AERIAL CLASSES
Session Enrollment is September 11 - May 31st.
Fall Schedule
1:30 - 3:15
With Sonya
3:30 - 4:55 PM
With Sonya
5:00 - 6:55 PM
With Sonya
7-8:15 PM
MONDAY
TUESDAY
With Sonya
9-10:15 AM
With Maia
1:30 - 2:25 PM
With Maia
3:30 - 4:25 PM
With Maia
4:30 - 5:55 PM
With Maia
6:00 - 7:25 PM
WEDNESDAY
With Sonya
2:00 - 3:25 PM
With Sonya
3:30 - 4:25 PM
With Sonya
4:30 - 5:55 PM
With Sonya
6:00 - 7:25
THURSDAY
With Maia
9 - 9:45 AM
With Maia
10 - 10:45 AM
With Sonya +
3:30 - 4:25 PM
With Sonya
4:45 - 5:55 PM
With Sonya
6 - 7:30 PM
FRIDAY
With Maia
3:30 - 4:25 PM
With Maia & Sam
4:30 - 5:25 PM
With Maia & Sam
6 - 7:25 PM
SATURDAY
With Maia & Sam
9 AM - 10:25 AM
With Maia & Sam
10:30 PM - 11:25 AM
11:30 PM - 1:15 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
SUNDAY
Tuition
The monthly tuition is the average of 9 months of classes, divided equally (regardless of 2 or 5-week months). Autopay can be set up on your account online, for your convenience. A3 offers priority for registration and financial aid to those students from historically marginalized communities.
45 Minute Classes
55 Minute Classes
70-75 Minute Classes
85 Minute Classes
115 Minute Classes
$45
$65
$75
$85
$100
Monthly
$15
$15
$25
$20
N/A
Trial Class
Open Gym Punch Card
$100, 10 punches
Private Lessons
$60-80/hour 1-2 people
$20/per person 3+ people
Our excellent teaching staff is available for pod classes and privates.
Tuition
The monthly tuition is the average of 9 months of classes, divided equally (regardless of 2 or 5-week months). Autopay can be set up on your account online, for your convenience. A3 offers priority for registration and financial aid to those students from historically marginalized communities.
45 Minute Classes
55 Minute Classes
70-75 Minute Classes
85 Minute Classes
115 Minute Classes
$45
$65
$75
$85
$100
Monthly
$15
$15
$25
$20
N/A
Trial Class
Open Gym Punch Card
$100, 10 punches
Private Lessons
$60-80/hour 1-2 people
$20/per person 3+ people
Our excellent teaching staff is available for pod classes and privates.
Beginner
PARENT CHILD PLAY
Thursday 9:00 - 9:45 AM
With Maia
Parent Child Play is an opportunity for parents and toddlers (ages 1-2.5) to swing, roll, balance and frolic together. Parents will be guided in the safety of each station and then it is time to explore! Drop-ins are welcome to this class.
Prerequisites: none.
FLEDGLING FLYING
Thursday 10:00 - 10:45 AM
With Maia
Fledgling Flying (ages 2.5-4) will get those fearless flyers safely off the ground! Parents are invited to stay and will be guided how to safely assist their child as they master new skills and play.
Prerequisites: none.
CHICKADEE
Tuesday 1:30 - 2:25
With Maia
Chickadee (ages 3.5-5) is a safe first introduction to flying and creative movement. Caregivers are encouraged to participate in the first half of class to learn safety on the equipment, then step back during the guided play on the equipment in the second half.
Prerequisites: None.
HUMMINGBIRD
Wednesday 3:30 - 4:25
With Sonya
Hummingbird (5-6 years) is the beginning aerial class for our youngest school-age flyers. Games, creative movement, strength and skill building are combined for a safe and fun entrance to aerial apparatus.
Prerequisites: none.
SWALLOW
Friday 3:30 - 4:25
With Maia
Swallow (7-8 years) allows slightly older beginners to be challenged while still focusing on the joy of aerial play. Creative movement guides our introduction to skills and sequences on silks, trapeze, rope, and hoop.
Prerequisites: none.
HERON
Thursday 4:45 - 5:55
With Sonya
Heron (9-11 years) is the perfect place for your older elementary student to get through the awkward beginnings and find the fun in the air. Building strength through skills and sequences on silks, trapeze, hoop and rope, students are supported and challenged.
Prerequisites: none.
SWALLOW - HERON
Saturday 10:30 - 11:25
With Maia & Sam
Swallow - Heron combines to allow a broader age range (7-11) of beginners to be challenged while still focusing on the joy of aerial play. Creative movement guides our introduction to skills and sequences on silks, trapeze, rope, and hoop.
Prerequisites: none.
TEEN AERIAL
Tuesday 6:00 - 7:25
With Maia
It is never too late to start! Teen Aerial (13+) is a mixed level class and safe space for teens to challenge themselves. Working on silks, rope, trapeze and hoop students are presented appropriate opportunities and challenges to build strength and creativity.
Prerequisites: none.
A2 at A3
Thursday 3:00 - 4:25 PM
With Sonya
A2 at A3 is Ashland Aerial Art's adaptive aerial class, structured and staffed to support youth living with disabilities that prevent them from participating in our other afterschool programming. Smaller class size, higher teacher:student ratio, and individual adaptations allow everyone the joy of swinging, spinning and stretching their physical capacity!
Prerequisites: none.
Intermediate
SEA OTTER
Tuesday 3:30 - 4:25
With Maia
Sea Otter (6-7 years) is the next step after Hummingbirds, challenging our youngest flyers who have mastered the basics and are hungry for more! Working on silks, hoop, rope and trapeze students continue to build strength through play.
Prerequisites: Climb on fabric, comfortably invert.
DOLPHIN
Tuesday 4:30 - 5:55
With Maia
Wednesday 4:30 - 5:55
With Sonya
Dolphin (7-9 years) challenges the young intermediate aerialists ready for more complicated sequences and difficult skills on all apparatus. Safety and fun remain priorities as student begin to express themselves individually.
Prerequisites: Footlocks on fabric, straddle in the air.
NARWHAL
Early Wednesday 2:00 - 3:25
Late Wednesday 6:00 - 7:25
With Sonya
Narwhal (10-12 years) students have graduated from learning basic wraps, climbs, poses, and qualities of movement. A longer class time allows serious students to build confidence, strength and flexibility is developed through skills performed on silks, trapeze, hoop, and rope at greater heights with longer sequences. Students also begin to develop skills to express their unique voice in performance.
Prerequisites: Comfortably Russian and French climb, invert, footlock.
MORE LYRA & TRAPEZE
TBA
More Lyra & Trapeze (8+) is an opportunity for dedicated students to really dive into new skills on Lyra (hoop) and trapeze (finally!!) with Sonya. This is great as a second class each week, or for those who are really ready to specialize.
Prerequisites: Comfortably mount, hang by knees, pull over (with assistance).
SILKS & SLING
Friday 4:30 - 5:55 PM
With Maia & Sam
The Silk & Sling (10+) is an opportunity for dedicated students, especially Novice and Apprentice Company members, to really dive into new skills on silk and sling. Maia will bring her magic and experience as a teacher and performer to offer challenging sequences and drops. This is great as a second class each week, or for those who are really ready to specialize.
Prerequisites: Comfortably Russian and French climb, invert, footlock
Company Classes
NOVICE COMPANY
Thursday 6:00 - 7:30 PM
With Sonya
The first in the series of Company classes, serious students are challenged to learn and create small pieces of choreography on aerial silks, trapeze, sling and lyra. A second class each week is recommended but not required.
Prerequisites: Instructor Approval
APPRENTICE COMPANY
Monday 3:30 - 4:55 PM
With Sonya
The Apprentice Company is an opportunity for serious students, skilled in aerial artistry, strength, flexibility, and performance professionalism to experience the responsibility and reward of being part of a company. They train once a week on all apparatus, continuing to develop skills, choreography and individual performance presence. The Novice company is central to end of year productions both as performers and behind the scenes.
Prerequisites: Instructor Approval
PERFORMANCE COMPANY
Monday 5:00 - 6:55 PM
With Sonya
The Performance Company is the next step in company membership and artistic development. Students demonstrate technical and artistic excellence, both on the floor and in the air with multiple apparatus. Students are expected to train twice a week, in the Performance Company class as well as a More Silk & Sling class or the Company Technique class. The Performance Company may audition for larger roles, creatively and technically, in the end of year productions.
Prerequisites: Instructor Approval
COMPANY AERIAL TECHNIQUE
Friday 6:00-7:25
With Maia & Sam
Company members deepen skills on all apparatus - including aerial silks, trapeze, sling, and lyra to build strength, flexibility, and vocabulary for future creation.
Prerequisites: Instructor approval
Adult Classes
SOAR OVER 30
Monday 7:00 - 8:15 PM
Tuesday 9:00 - 10:15 AM
With Sonya
SOAR (Simply Overcoming Aerial Resistance!) Have you always wanted to try, but think you aren't strong enough? This is the perfect class for you! Aimed for the 30+ crowd who can't do a pull up, we will build the strength you want, while you are distracted by the fun of flying!
Prerequisites: None
OPEN GYM
Fall Monday 1:30 - 3:15 PM
Fall Thursday 1:30 - 3:15 PM
Summer & Fall Saturday 11:30 - 1:15 PM
Time to practice! This is a supervised open space to make up missed classes and review material learned in class at Ashland Aerial Arts. There will be NO INSTRUCTION, only safety supervision during this time. Experienced aerialists who would like to train may have access by contacting AshlandAerialArts@gmail.com.
Prerequisites: Current Student
BUNGEE HIJINKS
TBA
With Sonya
Underwater? On the Moon? In a Johnny Jump Up? Bungee can take you there! Three weeks of bouncing fun, and the chance to learn a hilarious, seasonally appropriate bit of bungee choreography.
$55/$20 Drop-in
Prerequisites: None
STRAPS
TBD
A challenge for experienced aerialists! Careful warm up and preparatory exercises build the shoulder strength and stability necessary for spinning, single arm hanging and other straps skills.
Prerequisites: Inversions in the air
