Ana Prada’s career has been up in the air for nearly two decades, and that’s just the way she wants it. She began studying ballet at age 11 in her native Colombia before moving to New York City at age ...

SINGAPORE: When physicist Isaac Newton discovered gravity, his eureka moment came as he was sitting in a garden, observing an apple fall. In the case of National University of Singapore scientist ...

After its launch last semester, AZ Pole and Aerial, the first club of its kind at the University of Arizona, is returning for its first fall semester on campus. Before you envision effortless showroom ...

ASHEVILLE -- Elijah Strongheart's exposure to aerial arts and acrobatics began in East Flat Rock, where he transformed the woods around his home into his own personal "Jungle Book." "From the time I ...

Aerial silk performances are only seen by most people at concerts or theater shows. Nick Erickson, associate professor in the Theater department at LSU, is changing that for the Baton Rouge community.

Instructor: Gala Orba, of Boulder, who has been doing aerial silk dancing since 2009. She was trained at the Boulder Circus Center’s AirCat Aerial Arts program, and she has attended the Frequent ...

The circus arts are the same wherever you go: Swinging from a trapeze, dangling by a lyra — a suspended hoop — or climbing up a silk rope is the same in any culture, any language. Except for one thing ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Red aerial silks hung to the floor at National Dance Academy in Coralville before Mimi Ke wrapped the ...

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“That is where we come from. We have opposable thumbs,” said Hilary McDaniel-Douglas, the artistic director of Project in Motion Aerial Dance Company. “Once we become adults, we really limit where we ...