October 2022
Hammock and Rope Workshops with Lena Alani
Date/Time:
October 12 & 13
7:30-9pm
Dynamic Sling Choreography Workshop October 12 (7:30pm-9pm, 90 minutes)
In this workshop we will explore dynamic hammock moves and pathways with momentum work, twirly mounts, innovative roll-ups, unexpected twists and fun transitions. Get ready to fall in love with the hammock!
This workshop is designed for Intermediate/advanced students.
*Prerequisites: Hammock experience is suggested but not required, ability to invert on the ground and in the air multiple times.
Intermediate Dynamic Rope Flow October 13 (7:30pm -9pm, 90 minutes)
Students will be learning dynamic rope choreography that offers small drops, fun wraps and smooth transitions. This workshop will help to expand creative pathways and understanding of rope theory. Lena will be sharing her own invented combos and moves from other artists, we will blend it all together step by step, making a lovely rope piece.
*Prerequisites: Ability to invert in the air multiple times, understanding of basic wraps like hipkey, thigh hitch and s-wrap.
February 2020
Workshops with Stacey Devargas
Saturday, February 22 and Sunday, February 23, 2020
We’re excited to bring you three aerial hoop/lyra workshops with Stacey Devargas!
Low Flow Choreo (Aerial Hoop)
SATURDAY, February 22, 6:30pm-8:00pm
In this workshop you will learn a choreographed routine on a lower height lyra. Here you will get comfortable using the space around and below the hoop, as well as floorwork and a focus on seamless transitions from floor to hoop.
Pre-requisites: All levels welcome!
Adding Flavor to Your FUNdaments (Aerial Hoop)
SUNDAY, February 23, 4:30pm-6:00pm
This workshop is designed to build up beginners and challenge the most experienced aerialists. The stronger your fundamentals, the more power you have in developing your technique and personal style. In this workshop you will learn to add flair to your basics and showcase your personality to the simplest of movements to make them unique. We will focus on transitions, working backwards and combination-building as ways to make the simplest moves become showstoppers.
Pre-requisites: All levels welcome!
Level Up (Aerial Hoop)
SUNDAY, February 23, 6:00pm-7:30pm
Learn to maximize the space in and around your lyra. Starting from the ground and working our way up, we will focus on spinning, entrances, using momentum, as well as span set exploration. Discover the space above your hoop and fly higher than ever before!
Pre-requisites: Intermediate Level. Students should be comfortable with being high off the ground and have strong inversions
January 2020
Workshops with Matt Armenta
Saturday, January 25 and Sunday, January 26, 2020
Who’s excited for some more aerial hammock/aerial sling workshops with the wonderful Matt Armenta?
That’s a Wrap
SATURDAY, January 25, 6:30pm-8:00pm
This is Matt’s most popular workshop. This Intermediate level workshop focuses on intricate wraps in aerial sling/hammock. Matt will teach a couple common wraps as well as a few signature wraps.
Pre-requisites: 6 months-1 year of prior aerial sling or aerial silks experience
Slingography
SUNDAY, January 26, 10:00am-11:30am
Take your sling skills to the next level with this 2 hour Intermediate/advanced level workshop. This workshops focuses on sequencing and flow. learning to get from one trick to the next with ease. Matt will teach a few intermediate/ Advanced skills, and then put those skills to music.
Pre-requisites: 6 months-1 year of prior aerial sling or aerial silks experience
About Matt
Matthew Armenta is a professional Aerial Artist, Choreographer, and Coach based out of Moreno Valley , CA. Matthew is a big believe that circus is for anybody with and body. With 10 years of training, coaching, and performing under his belt he is highly qualified and is sure to impress. Matthew has performed nationally as well as Internationally. Noted performances and clients include: NCIS Wrap Party, LA Travel Magazine, and Vanessa Hudgens. Although He is still new to the workshop coach scene, Matthew has managed to book workshops with several studios throughout the US as well as Internationally.
December 2019
Workshops with Sarah Patrinellis
Saturday, December 28 and Sunday, December 29
We are excited to be bringing Sarah Patrinellis back to Love/Aerial for a round of workshops to close out the year!
Aerial Flexibility
SATURDAY, December 28, 3:00pm-4:30pm
(pre-reqs: none!) Flexibility is crucial to advance in aerial not only to make poses look more interesting, but also to prevent injury and decrease chronic muscle soreness and tightness. Come learn to stretch and open in the areas of your body that matter most such as the hip flexors, hamstrings, front-body, shoulders and upper back. Will involve some partner stretching.
Beginner / Intermediate Lyra
SATURDAY, December 28, 4:45pm-6:15pm
(pre-req. an invert on silks from the ground without jumping and held for 5 seconds).
We will cover everything from entrances into the Lyra, to gorgeous classic poses, as well as dynamic rolls, and some simple but exhilarating drops!
Intro to Dance Trapeze
SUNDAY, December 29, 3:00pm-4:30pm
(pre-req. an invert on silks from the ground without jumping and held for 5 second.) I will teach some basic entries, poses, coning, spinning and the elusive flairs!
Doubles on Lyra
SUNDAY, December 29, 4:45pm-6:15pm
(pre-req. and invert on silks from the ground without jumping and held for 5 seconds). I will cover two types of doubles interaction on lyra- mirroring and flyer/ base style. You will also take away some fundamental lyra skills and poses from this workshop at all levels.
About Sarah
Sarah Patrinellis is an aerialist based out of Portland and Hawai’i with a strength-based background of rock climbing, team sports, and yoga. She performs silks, sling, lyra, dance trapeze, and partner acrobatics.
Her aerial journey began 2013 with a budding love for silks, and within a few year of training, turned this hobby into her career, to be infused with her passion for musicality, story-telling, and creative athleticism. She moved to Portland in 2019 to complete a training program with Awol Dance and to pursue a performance career.
Sarah thrives in a creative setting, and has performed numerous original acts as a core member of the Aerial Arts Hawai’i performance collective. With clients ranging from corporate to creative, from MTV productions to Burning Man Festival, Sarah brings a powerful presence to all of her audiences. She currently teaches at Afterglow Aerial Arts in Northeast Portland.
October 2019
Workshops with Kylie Carrigan
We’re super excited to announce that we will be bringing the lovely Kylie Carrigan back to Sac for a weekend of aerial workshop goodness!
SATURDAY, October 5
6:30pm-8:00pm: “3 Minutes in a Footlock”
We’ll use only one footlock for a full choreographed sequence to demonstrate just how much you can get out of one wrap. Appropriate for all levels, be prepared to learn choreography and explore musicality.
Prerequisites: Open to all levels!
SUNDAY, October 69:00am-10:30am: DropsKylie will teach her favorite drop sequence, using her cardinal rule for sequencing–NO UNWRAPPING. Not for the faint of heart! We’ll be going hands-free, falling in all directions, and building the sequence from the inside out.
Prerequisites: Ability to climb to top of silks multiple times, clean invert from a climb, and willingness to work on drops. Open to Level 3 students.
10:45am-12:15pm: Belay TheoryRather than an encyclopedic overview of belay wrap entries, we’ll dive deep into how a belay works, with an exploration of popular (and some unusual) belay entries to illustrate the theory. Aerialists will be encouraged to think conceptually and move away from “trick collecting,” emphasizing understanding the mechanics of these interesting wraps. Students will be able to apply this knowledge to every belay wrap they’ve ever learned (and any new innovations that might pop up on instagram in the future!)
Prerequisites: Open to all levels. Ability to think and take instruction mid-air and/or upside down.
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About Kylie:
Kylie is an artist, aerial instructor, and dancer based in Los Angeles. With a lifetime of training in classical ballet and contemporary dance, Kylie brings the ease of movement and beautiful lines of ballet to her aerial dancing. Kylie has been training in aerial arts for seven years, was the first student certified through the Aerial Physique teacher training course in Los Angeles, and currently serves as an instructor and the curriculum director for Wildman Athletica. After earning her Master’s Degree in fine art in 2017 (and presenting her thesis on aerial improvisation) Kylie deepened her focus on wrap theory, choreography, and sequencing. In her coaching, Kylie aims to impart upon her students a deep understanding of the skills she teaches, rather than step-by-step instructions that are shallowly memorized.
September 2019
Workshops with Jenn Bruyer
Are you ready for a day of aerial magic with Jenn Bruyer? Mark your calendars for September 1 for THREE workshops to learn from @heelhang herself!
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
10:30am-12:00pm: Dance Hammock
Hammock has been a long time favorite of mine because I feel like I can simply DANCE! Without the entanglement of a fabric tail or the defined edge of a steel bar my body feels as though it can move as freely as if there were nothing there at all!
In this workshop we will explore specific skills, pathways and transitions that I think are particularly dance like in nature. We will also examine the space between the fabric loop and floor, how these two can meet and interconnect to create spins, circles, transitions, mounts and supported floor choreography to enhance your hammock vocabulary or create an entirely new performative experience. No background in dance or hammock is required.
Prerequisites: Open/all levels, but some aerial experience is recommended
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4:30pm-6:00pm: Obscureography for Fabric
Learn more than just skills. This workshop will expose you to my personal perspective on creating a dance like effect in the air via intentional structure and a careful skill curation that lends itself to various successful movement qualities. We will explore fresh ideas in ascension, shape making and dynamics.
Prerequisites: Level 2 and above, able to be in the air for up to 2 minutes, ability to invert in the air is strongly encouraged.
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6:15pm-7:45pm: All Roads Lead to Belayville & Other Interesting Knots
I’ve known what a belay was for a long time. And it never really interested me until I started using it in non traditional ways by delving into a deeper understanding of both the simplicity and the potential complexity of the structure.
Students will leave with a greater understanding of tying, managing and manipulating knots using the whole body through a progression of drills, examples of construction methods and a brief exploration of a variety of applications.
Prerequisites: Ability to invert in the air and be in the air for up to 2 minutes in a supported position. Some introduction to belay is helpful but not required.
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About Jenn:
When not on the road Jenn resides in the magical wonderland that is the Pacific Northwest in her beautiful tiny off grid home with her two weenie dogs. Jenn has been immersed in aerial arts since 2008. She is driven by her focus on fabric (silks) and sling (hammock) and her first love trapeze [of all sorts]. She also enjoys exploring cord lisse, cloud swing, lyra, net, rope & harness and anything else someone puts in front of her. She has coached, choreographed and performed around the world including over 30 US states, China, Italy, Germany, Austria, Canada, Costa Rica and Mexico.
August 2019
Workshops with Aaron Koz
We had so much fun when Aaron visited us earlier in the year that we decided to bring him back for another round of fun!
TUESDAY, August 13, 7:30pm-9:30pm: Spin Up a Storm (Beg/Int)
Students will progress through the building blocks of spinning: flares, transitions in and out of positions like straddle, nutcracker, and meathook. Students will leave the workshop with the progressions they’ll need to gain the skills of flaring to any position during a 1-arm spin that they can hold safely as well as ways to work on fast spins. The workshop will cover conventional and reverse spinning as well center spins and meathook splits.
Prerequisites: Comfort in 2-arm inverted straddle OR meathook OR nutcracker, no desire to puke with loads of spinning, 2-arm 20-30 second wrist hitch hang.
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WEDNESDAY, August 14, 7:30pm-9:30pm: Aerial Inversion Clinic
In collaboration with Jennifer Freeman, DPT (practicing and research faculty at Mercer University in Atlanta) and Angie Prescott (ACRO PT, DPT, CSCS) this workshop focuses on safe progressions to go from the ground to air, with a movement screen, investigation into good body mechanics as well as different functional training tools, exercises and techniques to get your butt over your head. This clinic will include both teaching cues and training tools beneficial for anyone from a beginner wishing to deepen their understanding to coaches interested in learning how to recognize when a student is displaying signs of potential movement dysfunction and advanced students hoping to achieve a badass 1-arm inversion.
Prerequisites: Anyone is welcome as it is primarily a theory-based workshop (and anyone can watch and learn and will walk away with plenty of tools to improve their inversions no matter what level they’re at).
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THURSDAY, August 15, 7:30pm-9:30pm: Aerial Doubles– Spinning, Counter-Levers, and More!
Build a varied duo vocabulary with static basing (cross-back straddle), duo spinning, counter levers, and more! Students will work with partners to develop accessible vocabulary on straps and fabric to based on individual strengths.
Prerequisites: Comfort in 2-arm straddle OR meathook OR nutcracker, no desire to puke on spinning, 2-arm 20-30 second wrist hitch hang and 1 arm 10-20 second spin in wrist lock.
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About Aaron: Aaron Koz is a traveling movement and circus coach previously based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He began his teaching career teaching parkour when he was 18. He started at Circus Warehouse’s intensive program, and has studied under different coaches in SF, Montreal, and Mexico. His circus teaching career began in San Francisco, and since then he has taught nationally and internationally. He draws from his academic background in neuroscience and psychology to augment his work as an instructor. He believes that being a teacher means forever reaching for better ways to teach so more recently he has collaborated heavily with physical therapists to help augment and structure his teaching offerings.
During 2018, Aaron will continue working with physical therapists who have experience working with gymnasts, circus artists, and other high level athletes to further add to his understanding and knowledge of biomechanics, movement prep, and injury prevention.
July 2019
Workshops with Matt Armenta
Ready for some hammock and handstands? Join us in welcoming Matt Armenta to our studio for an exciting day of FOUR workshops!
Sign up now to reserve your spot!
SUNDAY, JULY 28
8:30am-10:00am: Intermediate Hammock
This workshop is for the aerialist who has a little experience under their belt and is looking for some new techniques and skills. I will cover: how to stay centered when spinning, hammock conditioning tips to get you to the next level, and 3-5 intermediate poses/sequence
Prerequisites: 6 months-1 year of prior aerial (includes aerial silks) or hammock experience.
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10:30am-12:00pm: Drop It Like It’s Hot– Aerial Hammock
This workshop is all about aerial hammock drops! In this workshop I will cover: using momentum to assist you in drops and 2-4 drop sequences.
Prerequisites: 6 months-1 year of prior aerial (includes aerial silks) or hammock experience.
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4:30pm-6:00pm: Beginning Hammock/ Intro to Aerial Hammock
This workshop is designed for those of you who are curious about aerial hammock and want to try it out, but don’t know where to start. I will cover: how to mount your hammock, some basic hammock conditioning moves, how to properly open your fabric, and 3-5 beginner skills
Prerequisites: No experience needed! This workshop is designed with the beginner in mind.
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6:30pm-8:00pm: Handstands
This workshop is for an artist who has the urge to be on their hands. In this workshop I will cover: basic handstand form, drills and conditioning that will address individual handstand issues, and stretches for tight shoulders
Prerequisites: No experience needed. This workshop is for everyone– regardless of where you are at in your handstand journey!
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About Matt: Matthew Armenta (@acromattic) is a Professional Aerial Artist/Studio Manager/Head Trainer for American Acrobats Performing Arts and Fitness. In this role, Matthew not only ensures the studio runs properly, but leads workshops and classes with clients within the studio. A big believer that circus is for anyone, Matthew supports that aerial is for anybody with ANY body. Matthew is a highly qualified performer with 10 years of training under his belt. He has performed both nationally, as well as internationally. Noted performances/clients include: NCIS Wrap Party, LA Travel Magazine, and Vanessa Hudgens. Matthew has been teaching for six years. Before working with AAPAF, Matthew was the head coach with Encore High School Riverside’s Circus Department.
July 2019
Workshops with Lena Alani
If you missed out on Lena’s last set of workshops, fear not! She’s coming back to visit us for more fabric and hammock goodness!
Price: $65 for one, $110 for both
WEDNESDAY, July 17, 7:30pm-9:30pm: Dynamic Sling (Aerial Hammock)
My heart will always belong to the hammock, as it is so easy to forget yourself while flowing on the sling, dancing your heart out. But let’s spice things up a little this time! Why not!? We will be exploring dynamic movement on sling, including beats, switches, mini drops, and some fun new twisty signature choreography. And remember the hammock is always there, supporting your weight, so it’s perfect to learn the basics of momentum on this apparatus!
Prerequisites: Hammock experience is suggested but not required, ability to get on the hammock from the ground and in the air multiple times. Intermediate level.
THURSDAY, July 18, 7:30pm-9:30pm: Silkography (Aerial Silks Choreo Workshop)
We will be studying a fun and dynamic signature choreography, that includes split tissue moves, small drops, exciting transitions and fun combinations. You will leave with a piece ready to be used to the music of your choice, or create your own dance with the sweet moves you will be learning in this workshop!
Prerequisites: Ability to invert from the floor or/and in the air multiple times, understanding of basic wraps (hipkey, thigh hitch etc.), 10 seconds bent elbow hang. Intermediate level.
About Lena: Lena Alani is a highly skilled contemporary/interdisciplinary circus performer, aerialist, choreographer, dancer and coach, based in Los Angeles, California. Born and raised in Russia, homeland of world-famous dancers and gymnasts, Lena couldn’t help herself from developing deep love and passion for dance, physical theatre and circus arts. All of those wonderful forms of physical expression have influenced her style in the air, powerful and dynamic, yet soft, fluid and graceful. She is truly an artist with a strong creative vision and a passionate heart, that believes that art in any form is a universal language to communicate emotions, as there is nothing like watching a live performance.
Highly motivated and passionate about aerial/circus arts and dance, Lena loves sharing her extensive knowledge with the students. Her background includes wide range of physical training in circus arts, dance, physical theatre, yoga etc. She specializes in coaching various levels of vertical apparatus, which include aerial fabric, hammock, rope and aerial yoga, as well as conditioning, strengthening, handstands and stretching techniques. It is very important for Lena to be able to create a fun and safe environment for students, and approach a class with compassion, encouragement and patience. Making sure to break moves down, so students have time and space to understand the foundations of aerial apparatus, before moving on to a next thing, progression by progression. She will guide students through fun dance warm-ups, which prepare body for movement on the floor and in the air, and focus not only on important skills and progressions, but also on the ability of connecting moves together, weaving them with seamless transitions, and learning how to actually dance in the air with fluidity and grace.
July 2019
Aerial Dance Choreography with Meredith Calderas Precit
We are excited to welcome Meredith Calderas Precit for an exciting custom Aerial Dance Choreography workshop with us on Saturday, July 13, 6:30pm-8:00pm.
SATURDAY, July 13, 6:30pm-8:00pm: Aerial Dance Choreography
Starting with a dance inspired warm up, we transition into a choreographed combination from the floor into the air. Combining yoga, dance, aerial silks and music, we will open our bodies and minds to new possibilities of flight and self-expression. This high energy combo is choreographed to “Fitness” by Lizzo!!!
Prerequisites: Able to invert in the air, hip key, and sustain in the air for a few minutes.
About Meredith: Movement to Meredith Calderas Precit is expression, education and communication. She began dancing as a little girl, choreographing with her dance teacher at 11, changing the rules of her high school to let younger students audition at 13, and setting an example as cheer captain at 17.
Meredith continued with dance and cheer in college at San Francisco State University, graduating with a BA in TV & Radio Production and minoring in Dance. She performed in the New Moves Dance Showcase only 3 months after dislocating her knee cap. After her injury, which took place at a hip-hop audition, she discovered the profound healing of yoga. She has since incorporated her practice into her performances and dance classes.
After moving to Lake Tahoe, CA in 2013, she received her 200-hour yoga certification in Bhakti Vinyasa Flow and began training in aerial silks and aerial hoop. In 2017 she became a Certified Personal Trainer and in 2018 she received her certification in aerial yoga. She teaches aerial silks and aerial yoga to children and adults, creates custom exercise plans through personal training, and has created a yoga-dance class called Dance Yogi Dance. Through Dance Yogi Dance, she blends her love of yoga and hip hop and coordinates flash mobs with her students.
Meredith has performed at the The World Concert at Sand Harbor, Guitarfish Music Festival, Made in Tahoe at Squaw Valley, Summit LA and more, along with collaborations with local bands including Sneaky Creatures and Metal Echo. She is dedicated to this art and feels most alive in the vulnerability of performing and teaching.
June 2019
Workshops with Kim Terry (Round 1)
Join us in welcoming back Kim Terry for two exciting back-to-back workshops!
SUNDAY, June 2, 8:30am-10:00am: Sequence and Choreography
Prepare to learn a single sequence while discussing and exploring additions and alternatives to the sequence. Everyone will perform the entire sequence to a song at the end of the workshop. We will discuss general concepts and thought process behind making your own choreography.
SUNDAY, June 2, 10:15am-11:45am: Aerial Silks Poses for Photoshoots
So you want to have your very first aerial photoshoot! Where do you start? We will go through how to prepare for an aerial photoshoot (costumes, poses, logistics). Feel free to bring potential costumes/outfits. We will not have time to change between outfits, but we will discuss how to work with different outfit types, including skirts and dresses.
Prerequisites (for both workshops): Level 2 and higher. Solid footlocks in the air (single and double). Working on inversions/straddle ups (preferably in the air). Able to stay in the air (even if a few feet off the ground) for at least 2 minutes.
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Workshops with Kim Terry (Round 2)
Did you miss Kim’s previous set of workshops earlier in June? Well you’re in luck! Catch her one more time on June 24 for more Sequence and Choreography!
MONDAY, June 24, 8:00pm-9:30pm: Sequence and Choreography
Prepare to learn a single sequence while discussing and exploring additions and alternatives to the sequence. Everyone will perform the entire sequence to a song at the end of the workshop. We will discuss general concepts and thought process behind making your own choreography. There will be drops incorporated within the sequence.
Prerequisites: Level 2 and higher. Solid footlocks in the air (single and double). Able to do multiple inversions/straddle ups in the air. Able to stay in the air for at least 2 minutes.
About Kim: Kim Terry has been a lover of the aerial arts since that fateful day 7 years ago when she took her first aerial silks class in the Sacramento area. She trained and eventually taught for Aerial Evolution. When Aerial Evolution closed it’s doors, Kim started Love/Aerial, teaching and owning the business until June 2018 when she graduated from UCD Veterinary School and moved to the Seattle area for her rotating internship. For the past year, she has continued to train in the Seattle area on both aerial silks and straps. As she finishes up her internship in Washington, she is preparing to move to New York for a speciality internship in hopes for a radiology residency. She will be visiting Love/Aerial a few times before her cross-country move to New York in July.
Kim has had the fortune of training across the country and internationally. She is a perfectionist, but will always be a learner and explorer. She enjoys the challenges and intricacies that is wrap theory, but also has found straps training and conditioning to be very humbling. She focuses on technique while improving strength and flexibility.
May 2019
Workshops with Lena Alani
We are so excited to have Lena Alani join us for two awesome workshops coming in May!
Aerial Silks Workshop with Lena Alani
In this workshop we will be focusing not only on improving hipkey techniques, but also discovering new and intricate ways into hipkey and the infinite possibilities and sequences from hipkey that include balances, transitions and even small drops. Whether you are a beginner student, that would like to improve your technique or an intermediate student, that would like to tease their brain with new material, you will be obsessed with Hipkeys.
Prerequisites: Ability to hold bent elbows hang 5-10 seconds, ability to invert multiple times from floor or/and air, understanding a basic hipkey wrap. Intermediate students.
WEDNESDAY, May 29, 7:30pm-9:30pm
Aerial Hammock Flow
Hammock Workshop with Lena Alani
Welcome to the world of Aerial Dance! The fluidity is what makes your routine look effortless, and that is what we are going to be concentrating on in this workshop. We will be working on combining technique, creativity, execution, and learning fun innovative moves and combos on a sling, as well as weaving them together with fluid transitions. In the end, all students will work on sequencing the combos and creating a flow of their own.
Prerequisites: Hammock experience is suggested but not required, ability to invert in the hammock on the ground multiple times (feet can push off the floor), ability to hold a bent elbow hang 5-10 seconds, beginner/interm level.
About Lena:
Highly motivated and passionate about aerial/circus arts and dance, Lena loves sharing her extensive knowledge with the students. Her background includes wide range of physical training in circus arts, dance, physical theatre, yoga etc. She specializes in coaching various levels of vertical apparatus, which include aerial fabric, hammock, rope and aerial yoga, as well as conditioning, strengthening, handstands and stretching techniques. It is very important for Lena to be able to create a fun and safe environment for students, and approach a class with compassion, encouragement and patience. Making sure to break moves down, so students have time and space to understand the foundations of aerial apparatus, before moving on to a next thing, progression by progression. She will guide students through fun dance warm-ups, which prepare body for movement on the floor and in the air, and focus not only on important skills and progressions, but also on the ability of connecting moves together, weaving them with seamless transitions, and learning how to actually dance in the air with fluidity and grace.
APRIL 2019
Workshops with Aaron Koz
Get ready Love/Aerial! We’ve got an exciting FOUR days of workshops with Aaron Koz coming your way in April!
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| Monday, April 22 7:30-9:00pm | Handstands for Everybody |
| Tuesday, April 23 7:30-9:00pm | Aerial Inversion Clinic |
| Wednesday, April 24 7:30-9:00pm | Straps Level 1 |
| Thursday, April 25 7:30-9:00pm | See Your C-Shape |
MONDAY, April 22
Handstands for Everybody (7:30pm-9:00pm)
Handstands are built from a set of fundamentals that when practiced consistently allow even beginner students to overcome strength, mobility, and mental challenges.
Students will learn a series of mobility and active flexibility exercises for their shoulders and thoracic spine as well as hips, followed by a series of wrist, shoulders, and core/pelvic floor strengthening drills, and finish with progressive spotted and unspotted handstand drills to build comfort on and off the wall.
Prerequisites: comfort weight-bearing on wrists/shoulders, 15 second straight arm plank.
TUESDAY, April 23
Aerial Inversion Clinic (Get Your Butt Over Your Head Better) (7:30pm-9:00pm)
In collaboration with Jennifer Freeman, DPT (practicing and research faculty at Mercer University in Atlanta) and Angie Prescott (ACRO PT, DPT, CSCS) this workshop focuses on safe progressions to go from the ground to air, with a movement screen, investigation into good body mechanics as well as different functional training tools, exercises and techniques to get your butt over your head. This clinic will include both teaching cues and training tools beneficial for anyone from a beginner wishing to deepen their understanding to coaches interested in learning how to recognize when a student is displaying signs of potential movement dysfunction and advanced students hoping to achieve a badass 1-arm inversion.
Prerequisites: Anyone is welcome as it is primarily a theory-based workshop (and anyone can watch and learn and will walk away with plenty of tools to improve their inversions no matter what level they’re at).
WEDNESDAY, April 24
STRAPS ARE FUN! Aerial Straps Level 1 (7:30pm-9:00pm)
Learn fundamental techniques for safe and effective training of aerial straps that will improve your power and control across all apparatuses. Straps are fun. Students warm up using a set of exercises designed to pre-habilitate and strengthen the shoulders, then cover fundamental static positions on straps (meathook, inverted straddle, nutcracker, croc, support, flag, and side balance). Straps are fun. The end of the workshop will focus on 2 and 1-arm spinning using the dynamic technique of flares to invert to different positions. I swear straps are fun.
This workshop will be beneficial for aerial artists who want to improve their spinning technique, meathooks/reverse-meathooks, roll-ups, and other skills on any apparatus. No straps experience required.
Prerequisites: 2 arm inversions of any kind (straddle-up, tuck-up, pike-up) 1-arm hangs with engaged shoulder for 10-20 seconds (or 2-arm for 30), and 20-30 second wall handstand or 45-second plank.
THURSDAY, April 25
See Your C-Shape (7:30pm-9:00pm)
Want to improve your waist roll ups/downs (on fabric) OR your back balance OR your static switches? Students will move through a series of mobility exercises, proprioceptive and active flexibility drills that isolate and strengthen potential weak points in your waist roll technique depending on where their weaknesses lie. Students will start on the floor and then move on to a variety of apparatuses.
Prerequisites: No current back injury, experience with skin the cats, practice with back balance/front balance, comfort in catchers wrap (inside knee hook, one wrap around the opposite leg)
DECEMBER 2018
Beginner Lyra Bootcamp with Sarah Parnell
Come burn off that holiday pudge with two lyra bootcamps with Sarah Parnell!
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26 and THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27
Beginner Lyra Bootcamp (7:30pm-9:30pm)
Jump start your lyra (aerial hoop) training with conditioning, pretty poses, and sneaky transitions while gaining a foundation of aerial hoop!
All levels welcome!
NOVEMBER 2018
Three Workshops with Sarah Parnell
We are excited to announce that we will be hosting aerialist Sarah Parnell for an exciting series of three workshops!
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19
Beginner Lyra Bootcamp (7:30pm-9:30pm)
Jump start your lyra (aerial hoop) training with conditioning, pretty poses, and sneaky transitions while gaining a foundation of aerial hoop!
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26
Aerial Silks Transitions (7:30pm-8:30pm)
Join us as Sarah Parnell shows us how to gracefully transition between classic and new moves and add to our aerial silks vocabulary!
Aerial Silks Drops (8:30pm-9:30pm)
Learn some breathtaking new drops for aerial silks!
Prerequisites: Be able to get into Jacob’s ladder (double leg crochet) and hold an invert knee hook for 3 seconds without hips dropping
OCTOBER 2018
Intro to Hand Balancing with Elizabeth Blanchard
Exciting news! We will be hosting a handstand workshop with the amazing Elizabeth Blanchard (http://elizabethbfit.com) on Monday, October 15, 7:30pm-9:00pm!
Intro to Hand Balancing: Life is better upside down…so do handstands! Always wanted to do a handstand but not sure where to start? This workshop is for the brand new or novice aspiring hand balancer. We’ll be addressing the mechanics, strength and flexibility that go into developing your handstand and other hand balancing poses and transitions (elbow/forearm, handstand, croc, canes). For the more savvy inversion students we’ll progress to building the technique and strength for the handstand press. You’ll come away from this hand balancing workshop with the tools and confidence to independently train and develop your hand balancing skills.
Time: 7:30pm- 9:00pm
SEPTEMBER 2018
Three Aerial Silks Workshops with Kimberly Terry!
Guess who’s back again? Join us for three exciting aerial silks Workshops with Kimberly Terry!
Sequences and Transitions (Fri, Sept 14, 7:30pm-9:00pm)
Prerequisites:
– Climb the length of the silks multiple times
– Able to stay in the air for >10 seconds at a time
Belay All Day (Sat, Sept 15, 7:00pm-8:00pm)
– Prerequisite: Bent arm invert in the air multiple times
Drops (Sat, Sept 15, 8:00pm-9:00pm)
Prerequisites:
– Solid bent arm invert in the air multiple times
– Outside and inside knee hook- hold self for >4 seconds
– Windmill/flair/side-crunch hipkey entrance
AUGUST 2018
Aerial Silks Workshop with Kimberly Terry!
Our very own Kimberly Terry is coming back to Love/Aerial for two hours of workshop fun on August 18!
7:00pm-8:00pm: Unconventional Foot Locks and Slack Drag
Prerequisites:
– Able to climb to the top of the silks multiple times
– Able to hold body weight in the air for >20 seconds
– Solid bent arm inverts on the ground
8:00pm-9:00pm: Drops!
Prerequisites:
– Solid bent arm invert in the air multiple times
– Outside and inside knee hook
– Able to hold self for >4 seconds
Date: Saturday, August 18
Time: 7:00pm- 9:00pm
Cost: $25 for one, $45 for both workshops
JULY 2018
Double Header Workshops with Sarah Parnell!
We are excited to welcome back to Sacramento, Sarah Parnell, for two hours of workshop fun Wednesday, July 25 from 7:30pm-9:30pm!
7:30-8:30pm: Sequencing and Drops
8:30-9:30pm: Flair and Spin
Prerequisite: invert (bent arms, bent legs is fine), knee hook, and hold for 4 seconds
Date: Wednesday, July 25
Time: 7:30pm- 9:30pm
JUNE 2018
Choreography and Flow with Kylie Carrigan
We are pleased to welcome Kylie Carrigan for an exciting Choreography and Flow workshop on Friday, June 15 from 7:30pm-9:00pm!
This workshop is geared towards intermediate and advanced students. We will be working on some intermediate level sequences that can be scaled up or down, depending on students’ comfort level with things like spins, drops, flexibility, etc. The primary goal for this workshop, however, is to work on how to turn ANYTHING into a buttery smooth flow that looks effortless and magical!
Date: Friday, June 15
Time: 7:30pm- 9:00pm
Cost: $35
Prerequisites:
– clean invert in the air
– hip key
– egg beater/dancer wrap foot locks
– comfortable with a crochet grip
About Kylie:
Kylie is a Los Angeles-based aerialist and visual artist. After training in a ballet conservatory from early childhood, she went on to study fine art and recently earned her master’s degree in studio practice. Kylie brings the elegant lines of a professional dancer and the innovative thinking of a designer to her aerial coaching.