Upcoming Workshops
Wall Dancing with Suzanne Gallo
Wall Dancing with Suzanne Gallo
Saturday June 21, 10-12pm
Sunday June 22, 10-12:00pm
Cost is $125 for the weekend.
Join Suzanne Gallo, one of the original members of BANDALOOP, on the walls at ScienceWorks! An amazing opportunity to learn new techniques to make magic on the walls. This workshop is especially for those who know they love the challenge of being in harness for hours!
Adult Choreography Workshop
Wednesdays June 18-July 25
6-7pm
Plus performance July 25-26 TBD.
Cost $95.
This workshop offers tools to create solo and duo performance pieces! Bring your ideas and your music and your willingness to experiment. Six hour-long classes Wednesdays 6-7pm plus a showing in the studio the weekend of July 25-26 (TBD by the group).
Past Workshops
May Wall Dancing
Intro to Wall Dancing
Saturday may 3 , 10-noon
$50
Get back on the wall at ScienceWorks May 3! Beginners and rusty folk welcome.
Fly under the open sky at ScienceWorks. Learn safety techniques and new skills as we dance on the walls.
Spend the weekend with us by adding the Wall Dance Performance Workshop May 3-4!
Wall Dance Performance Workshop
Saturday May 3, 12:30-2:30pm
Sunday May 4, 10-12:30pm
Both days of creation for $125 - reach out if you have schedule conflicts.
For folks familiar with wall dancing, let’s make some new wall dances at ScienceWorks May 3-4! We have the opportunity to perform as part of ScienceWorks Second Friday event Friday May 9, so we will work fast and fly high.
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
ADAPTIVE AERIAL
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2:00 - 3:00 PM
FREE
For folks in the disability community, because
Flying is for Every Body!
Ages 8-14
Free
Adaptive Aerial Workshop
for Typically Excluded Communities
Saturday January 20
2-4PM
Free
This free workshop is for the Mad, Deaf, Neurodivergent, Disability community and anyone who has not felt comfortable in traditional circus or movement spaces. We will offer opportunities to try a variety of aerial apparatus (aerial silk, hammock, trapeze, etc.) to see what works best for each participant! Everything is optional.
All ages welcome.
Access notes for the physical space are coming the week of the workshop. Gender neutral bathroom. Relaxed environment with stim toys, ear plugs, sun glasses, and break spaces provided. If you would like to check out the space before the workshop or you have any questions about accessibility, or to sign up, please contact Sonya@AshlandAerialArts.org. Sonya is also available via telephone by request.
After you sign up, closer to the workshop date, you will receive detailed information about what to expect.
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Image: a photo collage with six photos of Disabled people/people with disabilities doing various forms of circus arts. Some of them are in the air performing acrobatics, some are in human pyramids and one has a wheelchair held above their head.
SAVE YOUR SHOULDERS LAB
With Sonya Smith & Dr. Noah Volz
Saturday June 4-5pm
$45
Sonya Smith and Dr. Noah Volz are collaborating to offer aerialists, climbers and other shoulder-using people tools to assess shoulder strength, prevent injuries and increase your capacity to do what you love.
We will begin with an overview of the structure and function of the shoulder
Then we will learn the same assessment and diagnostic procedures that Dr. Noah Volz uses with patients.
Sonya Smith will then offer targeted active strength exercises that address common gaps in shoulder strength, stability and flexibility.
INJURY PREVENTION
Saturday Sep 18th & 25th
9 - 10 am
$45
$25 Drop-in
Injury prevention for people who use their shoulders! Get back in the air smarter. Learn essential anatomy and exercises for safe aerial practice, from warm-ups through pull ups. Information is cumulative between the two sessions. Come away with a juicy warm up, quick and dirty core workout, and a delicious cool down to stretch and integrate those shoulders.
No Prerequisites.
FALL STILT INTENSIVE
Saturdays September 18th- 30th
9 - 10 am
$110 for the session
It is time to Roam Tall! 7 weeks at the studio to build skill and be ready for the possibility of a final Halloween walk. For all students over 4'10" tall of any experience level to gain the experience of walking and dancing on stilts. Class is limited to 6 participants.
No Prerequisites.
$110 – for the session.
VISITING GUEST WORKSHOPS
With Chris Spiteri
Saturday Sep 18th, 2-5 pm
Sunday Sep 19th, 12-3 pm
Chris Spiteri is on tour from the Bay Area offering two workshops to dive into vertical joy! Our more experienced students are invited to play with wheeldowns or get wrapped up in the sling with new choreography and transitions.
Wheel Down Whimsy
Adult/Teen advanced ilks workshop
You spent hours and hours and hours working on this awesome skill, but now what? You want more than just climbing to the top of your silks and doing wheel downs till you run out of space. This is the workshop for you! Start with short add ons to your entrances and exits, then put your skills to the test stacking multiple drops, using wheel downs as a transitional phrase in sequences, and most of all, having fun! *This workshop requires a minimum working height of 18 ft!! Ask about a modified curriculum if your aerial points are lower than 20 ft.
Twisted Up
Adult/Teen intermediate hammock/sling workshop
Hammock is a never-ending journey of twists and turns. Learn 4-5 winding sequences that take you from bottom to top and all around the apparatus, making shapes, elegant lines, and dynamic moments. Mix, match, and modify these sequences to your heart's content, creating endless choreography options!