Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome

    • Welcome Watch this Video!

    • Course Materials Overview

    • Weekly Breakdown

  • 2

    Sample Readings, Mini-Lectures & Skills

    • 6 Steps to Being and Aerial Instructor | Video

    • 6 Steps to Being an Aerial Instructor | PDF

    • Warm Ups | PDF

    • Spotting | Aerial Teacher's Handbook Reading

    • Anatomy Mini-Lecture | Video

    • Injury Prevention Mini-Lecture | Video

    • Anatomy | Applied Anatomy of Aerial Arts Reading

    • Technique | Toe Point Supremacy Article

    • Rigging Mini-Lecture | Video

  • 3

    Reference Materials

    • Safe Space in Circus

    • Anti-Racism in Circus Arts Resource Page

    • Rigging | Downloadable Sample Rigging Inspection Log

  • 4

    SKILLS - Inversions

    • Trapeze | Straddle Up Under The Bar

    • Silks | Straddle Inverts In the Sling

    • Rope | Straddle Invert Progressions

    • Lyra | Straddle-Up Under the Bar

  • 5

    Sample Spotting Assignments

    • Trapeze | Single Leg Bird's Nest

    • Trapeze | Straddle Up Under the Bar Spotting

    • Silks | Straddle Invert 1 | Sacrum Push and Thigh Scoop

    • Rope | Invert Spotting | Forearm Shelf Support

    • Lyra | Spotting Combo 1

  • 6

    Certificate

    • Certificate Overview | Video

    • Certification Overview | PDF