Gravity Aerial Arts

Let's talk about socks baby..... Come join us for our annual Sock Exchange and Potluck. Please bring a pair of gift wrapped socks and something yummy to eat or drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic)! We'll exchange the socks white elephant style. All are welcome and wanted even empty handed it's really just an excuse to get the circus family together!
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Come help us support the victims and families of . These amazing instructors are donating their time are talents to help balance out this horrific act of hate with a whole bunch of love and positivity. Please come join us in some super fun workshops this weekend!
COST: $10-$100/workshop donate what you can. Sign up link in our bio!

❄️Excited to see what our youth & teen students have been working on this fall! Gorgeous flyer 🎨 by , one of our multi-talented teen students! Space is limited so please only attend these shows if you are invited by one of the students that is in these classes.

Happy belated Birthday to our wonderful instructor . Hope you have a beautiful year! 📸 by from 2022 Spring showcase

Happy Birthday to our amazing instructor she’s living proof that getting older makes you cooler! Hope your having an incredible day and wishes for another awesome year! 🖤🎪🖤 📸 by from our fall 2022 showcase.

Rope Jam with is 1:30-2:45 p.m. tomorrow! 📸 by from our fall 2022 showcase

Happiest Birthday to coach ! Hope your day and year are full of magic ✨💕🥳 📸 by 👗by

Just added a 3 day afternoon Fall Aerial Camp this week! Sign up link in our bio.

WHAT: Come learn how to fly, spin, flip and dance in this super fun aerial camp! Great for beginning to intermediate levels. Beginners will start learning all of the basics. Those with experience will add on to what they already know. Campers will build strength and flexibility while learning skills on aerial fabric, hoop, and sling. Since it’s only 3 days we won’t have a formal performance however we invite you to come a little early to pick up on Wednesday to see what they have learned. Please bring water and a snack. No zippers or jewelry.

WHO: Ages 6-17. All levels, no experience necessary.

COST: $141

WHEN:

November 21, 22 and 23 - 10:00 a.m. -12:30 p.m. SOLD OUT

November 21, 22 and 23 - 2:30-5:00 p.m.

These kids slayed it at dress rehearsal last night! Tickets are almost sold out so grab yours now! 🎟 link in our bio. WHAT: Come see some of the youth and teen students at Gravity Aerial Arts perform in our 11th aerial dance showcase! What do you see when your eyes are shut? Come see our most beautiful dreams and our scariest nightmares come to life up in the air! This show will be fun for all ages! Refreshments will be sold before the show and at intermission, so come thirsty.

WHEN: November 18th at 7:00 p.m.

WHERE: Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theater, 119 W Park Ave, Denver, CO 80205.

COST: $20 - Students, seniors, teachers, military can use promo code 5OFF for $5 off. 🎨 Flyer by .autumn

🎪Sign up link in our bio! WHAT: Join Bayard & Leah for a 4 week DuoTrapeze class series on Sundays from 7-8:15pm. Discover the fundamentals of partnering on the horizontal bar apparatus! We will cover key partner warm-ups & drills, stressing the particular importance of momentum & timing as applicable to partnering as well as explore a variety of basing positions & go-to flyer skills. We'll culminate the session by stacking skills together into a sequence.

WHO: Bayard & Leah have been working together since 2017, with a combined total years circus experience of nearly 20 years. As a duo, they perform partner acrobatics, duo-trapeze, acro-trap fusion as well as partnering on various invented apparatus (like the aerial chandelier) for corporate & private events in addition to casting with the Handsome Little Devils, In the Wings Aerial Dance, Aircats Aerial Arts, the Circus Collective, RAW Artists, Thrill Entertainment & the Phantom Circus.

PREREQUISITES: This class is appropriate for Intermediate+ level aerial students.

Strict pre-reqs include:

Minimum 1yr aerial experience (as a soloist, previous partnering experience not required)

Ability to invert in the air

Ability to recite at least one limerick while upside down

Ability to climb vertical apparatus

Fundamental understanding of basic body positions (pike, straddle, C shape)

Minimum age: 16+

Max Participants: 4 duos (8 total)

Partnered enrollments required (enrolling as a duo, or trio). If you need a partner, email us to see if we have a base/flyer on the waitlist!

WHEN: This is a 4 week session. Sunday’s 7:00-8:15 p.m. November 27th - December 18th

COST: Early Bird Discount $120 ($130 after 11/12/22)

Spaces are limited, reserve your spots today!

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WHAT: In this 1.5hr workshop we’ll explore spins and entries! Everything from how to start your spin underneath yourself without a swing or an orbit, how to maintain control over the spin after entry, how to orbit intentionally, tools and practices for alleviating dizziness and tips for nausea and spin related wonkiness! We’ll play with spins at various heights for span set spins, side mounts, flares, split spins, etc and explore the many different ways of entering the apparatus from each height! This workshop will help you level up, look more professional with tight, centered spins and widen your aerial vocabulary.

APPARATUSES: Ideal= Lyra (can also be translated to sling and dance trap. Much, but not all will also translate to straps. Please contact us if you would like to do this workshop on an apparatus other than lyra so we can plan accordingly.)

PREREQUISITES: Must be at an intermediate to advanced aerial level.

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WHEN: Sunday November 6th 6:00-7:30 p.m.

COST: Early Bird $65 ($75 after 10/31/22) Sign up link in our bio.

We’re so excited to announce that we’re finally ready to take on another aerial production!!! ✨🌸💕 Sign up link in the comments. WHAT: Calling all circus artists! Come audition to be a part of Gravity’s 4th aerial production. Our previous productions have included an artistic rendition of The Little Mermaid, an original Such Great Heists (an art heist) storyline written by Cassie Wilson, and Aerial Avengers, an interpretive superhero-villain storytelling of real world issues. This year Isis Stevens and Alannah Petitt are creating an original storyline based in a forest with a variety of magical creatures that bring opportunity for a diverse collection of artistic aerial and circus acts!

WHEN:

Auditions:

-November 4th at 6:30pm-8:30pm

-November 5th at 9am-11am

Rehearsals

-Friday December 9 at 7:30 pm Full Cast Welcome Meeting

-1 Weekly Studio Rehearsal January till the show (day and time will be set once you have been cast)

-Friday (evening) February 17th Run Through (at the studio)

-Friday (evening) February 24th Run Through (at the studio)

-Friday (evening) March 3rd Run Through (at the studio)

-Monday (evening) March 6 Tech Rehearsal (at Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theater)

-Tuesday (evening) March 7 Tech Rehearsal (at Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theater)

-Wednesday (evening) March 8 Dress Rehearsal (at Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theater)

Shows:

-Friday March 10th at 7pm-Saturday March 11th at 7pm-Sunday March 12th at 2pm

Come prepared . . .-With a two minute act showcasing the circus skill of your choice.-Willing to show your strength and skills in an aerial-based audition sequence taught by Isis and Alannah

REQUIREMENTS:-16+ (exceptions made with management approval)

-Commitment to making 90% of all of the rehearsals. Commitment to communicating and getting caught up when rehearsal are missed.

-Find and provide a costume for yourself that is agreed upon with your group.

-Show fee to help cover rehearsal times, scene leader, theater rental and other production costs. Amount TBD, but should be fairly reasonable. Sign up link in the comments.

Hurry get your 🎟s before they sell out! Link in our bio. Gorgeous flyers by .autumn WHAT: Come watch the students and instructors at Gravity Aerial Arts perform in our 11th aerial dance showcase! What do you see when your eyes are shut? Come see our most beautiful dreams and our scariest nightmares come to life up in the air! This is an adult and teen show so there will possibly be some mature content (stay tuned for info about the family friendly youth and teen show on November 18th). Refreshments will be sold before the show and at intermission, so come thirsty.

WHEN: October 14th & 15th at 7:00 p.m. (two completely different casts shows).

WHERE: Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theater, 119 W Park Ave, Denver, CO 80205.

COST: $20 - Students, seniors, teachers, military can use promo code 5OFF for $5 off.

BANDALOOP

-The Newman Center for the Performing Arts is celebrating the launch of its 20th season with a FREE performance unlike anything you've seen before. BANDALOOP, an aerial dance ensemble, will turn two of the University of Denver's buildings into a vertical dance floor September 29 at 4:30pm. Details at

BANDALOOP Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 4:30pm A FREE event (no ticket necessary) for the entire community, BANDALOOP brings their vertical performance to the University of Denver campus. Gliding, dancing, falling with style – the members of BANDALOOP seamlessly weave dynamic physicality with intricate

Sign up link in our bio, spots are limited sign up now! WHAT: Flying Pole connects both aerial and pole worlds for an exhilarating spectacle to watch and take part in. This apparatus offers new vitality and innovation into pole fitness and aerial arts.

This Flying Pole Workshop will introduce fundamental skills on the Flying Pole. Spins, climb, and aerial sequence skills will be covered during the workshop with time to play and explore the apparatus.

WHO: Vakiesha aka “Skittles Pole Dancer” has a fitness training background and began pole dancing as a competitor 13 years ago. Now based in Colorado, she performs, teaches, and judges competitions. In addition to pole and aerial pole, she enjoys lyra, lollipop, pole silks, and silks.

PREREQUISITES: 1 year of pole or aerial experience required.

ATTIRE: Please wear Shorts to allow legs and thighs to be exposed.

WHEN: Saturday September 24th 6:30-7:45 p.m.

COST: Early Bird $65 ($70 after 9/21/22)

Fall 2022 Schedules! Are you not a 9-5 person? Do you work from home? Or are you able to sneak away for “lunch”? If so join us for our midday classes and open gyms! If this is not an option no worries we have tons of evening and weekend options too! Sign up link in our bio.

Did you know… how Philippe Petit rigged his wire between the World Trade Center Towers? Philippe first saw the plans for the World Trade Center when he was 18 years old, before it was even built. For the next 6 years, he studied the Towers, their construction, wind conditions, Tower security, and designed the rigging for what he called "le coup." He found an inside person who got him and his team fake ID badges for the World Trade Center and little by little brought his rigging up and hid it on the roof amongst the construction materials. Then on August 6, 1974, Petit and his accomplices snuck up to the top of both towers and waited.

As dawn broke on August 7, they had fired a harpoon across the towers with a fishing line that was then used to pull a rope across, and ultimately the 440-pound cable that was rigged 1,350 feet above the New York City streets below. Philippe then stepped out on the wire. He spent about 45 minutes performing a variety of tricks on the wire and ignoring the police who yelled at him and shook the wire in a vain attempt to make him get off.

Petit had done clandestine walks between the towers of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris in 1971 and of Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1973. But the World Trade Center walk got him a contract with Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus and the distinction of being named Artist in Residence at St. John the Divine Cathedral on the upper west side.

When Petit did finally step off the wire and back onto the World Trade Center roof, he was instantly arrested and also famous. He was also sent to a mental hospital to be evaluated. Ultimately, a NYC judge sentenced him to doing a free show in Central Park for the City’s children. Movies and books have been written about this aerial exploit. The best of them may well be Petit’s own “To Reach the Clouds.” Philippe Petit was an aerial poet who always saw himself as a performing artist rather than a daredevil.

The morning the Towers came down on 9/11, Philippe was quoted as saying that at that moment, "My towers became our towers. I saw them collapse – hurling, crushing thousands of lives..” When asked how the destruction of the Towers affected him, he said, “How can I answer that question when on the other side of that event you have thousands of lives that were lost? He said. You cannot compare losing a marvel of architecture and losing human lives."

Photo by Jim R. Moore. Moore was instrumental in helping make the walk happen and the primary person who documented the auspicious aerial event.

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✨Fall registration is open now! Sign up link in our bio. WHAT: Our Youth and Teen Aerial Class Series rotates through blocks on aerial Fabric, Sling, Hoop and Trapeze. Students will learn poses, tricks and sequences on the various apparatuses. Aerial Dance builds strength, flexibility, creativity and more. All classes will have an end of session performance, Level 3 & 4 will also have a showcase at Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theater on November 11th.

WHO: Youth Classes are for Ages 6-10 Levels 1-4. Teen Classes are for Ages 11-16 Levels 1-4.

WHEN: 16 Week Sessions runs 8/21/22-12/17/22 (No classes 11/19/22-11/25/22 for Thanksgiving). 📸 by from our spring 2022 showcase

WHAT: Come perform in Gravity Aerial Arts 11th showcase! What do you see when your eyes are shut? Let’s see your most beautiful dreams, scariest nightmares or as always please take this and get as creative as you’d like! Please prepare a 3-4 min solo, duo or small group #.
WHEN:-7:00 p.m. on October 14th and 15th
WHO: Ages 18+ (Possible exceptions with management & parental approval. There will be another under 18 show, mostly for our Youth and Teen level 3 and 4 classes on November 19th.)
WHERE: Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theater
REQUIREMENTS: (Please read fully and put deadlines and rehearsal dates in your calendars).
1. Must be taking weekly classes or private lessons at Gravity Aerial Arts, August-October 2022.
2. Sign up & Pay by 8/14/22 *$70 solo show fee (includes photos, video, dress rehearsal and performance). Please sign up and pay through Mindbody on whichever day you would like to perform on, must also be able to attend the corresponding dress rehearsal (see dates below). (We won't have a sheet at the studio this time so please make sure you sign up online).*Duos $40/person & Groups $30/person.
3. Complete the Show Info Google Form by 9/14/22 a link for this will be emailed in your sign up confirmation email. (Please contact me if you don’t receive it. I will not be chasing people anymore. I love you all but I just don't have the time. If you don't give me all of your info on time you will not perform. I will send group reminders.)
4. MANDATORY Dress & Tech Rehearsals at CPRD theater. (Please adjust your schedules now so you can make the full dress rehearsal for your show, we need to run the shows in order so rigging changes can be set and practiced).
-October 14th Show - Dress Rehearsal Monday 10/10/22 5:00-9:00 p.m.
-October 15th Show - Dress Rehearsal Tuesday 10/11/22 5:00-9:00 p.m.

Happiest birthday to our amazing instructor ! Hope your having an incredible day! 💗🥳🎈📸 by from our Fall 2021 showcase

Ménage à Trois Workshop Series is presented by Gravity After Dark. Lucky, Artoor and Dan are teaming up to bring you all an awesome weekend of aerial! Sign up for 1, 2 or all 5 workshops!
Link in our bio.