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Achieve harmony of body, floor, and air with this delightful introduction to key concepts using the aerial hammock

This syllabus is designed for teachers and students who are interested in learning and understanding the connection between aerial and floor movements. It teaches not only aerial skills and tricks, but also how these elements can be seamlessly merged with dance movements on the ground.

Aerial Dance for Dancers provides teachers and dancers with the tools they need to understand the organic connection between aerial and floor movements. Our detailed “Step by step” floor & aerial exercises contain all the information required to effectively link movements into sequences: music, counts, starting position, space, tips, and outcomes.

This book also provides a variety of support materials, including: descriptions of aerial rigging equipment, important instructions for safety and spotting, lesson examples with time management, and illustrations of essential aerial dance positions. It also contains a glossary of dance terminology.

In its unique synthesis of yoga, ballet, contemporary dance, and circus, Aerial Dance for Dancers offers teachers and dancers inclusive access to the resources of this innovative, expressive movement style.

Welcome to your aerial splits resource! This reference guide is a culmination of split poses I have performed and notes I have taken during my 10 year aerial career. The 91 poses in this manual are centered around splits and sorted into chapters based on their unique entries. For example: poses from single footlocks, double footlocks, inversions, belays and more. Poses are accompanied by full color photos, tutorials, tips, and warnings. They range from beginner all the way to advanced movements and should be performed responsibly. This book is meant to be a companion to your practice and never as a sole source of learning. Every skill level can benefit from this guide! Beginners will be encouraged by all the pose possibilities, as well as benefit greatly from the tutorial photos, tips and warnings for each pose! The intermediate to advanced aerialists can enhance their skills from our tips/tutorials and will benefit from having all these splits in one manual! Our table of contents doubles as a visual library! Instead of relying on names, as we all know names vary greatly within the aerial community, our table of contents includes an image of each pose! Here you can quickly scan and see everything the book has to offer. This also works great when wanting to pick and choose a pose to practice on! Having knowledge of footlocks, inversions and a basic belays will also greatly enhance what you get out of this guide! I'm so excited to present to you 91 different ways to Split on Silks!

Jill Franklin’s Intermediate Guide to Aerial Silk provides comprehensive and easy to follow instruction for the experienced aerialist. Coupled with clear, concise, directions and technical photos, Jill takes you on a step-by-step journey of proper form and position for each maneuver. Most important, Jill’s mandatory motto, ‘SAFETY FIRST’ is emphasized throughout this guide. Intermediate Guide to Aerial Silk is not intended as a sole learning avenue but rather, a customized tool to assist you when taking aerial instruction with a qualified instructor. This guide will help you gain the strength of a Cirque performer, the lovely lines of a Ballet dancer and fluid movement like a Pilates pro. [editor summary]

Jill Franklin’s Beginners Guide to Aerial Silk provides complete easy to follow instruction for the beginning aerialist. In clear concise directions along with beautiful photos, Jill takes you on a lively tour from aerial silk fundamentals to learning how to climb, wrap, invert and spiral your body into and out of an array of positions. The book also includes an at home guide of strength building exercises that will help you excel more rapidly. Safety, clean technique and proper form are all emphasized throughout this guide. Beginners Guide to Aerial Silk is not intended as a sole learning avenue but rather a tool to assist you when taking aerial with a qualified instructor. This guide will help you gain the strength of a cirque performer, the lovely lines of a ballet dancer and the ease of movement like a Pilates pro. [editor summary]

With over 250 step-by-step pictures on over forty beginning moves, this manual is designed for students and teachers of beginning fabric or silks. This manual includes instruction on footlocks (covering a variety of moves in basic, single, and double footlock moves), includes an introduction to the hiplock (a.k.a. hip key), various climbs, and other beginning moves. Focusing on injury prevention, there are tips on how to spot students and how to avoid common mistakes.[Editor note]

Over 500 color pictures are included in this amazing manual. Detailed, written step-by-step instructions go along with each picture. Everything from locks and basic wraps to drops and intermediate sequences of choreography are covered in this intermediate fabric manual series. Part 2 highlights different categories of drops as well as over 30 moves and how to start connecting ideas. This is the perfect reference for anyone who is interested in studying and exploring new movement on fabric.[editor note]

Featuring over 10 disciplines, ranging from silks to contact juggling - The Circus Dictionary is a completely free resource for fans, practitioners and teachers to use.

Disciplines include: Silks, Rope, Straps, Hoop, Trapeze, Contortion, Acro Balance, Hand Balance, Hula Hoop, Juggling - Contact, Clubs & Balls

Each discipline will feature individual videos, showing an incredible range of techniques from basic conditioning to extreme drops and poses. You can create a free profile and save which moves you've learnt or mastered!

Over 800 videos of circus moves. Completely free to use and free account. [ author summary]