Workshops
If you don't see what you are hoping to find or are interested in hosting a workshop at your studio, please email us at nimblearts@gmail.com Click here for a more detailed description of the Aerial Teacher Trainings or scroll down for a list of upcoming workshops by date. ============================ TESTIMONIALS Your knowledge and understanding of the body is very inspiring. . .my journey in this chosen field will flourish as a result of the techniques you taught. S. Mcdonagh, Ireland Serenity and her Elsie are pioneers in the teaching of aerial arts, and are consummate artists and coaches. L. Witwer, New York City The course exceeded my expectations – fantastic. I feel inspired and have gained a lot of knowledge for continued development beyond the course. S. Baltusyte, Great Britain The tutors experience is vast and I’ve learnt so much that I now want to do the next level of the teacher training. K. Middler, England Brilliant course - I learned so much and am still thriving on everything I got to take away from it. Richly educational, fabulous teaching, greatly relevant material, and incredibly welcoming and encouraging. Anja Meinhardt, Justice in Motion, England You have opened my eyes to the many considerations that running (or even just supporting) aerial classes involves . . .it is abundantly clear that the quality and content of your courses is second to none. Natasha Mille, Scotland ============================ |
USA (New York): Nov 7-11, 2019 Introduction to Teaching Aerials
This is a 5 day overview to the art of teaching trapeze and aerial fabric, with a focus on spotting techniques, injury prevention, psychology of teaching, basic rigging concepts and class management. This in depth and holistic approach to teaching is appropriate for new teachers and those with experience, and for those who work with youth or adults in a variety of educational environments including circus schools, gymnastics programs, summer camps, fitness studios and more. Register at The Bird's Nest at www.thebirdsnestbuffalo.com =================== |
USA (Arizona): January 1-5, 2020: Introduction to Teaching Aerials
This is a 5 day overview to the art of teaching trapeze and aerial fabric, with a focus on spotting techniques, injury prevention, psychology of teaching, basic rigging concepts and class management. This in depth and holistic approach to teaching is appropriate for new teachers and those with experience, and for those who work with youth or adults in a variety of educational environments including circus schools, gymnastics programs, summer camps, fitness studios and more. Register at The Bird's Nest at www.circussanctuary.com =================== |
ENGLAND (Brighton): January 4-8, 2020 Introduction to Teaching Aerials
This is a 5 day overview to the art of teaching trapeze and aerial fabric, with a focus on spotting techniques, injury prevention, psychology of teaching, basic rigging concepts and class management. This in depth and holistic approach to teaching is appropriate for new teachers and those with experience, and for those who work with youth or adults in a variety of educational environments including circus schools, gymnastics programs, summer camps, fitness studios and more. Fee Info & Registration by emailing Lindsey Butcher at info@gravity-levity.net =================== |
ENGLAND (Brighton) January 9-10, 2020: Foundation Level Teacher Training: Aerial Sling (hammock)
This 2-day workshop will guide you through the curriculum created by Nimble Arts™ to provide clear and effective progressions and spotting techniques for beginner & intermediate level aerial sling students. Working from beginner progressions and skills that can be executed close to the ground, we will move towards understanding how to teach and correct more complex drops and rotations. Focus is on body awareness, fabric placement, spotting techniques and meeting the conditioning needs of novice and beginner students as they seek to move ahead in their practice. Prerequisite: Intro to Teaching Aerials Fee Info & Registration by emailing Lindsey Butcher at info@gravity-levity.net =================== |
ENGLAND (Brighton) January 11 & 12, Behind Closed DoorsFor details & Booking:Behind Closed Doors Fee Info & Registration by emailing Lindsey Butcher at info@gravity-levity.net Opening The Doors On ‘Behind Closed Doors’ Jan 11th & 12th, 2020 Gravity & Levity have for the past 3 years been running a series of weekend long workshops called Behind Closed Doors. These sessions as a result of myself and colleagues bemoaning that there was a lack of opportunity for professional aerial teachers and practitioners to meet and interrogate their practice in an un pressured, non-classroom, training or performance environment and continue our own learning; to come together, ask questions, agree to disagree perhaps and learn from each other in a private, ‘behind closed doors’ setting. In this final meeting of the series we wanted to open it up to speak more generally on all things to do with ‘teaching practice’ theory and practical and whilst G&L are facilitating these meetings what seems to work best in these sessions is to hand them over to you the practitioners to have the discussions you need to have on teaching, best practice etc and air your questions, thoughts and experiences. These could be anything for example; practical spotting of a particular move, ways to look after your own body as you teach, or developing your teaching skills beyond your own physical experience – ‘As I become older I don’t feel as capable of demonstrating all that I can teach’, ‘If we only teach by demonstrating are we holding our students back – discuss, etc, whatever! This won’t be a taught or led weekend, so we invite you to bring your questions, curiosity and a generosity to listen and share with others. We will have pre-prepared some ideas in advance to introduce the day and get the ball rolling but usually once it starts its self-propelling and we just step back to facilitate. Serenity Smith Forchion will be around on day 1 to kick start the day along with myself and we hope to be joined by Sarah Poole, (Ecole National De Cirque, Montreal) on Day 2. The associated costs of £30 for the 2 days or £20 for 1 are really just there to cover studio hire at Falmer, University of Sussex which is a 9 minute train journey from Brighton. =================== |
USA (Vermont): February 15-19, Introduction to Teaching Aerials
This is a 5 day overview to the art of teaching trapeze and aerial fabric, with a focus on spotting techniques, injury prevention, psychology of teaching, basic rigging concepts and class management. This in depth and holistic approach to teaching is appropriate for new teachers and those with experience, and for those who work with youth or adults in a variety of educational environments including circus schools, gymnastics programs, summer camps, fitness studios and more. Register at NECCA at www.necenterforcircusarts.org =================== |
USA (Vermont): February 20-21, Lyra Teacher Training Foundation Level
This workshop will guide you though the curriculum created by Nimble Arts™ to provide clear and effective progressions and spotting techniques for beginner & improving lyra/hoop students. We'll focus on body mechanics, conditioning & stretching techniques while creating a foundation of body awareness and safety. Participants will learn new 'tricks' while gaining deeper ability to read how the body moves and the how and why of what makes skills work. We'll explore adaptations for strength and movement capacity to bring success to your student's experience as well as tools for creativity. Prerequisite: Intro to Teaching Aerials Register at NECCA at www.necenterforcircusarts.org =================== |
