Intro to Single-Point Trapeze

Ages:  15 & up

Pre-requisite: None

Start here! Introduction to Single-Point Trapeze is designed for students brand new to the single-point trapeze apparatus. 

This class is suitable for students who are:

- Brand new to aerials and acrobatics,

- experienced in some type of aerial or acrobatic fitness, but who are unfamiliar to single-point trapeze.

Class Description: Students will be introduced to standard terms, concepts, and movements that will build a strong foundation to build upon. No prior training necessary. Students will focus on techniques to balance and stabilize on the trapeze, and will strength train the body (especially the upper body and core) which will serve as pre-requisites to inversions and level 1 trapeze skills. 

Materials Covered in Class Include: methods to mount the trapeze; various trapeze hand grips; how to change planes; how to stand, sit and hang on the trapeze; introduction to basic rolls; how to string together a series of moves and poses that you will learn throughout the intro series.