Come play on the sling! The sling is an aerial fabric rigged like a narrow swing. Working on the sling can help new and old aerialists alike improve their confidence with the basic acrobatic positions and inversions. Sling work can also help build the stamina aerialists need for staying up in the air. Sling students will learn existing moves and will create their own during this introductory class. Come one, come all and let’s sling! Open Level, no prerequisites.
Open, no prereqs.
The ability to invert from the ground. The completion of a full session of a level 201 aerial class or higher. Willingness to play and learn sling choreography.
The ability to consistently invert in the air, do pullovers with the sling at head height with no jump, comfort in front and back balances, and familiarity with basic sling vocabulary and drops. Previous sling experience required.
Students interested in Sling 401 should have a familiarity with a range of sling pathways and vocabulary, and should be able to complete a three-minute sequence in the air without coming down. Additionally, students should be able to execute comfortable and clean hollow and bell beats as well as the following drops unspotted: 360, bombs, and slack drops. Students should be able to invert from standing in the sling and then perform a controlled descent, and should be able to troubleshoot in the air in wraps that are standing height or higher.
