Workshops

Taylor's Workshop Schedule: Dance Trapeze: Movement & Musicality (Fri, 10/30 @ 3:00pm) Intermediate/Advanced Dance Trapeze (Fri, 11/6 @ 3:00pm) Taylor Krasne is a graduate of the National Institute of Circus Arts in Australia, specializing in cyr wheel and dance trapeze. She has performed for various companies and productions including Ellen DeGeneres, Cirque Mechanics, Fujifilm, and is also a stuntwoman, actress, and motion capture performer. She is a stunt double for artist

Ready to Spin? This immersive workshop will dive into the world of Spanish Web! Covering the fundamentals of both Flying and Setting, students will explore skills in both technique and performance for this dynamic apparatus. Prerequisites: Ability to climb a Rope All workshops will be held at Circus Academy Brooklyn | 30 Tompkins Ave, NY 11206 (directions) When Sunday, September 13 @ 4:00pm-5:30pm Cost: Sliding scale, $60-$75/3-4 credits Where Circus Academy New York - Brook

This fall we're bringing you new opportunities to build on the trampoline skills that will help you in your flying! In these workshops you'll work with coaches on trampoline and the flying trapeze. When Sunday, September 13 Cradle Workshop @ 4:00pm-5:00pm Faceoff Workshop @ 5:00pm-6:00pm Price: $60/3 credits Where Circus Academy Brooklyn 30 Tompkins Ave, NY 11206 (directions) Cradle Workshop Sun, 9/13 @ 4:00pm Want to work towards taking your swing out of lines? Confused what

Wushu is a “performance sport” rooted in traditional Chinese kung fu that blends in movements from acrobatics and dance. It is a beautiful, dynamic artform and a good base to develop strength, flexibility and coordination. The focus of the workshop will be foundational mechanics and vocabulary of wushu, generally tailored to each student. There are no prerequisites to join. All workshops will be held at Circus Academy Brooklyn | 30 Tompkins Ave, NY 11206 (directions) When Sa

Guido's Workshop Schedule: How to Spot (Sat, 8/15 @ 10:00am) Aerial Dynamics (Sun, 8/16 @ 3:00pm) Hoop Workshop (Sun, 8/16 @ 6:00pm) All workshops will be held at Circus Academy Brooklyn | 30 Tompkins Ave, NY 11206 (directions) How to Spot Saturday, 8/15 @ 10:00am-1:00pm $100/5 credits Aerial Workshop focused on learning how to safely spot your students or training partner during tricks, poses, and transitions. We will cover how to physically assist a student: how to hold the

This workshop will focus on dynamic duo trapeze skills, working together as base and flyer, and creating unique pathways and sequences. Signing up as a duo is encouraged but not mandatory. If you sign up solo you'll either be paired up with another student or with an instructor! Pre-requisites: ability to invert, has come to at least 1 duo class or has some familiarity with duo trapeze. Price: $75 for 1 student, $130 for 2 students if signed up as a duo* *If signing up as a d

Want to level up your trampoline skills and aerial awareness? Join us for our Trampoline Workshop with Steven Gluckstein, Olympian and USA Trampoline National Team Head Coach On July 19, Steven is coming to CANY to share his knowledge and love of trampoline as an athlete of 17 years and coach of 22 years. In addition to coaching current Olympic trampolinists, Steven works with athletes across the country to improve their trampoline for cross-training with circus, freestyle sk

Circus Academy New York is partnering with the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) to host an Immigrants Rights Workshop. During the workshop, a representative from MOIA will present information on knowing your rights when dealing with ICE, supporting immigrant New Yorkers in the face of increased enforcement, and resources offered by the City of New York. We invite everyone interested in supporting immigrant rights to join. The presentation will last about an hour wit

Born and raised in Bogota Colombia, Sebastian discovered his passion for movement at a young age. Before diving into the circus world, he trained martial arts for more than 10 years, spending 1 year in China at the Shaolin Temple. He graduated from L’École de Cirque de Québec with Diabolo as his main discipline. Since then he’s worked with companies like 7 Fingers, Machine de Cirque and Les Productions Haut-Vol. Circus Academy Brooklyn 30 Tompkins Ave, NY 11206 (directions) C

Born and raised in Bogota Colombia, Sebastian discovered his passion for movement at a young age. Before diving into the circus world, he trained martial arts for more than 10 years, spending 1 year in China at the Shaolin Temple. He graduated from L’École de Cirque de Québec with Diabolo as his main discipline. Since then he’s worked with companies like 7 Fingers, Machine de Cirque and Les Productions Haut-Vol. Circus Academy Brooklyn 30 Tompkins Ave, NY 11206 (directions) A

Want to add a dynamic quality to even simple sequences? Want to learn to find your center and spin into a blur? Spinning quickly makes almost everything look cooler, so let’s make it easy! Come learn techniques to: Tornado spin in center (on 1 or 2 arms or legs) Use the momentum of the spin to make your flare feel easy-breezy (we’ll work on flares to straddle, nutcracker, meathooks, and vertical nutcracker on 1 or 2 arms) Explore techniques for moving through and with your sp

What makes an act excellent? This 2 session intensive interrogates how burlesque and circus acts can supersede their skill and become beautifully political. The focus will be two-fold. Love for the audience which includes act structure (beginning, build and reversal in the middle and ending reveal). How your body inherently is a political canvas for art. Price: $100 for one day, $125-150 for both Signing up for both days is strongly encouraged but not required. Artist discoun

He's back! Catch an acro class with the wonderful Keaton Hentoff-Killian! Keaton's Workshop Schedule: Banquine, 3Highs, Toss (Fri, 5/8 @ 4:30pm) Intro to Partner Acrobatics (Sat, 5/9 @ 10:00am) Creative Hand to Hand and Unusual Partner Pathways (Sat, 5/9 @ 12:00pm) FUNdamentals of Acrobatics (Sun, 5/10 @ 5:00pm) All workshops will be held at Circus Academy Brooklyn | 30 Tompkins Ave, NY 11206 (directions) Banquine, 3Highs, Toss Friday, 5/8 @ 4:30pm-6:00pm $50/2.5 credits Prer

He's back! Rock, roll, flip, and spin inside the German Wheel (aka Gym Wheel / Rhoenrad). Learn the basics from national champion and two-time world medalist, Jack Gomberg. When Saturday, April 11 @ 12:00pm Sunday, April 12 @ 10:00am Where Circus Academy Brooklyn 30 Tompkins Ave, NY 11206 ( directions ) No experience necessary Height requirement: 4'9" - 5'11" Indoor shoes required for this class. Hard sole, thin canvas top shoes are ideal such as converse, feiyue, or keds Jac

In this workshop, we will explore fundamentals of hand beats with skill progressions appropriate to a variety of student levels. We will also connect various tempos and rolls, with an emphasis on entrances and exits for elbow circles. All the skills we learn can be applied to lyra as well. This workshop will cater to intermediate/advanced level aerialists who meet the prerequisites, even if trapeze is not their primary discipline. Prerequisites: 3 unassisted consecutive skin

Antoine Boissereau is a French-born graduate of the National Circus School of Montreal. He has been performing from an early age, from big top tours to intimate cabarets to independent original creations. Credits include: Cirque du Soleil, The 7 Fingers, Circus Monti, Cirque Eloize, Water for Elephants on Broadway. He strives to share his passion for circus and aerial arts as much on stage as in the studio with fellow passionate members of the circus and dance community. Ant

We're thrilled to have Keaton Hentoff-Killian back in town and teaching acro at Circus Academy! Keaton's Workshop Schedule: Acrobatics: 4-point/Tarp (Fri, 2/6, Fri 2/13, Fri 2/20 @ 5:00pm) Acrobatics: Three-highs (Sun, 2/8 @ 3:30pm) Acrobatics: Hand to Hand (Sun, 2/14 @ 3:30pm) Tumbling (Sun, 2/15 @ 3:30pm) All workshops will be held at Circus Academy Brooklyn | 30 Tompkins Ave, NY 11206 ( directions ) Acro: 4-point/Tarp Friday, 2/6 @ 5:00pm-6:30pm $60/3 credits Join Keat

Rock, roll, flip, and spin inside the German Wheel (aka Gym Wheel / Rhoenrad). Learn the basics from national champion and two-time world medalist, Jack Gomberg. When Tuesday, February 3rd @ 3:00pm Thursday, February 5th @ 3:00pm Where Circus Academy Brooklyn 30 Tompkins Ave, NY 11206 ( directions ) No experience necessary Height requirement: 4'9" - 5'11" Indoor shoes required for this class. Hard sole, thin canvas top shoes are ideal such as converse, feiyue, or keds Jack Go

During their run of First Light at Circus Academy, 3AM Theatre circus artists will be hosting workshops so you can learn directly from the performers! Workshop Schedule: Contortion Workshop (Thurs, 1/29 @ 6:30pm) 3AM Master Class (Fri, 1/30 @ 6:30pm) Floor Acrobatics & Set Exploration (Sun, 2/1 @ 9am) Object Manipulation (Mon, 2/2 @ 7:30pm) Aerial Rope (Mon, 2/2 @ 8pm & Wed, 2/4 @ 7:45pm) All workshops will be held at Circus Academy Brooklyn | 30 Tompkins Ave, NY 11206 ( d

Troy Lingelbach, established performer and instructor, is joining us to teach Trapeze Dynamics: Beats, Rolls, and Tempos. In this workshop, we will explore trapeze dynamic fundamentals. After a warm up, we will learn skills that come from knee beats and hand beats, as well as rolls and tempos to enter the beats. There will be time to explore your own pathways to string together the skills we learn in an original sequence. Spots are limited, so sign up now! Prerequisites: Stro