What Are Circus Arts?
Adult Classes Ages 16+
Circus Arts Apparatus
Aerial Silks
Aerial silks is a type of performance in which one or more artists perform aerial acrobatics while hanging from a fabric. The fabric may be hung as two pieces, or a single piece, folded to make a loop, classified as hammock silks.
Hand-Balancing
The practice of balancing on your hands in a variety of positions and transitioning between them gradually. Doing a handstand is the very basic form of hand-balancing.
Trapeze
A trapeze is a short horizontal bar hung by ropes or metal straps from a support. It is an aerial apparatus most commonly found in circus performances. Trapeze acts may be static, spinning (rigged from a single point), swinging or flying, and may be performed solo, double, triple, or as a group act.
Contortion
Contortion is the skill of twisting and bending one's body into strange and unnatural positions, as a form of entertainment. It utilizes flexibility, the range of motion in a joint or group of joints and the ability to move those joints effectively through a complete range of motion. Flexibility training includes stretching exercises to lengthen the muscles.
Lyra
The aerial hoop, also known as the lyra, aerial ring, or cerceau/cerceaux, is a circular steel apparatus that resembles a hula-hoop. It is suspended from the ceiling, on which circus artists perform aerial acrobatics.