Dance Yogi Dance: "Bury A Friend" Choreography
​with Meredith Calderas Precit

Dance Yogi Dance blends yoga sequencing and dance choreography into a combo put to music. This routine to "Bury A Friend" by Billie Eillish, combines elements of hip hop dance and vinyasa into a sexy, slinky and strong number. This is one of Meredith's flash mob pieces, so if you'd like to surprise others with the joy of dance, this is the workshop to attend!

Sat August 24th
10-11:30am
$15 if pre-signed up ($20 on day-of)

Movement to Meredith Calderas Precit is expression, education and communication. She began dancing as a little girl, choreographing with her dance teacher at 11, changing the rules of her high school to let younger students audition at 13, and having way too much school spirit as cheer captain at 17.

Meredith continued with dance and cheer in college at San Francisco State University, graduating with a BA in TV & Radio Production and minoring in Dance. She performed in the New Moves Dance Showcase only 3 months after dislocating her knee cap. After her injury, which took place at a hip-hop audition, she discovered the profound healing of yoga. She has since incorporated her practice into her performances and dance classes.

After moving to Lake Tahoe, CA in 2013, she received her 200-hour yoga certification in Bhakti Vinyasa Flow and began training in aerial silks and aerial hoop. In 2017 she became a Certified Personal Trainer and in 2018 she received her certification in aerial yoga. She teaches aerial silks and aerial yoga to children and adults, creates custom exercise plans through personal training, and has created a yoga-dance class called Dance Yogi Dance. Through Dance Yogi Dance, she blends her love of yoga and hip hop and coordinates flash mobs with her students.

Meredith has performed at the The World Concert at Sand Harbor, Guitarfish Music Festival, Made in Tahoe at Squaw Valley, Summit LA and more, along with collaborations with local bands including Sneaky Creatures and Metal Echo. She is dedicated to this art and feels most alive in the vulnerability of performing and teaching.

Sat August 31st
1-2:30pm Fabric Witchcraft 2.0
3-4:30pm Two Ropes and a Bar (Trapeze)
5-6:30pm Creating Continuous Movement (Rope or Fabric)

1 Workshop: $60
2 Workshops: $100
3 Workshops: $140

Fabric WitchCraft 2.0
The allure of fabric is truly multi dimensional. Its beautiful, tactile and confusing. It can seemingly defy physics. Wraps, shelves and connections can appear and disappear in an instant. Complex but stable architectures are constructed out of nothing. In this workshop we will explore some really fun examples of knots, hitches, releases, wraps and fabric theories that simply DO NOT SEEM POSSIBLE or are totally surprising to even an educated eye.
Pre-req's: proficiency in the 4 basic locks: catchers / s-lock / hipkey / fig 8; ability to easily straddle up in the air

​Two Ropes and a Bar
It all starts with Two Ropes and a Bar. The perfect gift for the moving body. Support and freedom, simplicity and complexity, frame and space. In this workshop we will dive into various topics as it relates to this apparatus’s unique construction: moving through and around, wrapping, shelves, dynamics and pathways – taught in short relatable sequences.
Pre-req's: ability to pull over onto the bar, solid front balance, familiarity with some trapeze skills

Creating Continuous Movement
This workshop will explore a selection of the fundamental pieces and parts of ascending, descending and rotational movement. Students will then learn a specifically designed sequence that emphasizes structure, progression and the methodology to combine it all to tell a mesmerizing story. Students can expect to learn new skills and methods that translate and interconnect in many meaningful ways. Together we will twist, spiral, invert, roll, wrap and construct our way up, down and through the vertical canvas.
Pre-req's: proficiency in the 4 basic locks: catchers / s-lock / hipkey / fig 8; ability to easily straddle up in the air

Aerial Workshops
​with Jenn Bruyer

When not on the road Jenn resides in the magical wonderland that is the Pacific Northwest in her beautiful tiny off grid home with her two weenie dogs. Jenn has been immersed in aerial arts since 2008. She is driven by her focus on fabric (silks) and sling (hammock) and her first love trapeze [of all sorts]. She also enjoys exploring cord lisse, cloud swing, lyra, net, rope & harness and anything else someone puts in front of her. She has coached, choreographed and performed around the world including over 30 US states, China, Italy, Germany, Austria, Canada, Costa Rica and Mexico.
 
As an Aerial Coach, she seeks to provide the highest quality progressive instruction to aerialists of all abilities from novice to professional performer. Her mission as a human is to cultivate a warm, non-judgmental learning environment that fosters community, to build physical and emotional strength within the individuals who participate in this environment and methodically construct a vehicle by which to create art.

Beginner Adult Series "Silks, Slings and Swings"
with Alayna Stroud

5 Sundays, 5:30-6:45pm
Sept 1st-29th
$100 for the series

Need more swinging, spinning, and hang out time in your life? Come join us!
 
This introdctory level class will introduce you to the Aerial Fabric, Aerial Hammock or Sling, and the Fabric Cloud Swing. No experience required. This is a body friendly class designed to build strength and flexibility in a laid back and supportive environment.
 
5 weeks to enjoy work out and play time, at the same time...

Sign up now to reserve your spot - must be 16 or over!

Choreography Development Workshop Series
with Alayna Stroud

5 Saturdays, 4-5:15pm
Sept 7th - Oct 5th
$150 per student (7 max)

Premium, small-group workshop! 7 people maximum, no sharing equipment necessary. For anyone 16 or over (or with instructor approval)
 
You have the skills and plenty of opportunities to share the fruit of all your hard work. But are you ready to make a solo that is uniquely your own, that displays not just your craft and skill, but your passion and whole self? Yes! You are. You just need to take the first step to begin your creative journey.
 
Join Alayna with her overflowing tool belt full of techniques and intuitive guidance. Find your own personal style, build choreography that is your own, and make something that showcases your skills but also conveys something meaningful to your audience. This workshop is great for first time choreographers and for those of you that have already dove into the lime light and want to challenge yourself to create a different kind of act but are not sure how. Create the time and space to delve into a meaningful process designed to end with a complete act!

Drop Workshops
@ Camp Augusta with Lucy Haynes

Saturday September 14th
Kids (8-15): 9-10:30am
Adults (16+): 11-12:30pm

$30 per person
In this hour and a half workshop, we will be working on double and triple star drop (plus additions to these drops), slack drops (including angel drop and hip-key slack drop) and tick-tock drop. Make the most of access to these tall and bouncy fabrics in the outdoors!
 
Don't forget your water bottle, and come early to warm-up (group warm up will be short to give us LOTS of time on the fabrics).
 
Parking is in the main parking lot at the end of the driveway, and the silks will be seen next to the campfire circle.
 
Sign up ahead of time! Limited spots are available for these high-demand workshops!)
Pre-requisites:
MUST be enrolled in at least the intermediate classes at The Aerial Lab (call first if you are not a current student). Must know and be comfortable with the wraps for single star, jacob's ladder and hip key drops

Hoop, Adagio & Straps Workshops
with Mykelle & Cuream
Saturday Nov 2nd

Flair for Hoop (Lyra): 12:45-2:15pm
Don't Step On ME! (Adagio): 2:30-4pm
Straps Essentials: 7-8:30pm

Learn more about Mykelle at www.mykellewalton.com
Flair For Hoop
Spinning like a dervish is just the beginning of being able to control movements in hoop. In this workshop Mykelle will guide students through momentum to control spin and use it to execute skills such as flairs, meathooks, and in hoop movement. We will also touch on static movement that create momentum such as beats and small releases. 

ADVANCED Level. Prerequisites - students must be able to do multiple pullovers into the hoop, spin for one minute, and feel comfortable with one hand hangs. 

Don't Step On ME! (Adagio): 
In this workshop Cuream and Mykelle will guide students through the beginning of partner acrobatics and adagio. Theory covered will include stacking, making shelves, communication, and centre of mass with two bodies. We will go over the basics of two highs, step-ins, barrel rolls and some of the favorite balancing positions that will delight any audience. 

BEGINNING Level - no pre-reqs

Straps Essentials:
Aerial straps are two straps attached to swivels, a rigging plate, and a single rig point. This configuration allows aerialists to perform several twists, rolls, and various body positions requiring a great deal of strength and precision. In this course, students will learn standard conditioning movements that build a solid foundation for straps like skin the cats, nutcrackers, and meathooks. All of which are tailored to the student’s pace and level. The aerial straps discipline requires a good deal of strength and primary targets the shoulders and upper body. The course will help to increase your strength overall and serves as a great cross-training apparatus for any aerial discipline.

BEGINNING Level - no pre-reqs
Cancellation Policy
All cancellations must be made 48 hours before the start of workshops, and we will fully refund your workshop fee.
No refunds are given if the cancellation occurs within 48 hours of the start time of the workshop (except in the case of proven emergencies - severe weather alerts/closed roads, doctors note, obituaries etc...)