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Aerial Arts of Utah has created an emergency donation fund!

https://shop.aerialartsofutah.com/gifts/emergency-donation-fund

Today Aerial Arts of Utah needs your support.

We need to reach our goal of raising $5,000 during the COVID-19 shutdown of our beloved studio. This will allow us to keep our facility current on rent, insurance and utilities- so we can reopen our doors when it is safe.

We are also exploring offering a variety of online classes to the benefit of students, staff and Aerial Arts of Utah.  Stay tuned!

We have applied for funding from the SBA (small business disaster loan assistance), both for basic costs and to keep our staff employed-  and continue to await confirmation for these loans.

We love our students, staff, and friends of AAofU, and are doing everything we can to be able to keep up and be there for this wonderful community!  We look forward to developing new creative adventures with you, both now in a remote setting and in the future, all together again. Your support at this time is both extremely appreciated and very much needed!

We need you, now!

Thank you and please stay safe out there! 

Deborah Eppstein & Anne Kocherhans

Founders, Aerial Arts of Utah 

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ZOOM Workouts! Live stream to join us in staying in shape!

The good news! Our instuctors, Nancy Carter and Jen Einstein are offering students  Zoom live stream home workouts each week to keep us all in shape!  Check out our events page on Facebook to learn how to join!

Here is the Facebook link for upcoming “Aerialists in Quarantine” Zoom Workouts and instructions on how to download the Zoom app and sign on.  Workouts are FREE!

https://www.facebook.com/pg/aerialartsofutah/events/?ref=page_internal

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Classes Postponed until May 1, 2020

Dear Students,

We here at AAofU are still closely following the CDC and local public health officials recommendations concerning  COVID-19.

In accordance with Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and Mayor Jenny Wilson’s  new “Stay Home. Stay Safe” public health order, our studio will remain temporarily closed and classes postponed until May 1, 2020.  We feel it is  crucial to limit exposure to our students, staff, and the whole community!  After May 1,  we will asses new developments- and send updates!

Stay safe and healthy!

AAofU Owners & Staff

The good news! Our instuctor, Nancy Carter,ur instructors will offer students a Zoom live stream home workout each week to keep all of you in shape!  Check out our events page on Facebook to learn how to join!

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Two New Spring Performance Classes! Performance Lab & Repertory: Hammock/Dance Trapeze

Performance Lab

Performance Lab Class runs for two sessions:

February 28- April 10, 2020 (7 weeks)  &  April 17- May 29, 2020 (7 weeks)

Fridays, 5:00-6:30pm.   Class instructor: Nancy Carter

Performance Lab is for students who want to take their skills up to the next level of Aerial Dance- choreography & performance!!  Students will choreograph and perform solo aerial acts as well as a group piece.  Students will then perform their acts in May 29- in  “Aerial Rendezvous” our bi-annual studio student show.    Register https://shop.aerialartsofutah.com/performance-classes/performance-lab

Repertory- Hammock & Dance Trapeze

Repertory:  Hammock/ Dance Trapeze runs for two sessions: 

February 27- April 9, 2020 (7 weeks)   &   April 16- May 28, 2020 (7 weeks) 

Thursdays, 7:30-8:45pm    Class Instructor: Diana Madrian

 In this fun performance class, students will learn choreography in a group dance on dance trapeze and hammock. This class runs for fourteen weeks (two sessions), culminating in a studio performance on May 29. Learn how to perform as part of a troupe on multiple apparatuses including possible floor and partner work. 
Register: https://shop.aerialartsofutah.com/performance-classes/repertory-hammock-amp-trapeze

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Winter Break & Upcoming 2020 Class Session Registration

Happy Holidays everyone! Looking forward to seeing everyone back for regular session classes starting on January 6, 2020.

Registration is also now available online for our upcoming  2020 class session!

Winter Session 2020  January 6- Feb 23, 2020  Register: https://shop.aerialartsofutah.com/

Until then join us next week for morning Stretch & Conditioning!

–Stretch/ Conditioning Am Class Mon/Tues December 30, 31  9:00-10:00am https://shop.aerialartsofutah.com/upcoming-workshops/winter-break-morning-strength-amp-conditioning-class-w-morgan-sjoblom

 

 

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GYROKINESIS® Workshop

GYROKINESIS® Workshops with Nancy Carter

Monday, December 23, 2019       6:00-7:30pm  $30

GYROKINESIS® is a system of somatic exercise originally created for dancers, but applicable to everyone with a passion for movement. The GYROKINESIS® method specializes in finding the spirals in the body, utilizing the breath to find deep core connection and intelligent use of the spine.

 To Register:  https://shop.aerialartsofutah.com/upcoming-workshops/gyrokinesis-workshop

Nancy Simpson Carter is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, bodyworker, and aerialist from North Carolina. She came to Salt Lake in 2007 to attend The University of Utah, and earn her MFA in Modern Dance. She completed her Laban Movement Analysis Certification under scholarship through Integrated Movement Studies Program. Nancy’s new work is the GYROKINESIS® method          

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Thanksgiving Break Week Conditioning and Flexibilty Workshops

Workshops are running during Thanksgiving Break Week!

$20 each workshop, discounts when registering for multiple workshops.

To Register:   https://shop.aerialartsofutah.com/upcoming-workshops/thanksgiving-break-workshops-with-diana-madrian

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2019

6:00-7:00PM: CONDITIONING: Level up your strength! We will work through exercises both on the ground and in the air focused on building functional strength for both steel and vertical apparatuses. All levels welcome.

7:00-8:00pm: FLEX SPLITS: In this workshop, we will work through ground based exercises to develop increased range of motion and flexibility for side splits, middle splits, and straddle pose. Please bring any yoga blocks, straps, or bands you have. If you don’t have any, the studio will provide extras. All levels welcome.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2019

6:00-7:00pm: CONDITIONIG Level up you r strength! We will work through exercises both on the ground and in the air focused on building functional strength for both steel and vertical apparatuses. All levels welcome.

7:00-8:00pm: FLEX BACKBENDS: This workshop will focus on shoulder health for aerialists and increasing shoulder and upper back range of motion to improve backbend flexibility. Please bring any yoga blocks, straps, or bands you have. If you don’t have any, the studio will provide extras. All levels welcome.

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Flight of Fancy, Mystique

Aerial Arts of Utah returns to the main stage to present their eighth annual Flight of Fancy performance  Friday & Saturday, September 27th & 28th, 7:30pm with a matinee on September 28th at 2:00pm.

Buy Tickets: https://artsaltlake.org/production/flight-of-fancy-mystique/

Flight of Fancy, Mystique

Magic abounds in our fairy tale fantasy as witches, unicorns, mermaids and creatures that lurk in the woods weave an enchanting storybook tale. Aerialists push the limits of their apparatus and their bodies, transporting the audience to places where the confines of physics don’t seem to exist. Aerial Arts company members are elevated to impossible heights, defying gravity while dancing in the air.  Reality melts away and imagination takes flight!