In addition to the regular session classes offered by the fine Versatile Arts staff, we are often lucky enough to have guest instructors offering workshops at the Cathedral. Sign up for the Versatile Arts Mailing List to be notified of upcoming workshops, or just check back here periodically to see what’s coming up!
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Past workshops include:
Winter Blues Aerial Workshops
with Adam Woolley
Jan 27-29
Int/Adv.Fabric, Friday 27th 6:30pm-8:30pm
Awesome new fabric skills, focusing on drops, fabric theory, and how to train unlocked skills for control and safety.
Sling/Net/Double Sling, Saturday 28th 12:00pm-2:00pm
Explore new apparatuses! All levels welcome, we’ll fly through vocab and sequencing.
Advanced Rope, Saturday 28th 3:30pm-5:30pm
Rope party for advanced students! Focus on dynamic moves and higher level sequencing.
Handstands/Stretching, Sunday 29th 1:00pm-3:00pm
How to actually train a good free-standing handstand, as well as stretching for adult bodies. All levels.
Cost: $50/workshop, $95/2 workshops, $140/3 workshops, $160 for all four. PREREGISTRATION REQUIRED,
email: adam.woolley@me.com. Payments may be left at VA but should be made out to Adam Woolley.
Private lessons are also available at $70/hr.
Adam Woolley is a freelance aerialist based in New York City. He trained at the New England Center
for Circus Arts 2007-2009, and has since traveled around the country, teaching and training at the
San Francisco Circus Center, Circus Smirkus, Acrosports SF, the Actors Gymnasium in Chicago and
other spaces around the USA. For more information visit his website www.circusedge.com! Feel free
to contact him directly with any questions regarding these workshops. Hope to see you there!
Flexibility and Basic Contortion
Sage Cushman
This workshop is centered around finding the limits of your personal range of movement. We will focus on building strength and control within mobility, all the while increasing flexibility. We will also look at alignment and presentation. All levels are welcome, this workshop will give you the knowledge to find and work with your flexibility at your own pace. Flexibility is a slow and steady process, it is highly recommended to take both the Thursday and Sunday classes during the 4 week workshop.
Thursdays Jan 19th through Feb 9th, 7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Sundays Jan 15 through Feb 5th, 4:00pm-6:00pm
These are ongoing classes, full payments are required. $100 for 4 classes (once a week), $95 for pre register and $180 for all 8 classes (twice a week), $175 for preregister.
Contact Sage to sign up at dancetrapeze@yahoo.com
About Sage: Sage has recently graduated from the National Institute of Circus Arts in Australia, where she specialized in contortion, movement, hand balancing (mixed with elbow and single leg balancing) and trapeze. During her time in Seattle she has had the honor to have worked with Tick Tock and The Aerialistas. She will be moving to Montreal mid February to continue her career.
Hand Balancing
Sage Cushman
Take the time to focus on building strength, flexibility and understanding of your internal physical alignment. In this workshop we will work on control in different shapes, alignment, lines and fluid movement between these different positions. Novice and experienced balancers are welcome! Balancing is very satisfactory and slow skill to gain it is highly recommended to take both classes during the 4 week workshop.
Tuesdays Jan 17th through Feb 7th, 6:30pm- 7:30pm
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Thursdays Jan 19th through Feb 9th, 6:00pm-7:00pm
These are both ongoing classes, full payments are required in order to take the classes. $40 for 4 classes (once a week), $38 for early registration and $75 for all 8 classes (twice a week), $70 for early registration.
Contact Sage to sign up at dancetrapeze@yahoo.com
About Sage: Sage has recently graduated from the National Institute of Circus Arts in Australia, where she specialized in contortion, movement, hand balancing (mixed with elbow and single leg balancing) and trapeze. During her time in Seattle she has had the honor to have worked with Tick Tock and The Aerialistas. She will be moving to Montreal mid February to continue her career.
The Four T’s of static trapeze!
Sara Sparrow
This workshop is not being offered this session.
Cost is $40 per workshop, $140 for all 4
Sara Sparrow will be offering four trapeze workshops this fall, emphasizing four distinct elements of developing a well-rounded trapeze act. These classes will be for intermediate to advanced students, who have an understanding of beats, a familiarity and comfortability with the trapeze bar, and an eagerness to learn new and different ways of doing things. Ideally, students are comfortable with meathooks and pullovers, front and back balance, and single knee hangs, but we can talk about your individual abilities and decide if a class will work for you. Classes will also emphasize splits and flexibility–essential skills for an aerialist. The four T’s are: