna Haigood of Zaccho Dance (Kreiter’s first mentor), and Amelia Rudolph of Project Bandaloop. A little ironically, these female choreographers—with strong convictions, strong biceps, and a strong grounding in community politics—are foremost among the inheritors of Didelot’s experiments with rigging dancers to “fly” with airy lightness on wires more than two centuries ago; the hardest part of her job, Jo Kreiter says, is “actually finding a committed and steady relationship with a rigger.”

This article appeared in the July/August 2009 issue of  In Dance .

Selby Wynn Schwartz is the International Tour Manager/ Project Manager at Alonzo King LINES Ballet, a Lecturer at UC Berkeley, and a member of the LEAP faculty. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley, and is currently working on a book about drag and dance.

• How To Teach The Perfect Aerial

by Laura Fleming | Jul 9, 2020 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

Ask any student: what is the number one trick you want to learn? The answer is always the same – an Aerial!

The Aerial is one of the most challenging Acro tricks to learn, despite the fact that it is actually NOT one of the most difficult tricks to execute once mastered.

Most students require at least one to two years to learn it but once they get it, it feels very simple and is one of the more versatile tricks to use in choreography.

A Side Aerial should be taught from a step, retiré lunge preparation, with the chest up on the take-off, and a strong drive back with the arms (arms are reaching straight up and vertical in the upside-down position); it ends in a strong square lunge of the first leg (the absorbing leg), with a stretched and strong landing of the second leg (the braking leg), with the upper body finished open to the audience and the arms in Acro 4th Position. (More on this ending position later)!

I spent 20 years of my career analyzing Aerials, and studied several different methodologies and approaches during trying to figure out the best way to teach Aerials (I personally taught and was taught several INCORRECT and INEFFICIENT ways to do an Aerial – yikes!).

After teaching over 1000 different students, and having tried EVERY method to teach and execute an Aerial, I cracked the code and created the following ADTA 4-step system to teaching this highly sought-after trick – and it WORKS!

Check out the Aerial Preparation – 4-Step System here:

As a bonus, this four-step method utilizes the same technique that is used to achieve a Front Aerial, making the transition from mastering a Side Aerial to learning a Front Aerial seamless – two tricks for the price of one!

If you take the one to two years necessary to perfect the technique in each step, your students will be able to perform stunning, high Aerials that “pop” off of the ground beautifully and SAFELY.

This four-step method also greatly reduces the amount of spotting required for each student, and students that take the time to learn this proper Aerial technique will have their Aerials for LIFE.

Check out the ADTA method for spotting here:

Why You Should NOT Teach Aerials from a Running Preparation:

Students that learn Aerials from a running preparation come to depend on momentum to take off, instead of learning to push from the hip joint. When a student learns how to push out of his or her hip joint, he/she is able to “pop” off the floor easily, enabling him or her to dance into and out of the Aerial flawlessly, without the use of an obvious preparation.

Why Aerials Should Finish in a Strong Lunge:

At the ADTA, we emphasize the need for aerials to finish in strong square lunge of the first leg (the absorbing leg), with a stretched and strong landing of the second leg (the braking leg), with the upper body finished open to the audience and the arms in Acro 4th position. This is to get your students used to a one-footed landing. The second leg is merely a brake, and there should be a brief pause between the landing of the first and second foot on the floor.

When students are used to landing on one foot (instead of immediately shifting weight onto the second foot), their second foot is still “free” and available for creative transitions, such as a turn, leg extension, or even another aerial!

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14 Mar Best Free And Paid Aerial Dance Resources For Beginners

Looking for aerial dance resources for beginners? We are always on the lookout for good resources to expand our aerial knowledge. In this post, you will find several books and websites dedicated to aerial arts, not limited to any apparatus.

Keep in mind: The resources are for reference only and should not used to replace an instructor.

Free Resources

Fedec basic circus arts instruction manual, best for: aerial silks.

European Federation of Professional Circus Schools’ Basic Circus Arts Instruction Manual is available in four languages: English, French, German, and Portuguese. It covers a whole range of circus arts. For aerial content, check out chapter 2.

Price: FREE (LINK)

The Circus Dictionary

The Circus Dictionary is perhaps the largest directory of circus moves. The most useful part for aerialists is the section on silks . Each move has a descriptive name and a step-by-step video that shows you how to do them.

Aerial Elements

Aerial Elements is a growing glossary of aerial silk moves. You can learn each move by watching a short video. You will find complete routines and conditioning exercises. And you can sort the glossary based on your skill level.

Aerial Practice

Best for: AERIAL DANCE

Aerial Practice is a community of beginner aerialists. And we have an important mission: naming aerial dance moves .

On our YouTube channel , you will find step-by-step guides and dance routines. You will learn more about aerial dance with the hammock and the hoop, and get a lot of useful tips.

Price: FREE

Paid resources.

For all you interested in books about aerial dance, we are working hard on creating one for #aerialfam! You can easily take part in NAME THAT POSE, join #aerialfam to name aerial dance moves Every SUNDAY on Instagram .

Applied Anatomy of Aerial Arts by Emily Scherb

Best for: all aerial arts.

Emily Scherb is a physical therapist. Her main goal is to teach aerialists how to train and perform. The book is useful for all levels of aerial artists.

Dr. Scherb puts the most emphasis on injury prevention and recovery. That makes the Applied Anatomy of Aerial Arts a must-have for all aerial artists.

Price: $14.23 on Amazon

Aerial Dance Manuals by Rebekah Leach

Best for: AERIAL HOOP & FABRICS

Rebekah Leach has been creating aerial dance manuals for over a decade. She offers manuals for beginner, intermediate, and even advanced aerialists.

You can check out her work in the manual previews. Aerial Hoop Manual preview or Aerial Fabric Manual preview .

Price: $26-68 on her website

Jill franklin’s guides to aerial silk.

Jill Franklin founded her company Aerial Physique in 2012. She wrote two Guides to Aerial Silk. One for beginners and one for intermediate learners.

Both Guides are very easy to follow. You will find clear instructions and step-by-step photos for each pose. You will also find strengthening exercises that you can do at home.

Price: $16-24 on Amazon

Spin City’s Hoop Bible

Best for: AERIAL HOOP

Spin City brought together pole dancing performers. So the Hoop Bible approaches aerial from a pole dancing perspective.

As the name indicates, it is a great resource for all things aerial hoop. You will find over 1500 photos of hoop poses, conditioning exercises, and many useful tips.

Price: £20 for electronic copy

If there are any aerial dance resources for beginners (and more advanced dancers) that we missed, send us a message. We love to learn!

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Aerial Training

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Aerial Training runs in Fall & Spring Semesters made up of 6 week series. 

Fall Semester is 18 week August-Dec.

Spring Semester is 24 week Jan-June

Drop-ins to try it out are allowed for the first 1-2 weeks of each new 6 week series, as the skills progress and build on themselves from week to week.

We recommend registering in advance to guarantee your spot in an upcoming series

or semester before they sell out.

Options to train once a week, or sign up for our Beginner Track Pass option for training that meets TWICE a week, and comes with unlimited open gym sessions .   Ne w  to Aerial Arts?  START HERE

Registration is Now Open for  Spring 2024

 spring semester jan 2nd- june 15th,   please  contact us  to see if a drop-in is possible for an aerial series if you are unsure., view the ser ies calendar dates here, view the pricing options here, get started with a beginner track pass (meets twice a week), o r option for once a week training.

Beginner Aerial Arts Track Pass

Are you wanting to excel faster as you begin your aerial journey? Or maybe you are just looking for extra support as you begin your training, and are interested in more fitness gains. Either way, our Beginner Level Aerial Arts Track is for you!

This program meets twice a week and includes one Aerial Class of your choice, coupled with a weekly aerial conditioning Strength & Flexibility Training class .

Want even more? Enjoy FREE   access to any of our open gym sessions with your track pass, so you can come in and practice and train on your own in-between classes as much as you like.

Add-on a beginner level private lesson for only: $75

Adult Aerial & Gymnastics Track Pass

Feeling nostalgic for the cartwheels of your youth? Or ever wanted to take a beginner gymnastics class but just didn’t know how or where to start? Well now you can train both on the ground AND in the air with our Adult Beginner Aerial & Gymnastics Intensive Track.

Whether you are just out of practice or brand new, this Open level and beginner friendly program is for you!

This program meets twice a week and includes one beginner level aerial class of your choice, coupled with a weekly Basic Tumbling & Gymnastics class on Wednesdays at 5:45pm.

Want even more? Enjoy free access to any of our open gym sessions with your track pass, so you can come in and practice and train on your own in-between classes as much as you like.

Spring 2024

Adult  series.

3:00pm Adult Open Level Aerial Straps 4:15pm Adult Corde Lisse Level 1

5:45pm Adult Open Level Sling Dance  

Tuesday: 5:45pm Adult Level 1 Aerial Sling 7:00pm Adult Aerial Silks Level 1 7:15pm Adult Aerial Silks Level 3

Wednesday: 7:00pm Adult Aerial Silks Level 2

5:45pm Adult Open Level Trapeze

7:00pm Adult Aerial Silks Level 1

Saturday: 9:00am Adult Lever 2-3 Aerial Hoop/Lyra 10:15am Adult Level 1 Aerial Hoop/Lyra

Semester Options 

This simple bar suspended from two ropes can be used to showcase the strength and dynamics inherent in static trapeze as well as the lyricism and elegance of single-point dance trapeze, and everything in between. in this class, we’ll learn foundational skills that make up the language of movement that is shared by all of these approaches to the trapeze. , aerial silks, students are introduced to skills and poses in the knot, foot locks, wrist wraps, and climbing. students work close to the ground and move higher as strength is gained. all bodies are welcome. st udents will increase strength and flexibility as they are taught basic hangs, climbs, locks, and inversions. , aerial straps.

In our Straps series, students will work on conditioning, building strengt h, and safely improving their technique on the straps. This series is geared for students who are newer to straps and want to improve their overall strength and technique that can be well incorporated into other apparatuses. There will be a lot of personalized attention provided in the class so all levels are welcome!

*Prerequisites: Must have completed at least one 6 week Beginner 1 Aerial Series on any apparatus.

*Additional Requirements:

Students are required to purchase and bring to class their own wristbands. 

Please Note: Ankle brace s can be used interchangeably but there are also wrist bands you can order. Please make sure there are no fasteners or Velcro around the wrist area. It will get in the way and will irritate the skin.

Aerial Rope/Corde Lisse

Students are introduced to the  f undamentals of  aerial rope technique, including  climbs, wraps, spins and sequencing, while focusing on conditioning and  flexibility., aerial student performance program: pa'volar, each year aerialists with an intermediate to advanced aerial skill level can become a part of our performance production program. members of this class will learn to create a professional stage act and work with group choreography to produce small scale productions to present to the public.  this program trains a variety of skill sets while exposing to students to stage performance. skills taught include dance, aerial technique, choreography and physical theatre utilizing a variety of aerial apparatus. , aerial sling .

Beginner's level 1-3. Students will learn the foundation of the aerial fabrics within an aerial sling. Build confidence, flexibility and strength while learning various inversions. All bodies are welcome.

Aerial Hoop/Lyra

Instruction focuses on skills and conditioning, building up to inversions. All skills and exercises will be tailored to your body’s current abilities. All bodies are welcome.

Open Gym Drop-in

Open gym time is for personal training, free time/exploration, working on choreography and/or conditioning practice for aerialists, and circus arts ground skill training (hoops, juggling, poi, acrobatics, etc). Youth trainers must have adult supervision present. Please be sure to read and review the studio open gym policies prior to attendance.  Read HERE

ADVANCED AERIA L LEVEL 3 & Up

Pre-requisites: Must be able to invert in the air repeatedly throughout class. Know several climbs, one of which must be inverted, with the ability to climb to the top, on both sides, in all known climbs. Students must have strength & endurance to stay in the air several minutes and have a solid working repertoire of level 1 & 2 skills. Students must be comfortable working at height.  By Permission Only. Email us at [email protected] to inquire.

Visit our Youth page for weekly youth and teen class options HERE  

Specialty Workshops & Teacher Trainings can be found HERE

Interested in a Private Group Class or Private Lesson? Submit a request via the contact form HERE

Welcome to Aerial Cirque Over Denver

Founded in 2006, Aerial Cirque Over Denver was the first major circus school in Denver. The aerial arts gym has 2 separate studio spaces and more than 4,000 square feet total. It’s the largest training facility in the Denver metropolitan area! We have also been recognized by 303 Magazine as one of the top unique fitness studios in Denver, and by Macaroni Kid for our youth aerial dance classes and circus themed birthday parties. Finally, we believe aerial is for every-body. We take pride in being an inclusive and safe space for all. 

What We Offer

At ACOD, we teach aerial dance classes, also known as circus arts. Our aerial classes are separated by age and level (beginner to advanced). Classes are specific to tots (ages 3 to 5) , youth (ages 6 to 8) , pre-teen (ages 9 to 12) , teen (ages 13 to 17) , and adult students. We specialize in technique based aerial dance including classes in aerial silk (aerial fabric), dance trapeze, aerial lyra (hoop), sling (aerial hammock), rope, and unique apparatuses like cube and cloud swing! We also offer ground disciplines, including cyr wheel and contortion. 

Safety is a priority at our aerial arts gym. Students learn in a progressive manner with our session-based classes. Also, our instructors are all certified and students practice with high rating crash mats under every apparatus.

Professional Circus Entertainment

In addition to recreational classes, we offer professional entertainment. As a pioneer in the Colorado aerial community, we have a strong performance-based team. ACOD Entertainment performs nationally, catering to events such as corporate parties, weddings, and festivals. Some of our past clients include DIA, Vail Resorts, Budweiser, and String Cheese Incident! We offer custom performances including aerialists, contortionists, stilt walkers, poi spinners, fire dancers, and Colorado’s only mobile ice shows on synthetic ice!

Our Denver circus studio is conveniently located right off I-70 and Quebec in the Stapleton Business Plaza. Looking for something to do while your kiddo is taking class? ACOD is less than a 5 minute drive from The Shops at Northfield Stapleton and Quebec Square. We are less than a 10 minute drive from the Rocky Mountain Wildlife Refuge, Central Park, City Park, and East 29th Ave Town Center.

Aerial Cirque Over Denver is located in the Northfield neighborhood. We are a 5 to 10 minute drive north from the North Park Hill and South Park Hill Neighborhoods. Many of our students come from Central Park. We are within 5 to 10 minutes of: Willow Park East neighborhood, Conservatory Green neighborhood, Wicker Park neighborhood, Beeler Park Neighborhood, Central Park North, Central Park West, East 29th Ave Neighborhood, Westerly Creek neighborhood, Eastbridge neighborhood, South End Neighborhood, and the Bluff Lake Neighborhood. Additionally, we are a 10 to 20 minute drive from the Highlands, River North Art District, LoDo, Cheesman Park, and neighborhoods of Montclair, Hale, East Colfax, Lowry Field, Hilltop, Congress Park, City Park, and Cherry Creek.

S W A N  L A K E

M U S I C: Petr Ilich Tchaikovsky V E R S I O N AND  D I R E C T I O  N:  Victor Smirnov-Golovanov C H O R E O G R A P H Y : Natalia Ryshenko, Victor Smirnov-Golovanov D E S I G N E R:  Natalia Povago C O S T U M E S:  Natalia Povago

RUNNING TIMES:  ACT 1: 70 minutes; ACT 2: 60 minutes;

A C T  O N E

It’s Prince Siegfried’s 21 st birthday.  Young people have gathered to celebrate the occasion including the Prince’s friend Benno, and his old tutor Wolfgang.  The festivities are spirited and there is much dancing and games.  In the midst of the activity, the Prince’s aunt arrives to remind her nephew that his coming of age is a serious affair – it is time for him to marry.   A Ball has been arranged for the following evening and there, from a group of prospective fiancées, he is to choose a bride.  

Siegfried is disconsolate at the thought of his carefree youth slipping away.  He has no desire to marry.   The day draws to a close and in an attempt to cheer his friend, Benno points to a flock of wild swans in flight and suggests a hunting expedition.  Deciding that life is still to be enjoyed Siegfried orders pursuit.  

A C T  T W O

The hunting party follows the swans thought the woods, reaching a clearing where they settle on a nearby lake.  Siegfried’s attention is suddenly attracted by a beautiful white swan, which is transformed into a lovely young maiden.  She is Odette, Queen of the Swans.  The evil sorcerer Von Rothbart holds her under his spell – by day she and her friends are and must remain swans, but between midnight and dawn they may resume their human form.   Only the pure love of a young man can remove the curse.  Astonished by her beauty and full of love for Odette, Siegfried’s love will destroy evil powers.  Von Rothbart suddenly appears in the form of an owl, beckoning menacingly to Odette.  As dawn breaks, the lovers bid farewell.  Odette returns to the lake, resuming her guise as a swan and Rothbart plots to make the Prince break his vow.

A C T  T H R E E

The entire court is assembled for Siegfried’s betrothal Ball, where the invited Princesses and their families eagerly await the decision of the Prince.  The Prince’s aunt indicates he is to choose a bride from the maidens present, but none pleases him.  The young Prince’s mind is still filled with images of the beautiful Odette. Mindful of his vow of Fidelity, he pays little attention to the eligible young women with whom he is presented.  Suddenly, a fanfare announces the arrival of two new guests.  It is Von Rothbart disguised as a nobleman with his daughter Odile.   

The Prince stands transfixed by her likeness to Odette and overwhelmed by the unexpected appearance of his true love, he asks her to dance.  Odile so bewitches the Prince that he asks for her hand in marriage.  Convinced he is with his beloved Odette, he declares his fidelity in front of all present.  Triumphantly, Von Rothbart and Odile reveal themselves.  The Prince realizes too late that he is a victim of their cruel treachery.  Odette has been betrayed and now can never be released from her enchantment.  In despair, the Prince runs to the lake to search for her.

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Moscow City Center, Kremlin

The treasury of our Moscow panoramas is gradually increasing.

We have already been shooting aerial panoramas for 6 years. During this period of time we shot many interesting cities of the world: New York, Amsterdam, Kuala Lumpur, Sidney, Miami, Las Vegas, Rio de Janeiro, Dubai, Los Angeles and many others. However, we didn't succeed in shooting Moscow, the city we live in, though we did our best. The case is the flights over Moscow are forbidden except those of Russian Federation Ministry of Civil Defense and Emergency Response and Russian police. Taking in consideration these administrative restrictions we applied our creativity and resolved this problem by the following:

1) We made a virtual tour over Moscow Encircling Highway :  MEH and Interchanges

2) Yauza, Ramenki, Southern Port

3) In May 2010 near the Crocus-City the first in the world 1 gig pixel panorama was shot from the helicopter. It shows the Kremlin, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, Novodevichiy Convent, the TV Tower of Ostankino and many other places of interest.

4) This sphere shot from the height of 1000 m which shows most part of Moscow and regions.

5) Last spring we have shot the panorama of Novodevichiy Convent

6) We have done a virtual tour over Moscow State University

7) Earlier this year we have done a fabulous panoramas of Moscow City business center

8) One of Moscow City panoramas has been converted into stereo format

9) We have created a  giga pixel panorama of the center of Moscow

Also it is worth to view one of the photos by Sergey Semenov devoted to the rehearsal of the Victory Parade of May 9. 

It had success on the exhibition  World Seen by the Russians  held in Moscow, on Tverskoy Boulevard in May-June 2011.

And now we would like to introduce a virtual tour around Moscow Kremlin.

Photo by  Sergey Semenov ,  Dmitry Chistoprudov  and  Stas Sedov

18 October 2010

Open Gallery

Virtual Travels in 360°

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Marta Markmann, Argentina

What a wonderful picturisation! A feast to the eyes and ears.

AVR Rao, India

Excellent job. God bless Russian people.

Simon Avshalum, USA

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Juan Antonio Garcia, Spain

"its awesome i want to visit there once in my life time"

Mani Shanker, India

Thank you, Mani! I think you'll like Moscow if you'll visit it!

Varvara, AirPano

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Angela Pelachová, Slovakia

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Danielle Croset, Switzerland

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Cristina Amaya, El Salvador

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Mandar Vaidya, India

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Moscow from Above

Moscow is without question one of the world's most important cities.  It's been the capital of  Russia since 1918 when it reclaimed the capital status from St. Petersburg following the Bolshevik Revolution.  This city on the Moscow River is now not only one of the great cities of Europe , it's the actually the center of the largest metropolitan area on the continent, and it's the only Alpha City in Eastern Europe .  Occupying a strategic position with respect to Russia's vast system of rivers , Moscow is a city which was destined for greatness by virtue of geography.  Its skyline is graced by the spires of the Kremlin, famous Eastern Orthodox churches and monasteries , gleaming skyscrapers of the Moscow City financial district (home to five of the seven tallest skyscrapers in Europe as of 2019), and the magnificent Moscow State University, the world's tallest college campus building.  Here are the best drone videos of magnificent Moscow, the host city for the 1980 Summer Olympics.  Aerial photo: " On the Moscow River " by AirVuz contributor and drone pilot Videosnebe .

Click here to see all of the AirVuz Cities collections.

6th Annual NYCDFF Lockdown Nominee: pushkinflyteam

Closed city of moscow during the coronavirus pandemic.

• pushkinflyteam
• about 4 years ago

Top contributor pushkinflyteam brings us this incredible albeit shocking drone video from Moscow as Europe's largest city was virtually shut down due to the Covid-19 pandemic in the Spring of 2020. This DVOW nominated film opens with a shot looking toward the ultra-modern Moscow City skyscraper district.  Starting at about 1:20 there's a shot flying over the nearly-empty Krymsky Bridge, and at 3:35 you'll see the Church of Christ the Savior.  This video earned a nomination in the Lockdown category at the NYCDFF. 

Award winning moscow video, moscow aerial 5k timelab.pro.

• Timelab.pro
• over 6 years ago

Check out this jaw-dropping drone video of holiday-festooned Moscow, Russia by new AirVuz contributor pushkinflyteam.  The video opens with an epic shot of the Kremlin and the adjacent St. Basil's Cathedral, the aesthetic heart of Europe's largest city.  The focus of much of the rest of the video is in and around Red Square, the city's largest public gathering place.  Located just north of the Kremlin, the square takes on an almost other-worldly look during the Christmas season, replete with a giant ice-skating rink.  

Moscow at sunrise, moscow sunrise drone 2020 of pushkin fly team.

• almost 4 years ago

Top AirVuz contributor pushkinflyteam does it again with this stunning sunrise drone video of Moscow, Russia.  The video opens with an epic sweeping shot looking over the Kremlin toward the west.  Starting at the :30 mark, there's a great "climbing shot" of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Building (one of the Stalinist era "Seven Sisters"), Starting at about 1:45, you'll see some outstanding footage of the Moscow State University building (the best known of the  Seven Sisters), followed by an epic view of the Moscow City skyscraper district.

Moscow in four seasons, four seasons of moscow.

• over 1 year ago

Former DVOW Finalist nikybwd brings us this excellent "four season" drone video of the great city of Moscow, Russia.  The video opens with some shots looking towards the Kremlin and Red Square.  At the :11 mark, you'll soar past the massive Ostankino transmission tower.  At the :16 mark, there's a great shot looking over a gold-domed church towards the skyscrapers of the Moscow International Business Center.  Other featured locations include the Zhivopisniy Bridge (:21), the Lenin Statue at VDNKh (:39), VTB Arena (:42), and more.  

Moscow in winter, moscow: the desperation of winter.

• almost 6 years ago

The title of this video, "Desperation of Moscow in Winter" is evocative of the evacuation of Napoleon's starved Grand Armee from the Russian city in the winter of 1812 and the stopping of Adolph Hitler's Wehrmacht just outside the gates of the city in the famously cold winter of 1941. Award-winning contributor Timelab.pro shot this amazing aerial tour of Moscow in the frigid winter of 2017-18. Shot with a DJI Inspire 2 drone carrying a Zenmuse X7 camera, it is nothing short of an aerial masterpiece.

Moscow skyscraper district, the moscow city.

• MichaelMsk77
• over 5 years ago

"Moscow City" is the informal name for the Moscow International Business Center, a newer commercial district of the Russian capital city known for its towering skyscrapers.  Contributor MichaelMsk77 used a DJI Mavic Pro drone to create this beautiful video of the modern district.  At about the :17 mark, you'll ride along for a climb up to the top of these behemoths.  Here are five of Europe's seven tallest buildings as of 2018, the group's tallest  being the 95 story, 374 meter (a bit over 1.2k ft.) Federation Tower.

Msu: world's tallest educational building, moscow state university from above.

• teckatlipoka
• about 6 years ago

Contributor Valius Video used a drone to create this bird's eye view of the New Jerusalem Monastery, which is not located anywhere near Israel.  Rather, it is in metropolitan Moscow, the great Russian capital city.  It was built in the 17th century on a site which was (vaguely) reminiscent of the "real" Jerusalem.  The monastery was heavily damaged by invading German troops in late 1941, marking very nearly the furthest advance made by Germany during that campaign before being driven back.

Largest catholic church in russia, the cathedral of the immaculate conception of the holy virgin mary, contributor and pilot valius video created this beautiful drone video of the largest catholic church in russia.  the cathedral of the immaculate conception in this heavily eastern orthodox country was conceived and built during the last days of the tsarist empire.  it was closed in 1938 during the height of stalin's persecution of all forms of organized religion, and re-opened as a church a few years after the soviet union dissolved in 1991.  it's one of three roman catholic churches in the moscow area.  , diving moscow's skyscrapers, moscow city fpv dives #2.

• about 5 years ago

Moscow International Business Center (sometimes called Moscow City) is the Russian capital's swank new business district which lies west of the core city.  In recent years, it has become the skyscraper capital of Europe: as of early 2019, it is home to six of the ten tallest buildings in Europe.  The allure of its gleaming towers has caught the eye of top FPV pilots like contributor craig_dt; in this video you will see him take on the tallest of them in an epic FPV skyscraper diving session.  

Ruined manor outside moscow, ruins of "grebnevo" manor.

• almost 8 years ago

Prior to the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, the city of Moscow was the home of many of Russia's greatest noble families.   Three of the best known families, the Galitzine, Trubetskoy, and Bibikov clans, also had country homes in the area of Grebnovo, within the Shchyolkovsky District just to the northwest of central Moscow.  In this drone video from Vizaero, you'll get a bird's eye view of one of these great manors, which was the site of several fires in recent decades and is currently in a ruined state.  

Dynamo central stadium, lev yashin 90 years, moscow's vtb stadium is one of the city's main sporting venues.  it includes both a football stadium and a hockey arena.  opened in late 2018 at a cost of about us$1.5 billion, it's built on the site of the old dynamo stadium northwest of the center city, just outside the second ring road.  the stadium's "official" capacity is 27k, although it can be adjusted to accommodate as many as 45k fans; the ice arena can hold between 12-15k fans depending on configuration.  you can check out the modern marvel from above in this drone video by nikybwd., aerial tour of post-communist moscow, new moscow 2018 by dji mavic pro, over the last 25 years, no european city has changed as much as moscow.  despite the dislocation caused by the collapse of the soviet union and the financial crisis which engulfed russia in the late 1990's, the capital city has grown enormously and emerged as a leading international business center.  while much attention has been focused on the skyscrapers of its moscow city district, many of the city's districts have been nearly as transformed.  in this drone video by moscopterr, you'll get a bird's eye view of the "new moscow".  , ostankino tower, ice-bound ostankino tower by pushkin fly team moscow 2021.

• over 3 years ago

Check out this fantastic droen video of the giant Ostankino TV Tower in Moscow, Russia, compliments of top AirVuz contributor pushkinflyteam.  Situated a bit to the northeast of the center city, the massive tower carries signals for virtually all of the TV and radio stations available in the Russian capital.  Standing 540 meters (just under 1.8k ft.) tall when it was completed in 1967, it was the tallest structure in the world for nearly a decade.  The tower remains the tallest freestanding structure in Europe as of 2020.  

Giant moscow residential project, moscow solntsevo residential complex, as moscow has emerged as a leading international business center, it has struggled to provide adequate housing for its population.  perennially short of housing in the soviet years, the problem has in many respects grown worse with the advent of capitalist russia: it's the main reason why moscow is now one of the world's most expensive cities.  in this video by moscopterr, you'll get a bird's eye view at a giant new housing complex called solntsevo on the outskirts of the great city, now europe's largest. , the chertanovo area of southern moscow.

• SKYCINEMADRONES

Brand new AirVuz contributor SKYCINEMADRONES brings us this fantastic drone video from a residential area of Moscow during the Covid-19 pandemic in the Spring of 2020.  Chertanovo is a historical region which lies south of central Moscow, between the second and third ring roads.  Once an independent village, the area was absorbed by Moscow during the Soviet period.  In the video, you'll see the effect of the social distancing measures imposed to fight the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus, which hit Greater Moscow with particular ferocity.

Winter in moscow, moscow in the snow - 2019.

• Efremov.cinematogr...

On the banks of the Moskva River in western Russia lies one of the world's most important cities: Moscow. The capital of Russia is known for many famous buildings, including the Kremlin, Red Square, Lenin’s Mausoleum, St. Basil’s Cathedral and so much more. The bustling city is no less beautiful in the dead of winter; in fact one could argue the white backdrop of snow makes the city all the more spectacular. See some of this city, thanks to this drone video by Efremov.cinematography.

Transforming moscow's skyline, moscow city drone 4k.

• 10214679176390608

While Moscow has long been one of the world's most important cities, it's only in recent years that it's developed a world-class skyline.  The epicenter of the transformation has been the Moscow International Business Center, a district whose development was conceived in the early 1990's shortly after the end of Communist rule.  Situated just east of one of the ring roads, the district is home to six of Europ'e eight tallest buildings as of 2019.  In this drone video, you can get a bird's eye view of this remarkable project.

Dolgoprudny and the moscow canal, yachts and boats in dolgoprudniy.

• Nikitosiooo

Check out this beautiful drone video of a town on the Moscow Canal, compliments of brand-new AirVuz contributor and pilto Nikitosiooo. The town is called Dolgoprudny, and it's located about 20 km (around 12 mi.) north of Central Moscow, just outside of the second ring road which encircles the great Russian capital city.  The canal, which connects the Moscow (Moskva) River to the Volga River, runs for a length of just under 130 km (about 80 mi.).  It was built by prisoners of the Gulag system during the Stalinist 1930's.  

Fpv diving the msu tower, moscow state university russia fpv cinematic.

• about 3 years ago

Since it was completed in 1953, the Main Building of Moscow State University has been the most visible landmark in Moscow.  And yet, you've probably never seen this (rare) Stalinist architectural masterpiece from the perspective of a racing drone.  That's right.  Flying his racing quadcopter with first person view (FPV) goggles, award-winning contributor pushkinflyteam took a dive down this massive structure, for decades the tallest building in Europe, winning a spot on the FPV Pilots to Watch list in February, 2021.

Sokolniki park, moscow - sokolniki, sokolniki is a northeastern district of moscow, russia.  the natural centerpiece of the district is sokolniki park, whose name (derived from "falcon") references the hunting birds which were bred here for hunting use by the royal family several centuries ago.  it's been designated a municipal park since the late 1800's.  in this drone video by lego, you'll get a bird's eye view of the park as well as the surrounding district.  the video was shot in the winter months, when the great city was blanketed in snow., balashikha: eastern moscow suburb, summer in balashikha, chedck out these excellent drone views from greater moscow, compliments of nikitosiooo.  he filmed the area around the town of balashikha, which lies on the pekhorka river just east of the mosow ring road.  the town came to prominence by virtue of its location along the vladimir highway, a historical road which led east of of moscow to nizhny novgorod and in its modern form is known as the volga motorway.  beginning in the 19th century, the extensive waterpower resources here led to balashikha becoming an important industrial center.  , meschersky park, moscow autumn, covering around 465 hectares (1,150 acres) of forest, playgrounds, hiking and biking trails, and cross country skiing tracks, meschersky park in moscow is a massive city park.  it's located southwest of the city center, just outside of the outer ring road.  in this drone video by airvuz contributor and pilot nikybwd, you'll get some great aerial views of this vast, well-manicured green space, just as the leaves have started to change from a blanket of green to spots of yellow, brown, and orange. , vdnh: giant exposition center, moscow vdnh, moscow's exhibition of achievements of national economy (vdnh) is one of the great public spaces of the russian capital.  the giant complex includes exhibition pavilions, an amusement park, and large open outdoor spaces.  it's located in the ostankinsky district, north of the center city and close to the ostankino tower.  originally constructed during the stalinist 1930's, it's recently been extensively renovated.  seen here in this drone video by evan-armas, the complex covers a land area larger than the state of monaco.  , moscow aerial collage, aerial footage. moscow №2, top airvuz contributor and drone pilot vadimushka put together this brilliant aerial collage of the great russian capital city of moscow.  the video will take you all over this city, whose metropolitan population of 20 million is the largest in europe.  while you'll get some great views of some more familiar sights like the neva river and the moscow city skyscraper district, the video also features some outstanding footage of the city's giant highways, it's massive railroad yards, giant apartment blocks, and sprawling suburbs.  , around moscow by drone, urban moscow, home to nearly 12 million people, moscow is the powerful capital of russia. at its core is its seat of power, the kremlin. other famous locations include the red square, st. basil’s cathedral, lenin’s mausoleum, and the bolshoi theatre. capturing unique shots, like a soccer field in the middle of a circular building complex, or the glistening lights of the endless sea of glass buildings, this drone video gives us a different taste of the europe's largest city, courtesy of contributor nikybwd., moscow by mavic mini, moscow sunsets.

• over 2 years ago

AirVuz contributor Supasanya used a DJI Mavic Mini drone to create this fantastic aerial tour of Moscow, Russia.  The video opens with a shot of the Museum of the Great Patriotic War on Poklonnaya Hill, followed by the Ostankino Palace, just north of the central city.  Starting at about the :33 mark, there are some great views of the skyscrapers of the Moscow International Business Center.  Other highlights include the Kudrinskaya Square Building starting at about the :40 mark; this was one of the Stalinist era "Seven Sisters" skyscrapers.

Moscow's kremlin from above, up and over the kremlin.

• over 8 years ago

Take a first person view (FPV) tour of wintertime Moscow, Russia in this fantastic piece by top contributor pushkinflyteam.  Stating at the :45 mark, there's a shot skimming the River and ending with a view of the Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building, the tallest in Europe when completed in 1952.  Then you'll head to the main building of the Moscow State University, another Stalinist era skyscraper which is arguably the city's second-most recognized landmark after the Kremlin.  This video was picked for the FPV Pilots to Watch list.  

Profile of moscow's timelab.pro, the drone dish: timelab.pro.

• The Drone Dish

Fresh from winning Drone Video of the Year in the first AirVuz Drone Video Awards for his epic video of his hometown Moscow, top contributor and drone pilot TimeLab.Pro chats with Tyler in this edition of the Drone Dish. With its vivid visuals, cinematic music arrangement, and breathtaking landmarks, it’s easy to see how “Moscow Aerial 5K” became an award-winner.  His video of St. Petersburg, "City of White Nights", since garnered a nomination in the Cities category for the second annual DVA Awards.

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