CLASSES
Registration is now open! Class size is limited to 8 students.
Spring Session begins January 3rd!
Schedule
Open Gym
1:00 - 3:00
Novice
With Sonya
3:30 - 4:50 PM
Apprentice
With Sonya
5:00 - 6:50 PM
Soar over 30
With Sonya
7-8:00 PM
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Chickadee
2:30 - 3:20 PM
With Maia
Sea Otters
3:30 - 4:20 PM
With Maia
Narwhal
With Hanna
4:30 - 5:50 PM
Teen (mixed level)
With Hanna
6:00 - 7:20 PM
WEDNESDAY
SOAR over 30
With Sonya
8:45 -9:45AM
Dolphin
With Sonya
2:30 - 3:20 PM
Swallow
With Sonya
3:30 - 4:20PM
Heron
With Sonya
4:30 - 5:20 PM
More Sling and Silks
With Sonya
5:30 - 6:50
THURSDAY
GYROKINESIS ®
9:00 - 10:00 AM
Online with Sonya
Hummingbird
With Sonya
3:30 - 4:20 PM
Dolphin
With Sonya
4:30 - 5:50 PM
More Lyra & Trapeze
With Sonya
6:00 - 7:20 PM
FRIDAY
Hummingbird
With Sonya
2:45 - 3:35 PM
More Silks & Sling
With Sonya
3:45 - 5:05 PM
SATURDAY
Straps
With Maia
10:00 - 11:20 AM
Teen & Adult Open Gym
11:30 - 1:30
Youth Open Gym
1:30 - 3:30 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.
50 Minute Classes
60 Minute Classes
80 Minute Classes
110 Minute Classes
$55
$60
$75
$100
Monthly
N/A
$20
$25
N/A
Drop-in
N/A
$20
N/A
N/A
Punch Card
$15
$15
$20
N/A
Trial Class
Punch Cards
$100 punch card is good for Open Gym or 1-hour classes. Punch cards expire after 1 year.
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
CHICKADEE
Tuesday 2:30 - 3:20
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
Thursday 3:30 - 4:20
Friday 2:45 - 3:35
With Sonya
Hummingbird (5-6 years) is the beginning aerial class for our youngest flyers. Games, creative movement, strength and skill building are combined for a safe and fun entrance to aerial apparatus.
Prerequisites: none.
SWALLOW
Wednesday 3:30 - 4:20
With Sonya
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
Wednesday 4:30 - 5:20
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.
TEEN AERIAL
Tuesday 6:00 - 7:20
With Hanna
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.
Intermediate
SEA OTTER
Tuesday 3:30 - 4:20
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
Wednesday 2:30 - 3:20
Thursday 4:30 - 5:20
With Sonya
Dolphin (8-9 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
Tuesday 4:30 - 5:50
With Hanna
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
Thursday 5:30 - 6:50
With Sonya
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).
MORE SILKS & SLING
Friday 3:45 - 5:05
With Sonya
More Silk & Sling (8+) is an opportunity for dedicated students to really dive into new skills on silk and sling. Flora will bring her magic and experience as a teacher 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
Monday 3:30 - 4:50 PM
With Sonya
The Novice 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
APPRENTICE COMPANY
Monday 5:00 - 6:50 PM
With Sonya
The Apprentice 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 Apprentice Company class as well as an additional class or open gym. The Apprentice Company may audition for larger roles, creatively and technically, in the end of year productions.
Prerequisites: Instructor Approval
EXPERIENCED TEEN AERIAL
TBA
Experienced Teen Aerial (12+) is an opportunity for dedicated students to really dive into new skills on silk and sling. Flora will bring her magic and experience as a teacher to offer challenging sequences and drops. In order to register for this class, you must take two classes a week
Prerequisites: Instructor approval
Adult Classes
SOAR OVER 30
Monday 7:00 - 8:30 PM
Wednesday 8:45 - 9:45 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
Monday 1:00 - 3:00 PM
Teen & Adult: Saturday 11:30 - 1:30 PM
Youth: Saturday 1:30 - 3:30 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
GYROKINESIS ®
ONLINE Thursday 9:00 - 10:00 AM
With Sonya
This class fluidly works from the spine outward, with rhythmic, undulating and dance-like exercises that stimulate the internal organs, decompresses the joints, and shapes the muscles.
Join here.
Prerequisites: None
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
Saturday 10:30 - 11:20 AM
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
