Family & Youth Aerial Hoop & Hammock (Newton Aycliffe)

Activity Description

Why focus on one style, when you can learn two?! In this course children and teens aged 7-15 years will master poses on both the aerial hoop and the aerial hammock, to get the full benefit and versatility of both styles. This class is suitable for complete beginners to aerial and does not have any pre-requisites to join.

In this group you will learn to work with our aerial hammock for increased flexibility, strength building and impressive final poses. Aerial hammock works using a U shaped soft fabric hammock closer to the ground than the other more circus styles of aerial, and offers a balanced class suitable for most abilities.

Aerial hoop (also known as lyra) is a great entry point to the more circus side of aerial arts, perfect for building confidence, upper body strength and focussing on form in each pose.

The rigid hoop is easier to control than aerial silks or trapeze and can be rigged to be more a more stable base for students worried about dizziness in aerial. Aerial hoop is a perfect tool for students looking to develop their practice into performances and can be used for ‘dancing in the air’ by choreographing poses into stunning flows.