Aerial Silks (8-15)

Instructor: Katherine Churchill 

Katherine is a certified aerial silks instructor and early childhood educator with a calm, gentle, and trauma-informed teaching style. With a background working closely with neurodiverse children, she is passionate about creating safe, supportive, and empowering class environments where youth can build confidence and strength at their own pace.

Aerial silks is a meaningful creative outlet for Katherine, and she has been teaching an inclusive aerial silks class for the past year with a focus on accessibility, safety, and joyful movement. Rock climbing is another strengthening and empowering practice in her life, and she is excited to join the team at Grand River Rocks to share her love of aerial silks with youth in the community.

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LEVEL 1: Intro Aerial Silks Class Series (ages 8-15) (5-week course)
April 12 – May 10 | Sundays | 2:30-3:30pm
May 24 – June 21 | Sundays | 2:30-3:30pm

This entry-level Introduction to Aerial Silks course is required for youth students with NO EXPERIENCE in any sort of gymnastic, dance or aerial sport discipline to learn how to safely and properly use the apparatus in order to mitigate potential risk of injury.

This Introductory course is designed for youth students (age 8-15) who are completely brand new to the aerial arts and/ or are in need of a more detailed overview of basic terminology, wraps, techniques, drills and practices needed to build up the strength and understanding to safely practice the foundational aerial silks moves. In this course, students will learn basic technique for entry-level climbs, body wraps, upright and supported inverted poses, entry-level sequences, and get a basic introduction to hip key/hip locks and inverted hangs.

This class is designed as a crash-course for those who are wanting to try out aerial silks for the first time, so repeated registration is welcome but not necessary: all of the knowledge and skill introduced in this entry-level course will be reviewed and practiced in the beginner level and beyond.

PREREQUISITES: NO prerequisite abilities needed! This is an entry-level course.
Max 8 students per class, min 2 students to run.

$150+tax per 5-week course
(registration closes 24hrs prior to start of first class in the series)
NO DROP-INS AVAILABLE FOR THE INTRO LEVEL CLASSES

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LEVEL 2:  Beginner Aerial Silks Class Series (ages 8-15) (5-week course)
April 12 – May 10 | Sundays | 3:45-4:45pm
May 24 – June 21 | Sundays | 3:45-4:45pm

This beginner level course is designed for youth students (age 8-15) who have taken at least one session of the Introduction to Aerial Silks course, or have equivalent knowledge, and feel comfortable with a less hands-on approach to reviewing terminology and drills. At this level, students are familiar with identifying and understanding what the foundational skills are, but are still working towards building the strength and technique needed to consistently perform foundational level skills such as safely and confidently climbing, wrapping footlocks in the air, and inverting off the ground. Much of the foundational content from the intro course will be reviewed and expanded upon with more challenging sequences that build the endurance and coordination needed.

PREREQUISITES: Must have completed at least one series of the Introductory course, or have an equivalent level of training. Must have basic understanding of beginner terminology, be familiar with wrapping a footlock from the ground, and be able to invert in a knot tied at hip height.

Max 8 students per class, min 2 students to run.
$150+tax per 5-week course
(registration closes 24hrs prior to start of first class in the series)
NO DROP-INS AVAILABLE FOR THE BEGINNER LEVEL CLASSES 

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