Classes and Registration
Seaside Circus
Located in Gloucester, Ma offers professional level classes, for all ages and all experience levels. Beginners are welcome, as are experienced aerialists looking to hone their craft. Classes are small, so everyone has the chance to work on their own apparatus. Instruction is always tailored to the needs and abilities of each student.
Workshops in choreography, aerial act creation, aerial hammock, dance trapeze, acting for aerialists (and aerial work for actors), as well as a variety of other specialty topics, are also offered periodically.
Can’t find a class that fits your schedule?
Consider taking a private lesson at a time that works for you. Or if you’ve got at least three students interested in participating - a class of your choice can be created based on what you want to work on. Email us for details on all of these options.
We offer the option to create your own class, depending on studio availability.
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6-week bookings: Regular class rates apply.
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Minimum 3 participants, maximum of 6.
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Youth classes: No makeups, but open studio is available for cancellations made 4+ hours in advance for adults.
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Otherwise, private lesson rates apply
Silks Classes
Aerial silks classes combine gymnastics, dance, and functional strength training into an art form performed on suspended fabric.
Beginner
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Focus: Developing grip power, core and shoulder engagement, and basic fabric mechanics close to the ground.
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Key Movements: Basic climbing techniques (French and Russian climbs), foundational foot-wraps (such as single and double footlocks), ground-supported inversions, and introductory shapes.
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Experience Level: No prior strength is required to start—conditioning is built directly into the curriculum. Practice takes place at low heights over safety mats.
Intermediate Level
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Focus: In-air endurance, sequencing, and operating at greater heights.
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Key Movements: Suspended inversions (flipping upside down in mid-air), linking multiple tricks into short routines, and entry-level controlled drops.
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Experience Level: Work moves higher up the fabric, requiring the stamina to remain off the ground for longer stretches while maintaining technique and form.
If you're unsure which class to join, please email info@seasidecircuscapeann.com.
Lyra Classes
Ready to take your fitness off the ground? This class is designed for absolute beginners and focuses on mastering the essentials of the Aerial Hoop (Lyra). You'll focus on conditioning, proper technique for graceful entries and exits, and learning key beginner shapes and transitions. Build core strength, grip, and body awareness while discovering the thrill of flying. It's time to find your center in the hoop!
Vertical Dance
In a vertical dance class, you learn to defy gravity and dance on a vertical surface, such as a tall wall or the side of a building, while suspended by a harness and ropes.
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Warm-up: The class starts with a regular floor warm-up and conditioning exercises to prepare your body, especially focusing on core and upper-body strength.
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Harness & Rigging: You'll learn how to properly put on a climbing harness and understand the basic safety procedures and rigging setup.
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Basic Movement: The core of the class involves using the wall as a floor. You learn techniques to walk, run, jump, and perform inversions (like upside-down poses) while being supported by the ropes.
Taster Saturdays
Stop wondering and start flying. Our Spring series offers a hands-on introduction to: Trapeze | Sling | Silks | Lyra | Vertical Dance
New hobby? New challenge? New perspective. Come find out which apparatus makes you soar! Click on "workshops" for complete schedule.
Youth Classes
Circus Kids - Ages 5-7 and Ages 8-9
Circus Tweens - Ages 10-12
Circus Teens - Ages 13-17
Build strength, flexibility and confidence while having fun in the circus arts. Kids will learn the basics in juggling, partner acro, trapeze and silks. We will move at their own comfort level with lots of progressions, games and and conditioning. All levels of physicality are welcome. Classes remain small, with never more than 6 per class.
Yoga Playshop
with Ari Marcovski
Come practice yoga for the body, mind, and spirit, in a focused, gentle, and playful way. In this yoga playshop we practice by bringing simultaneous attention to steading the body, calming the mind, and awakening the heart so that we may shed accumulated resistance to our natural state of connection. This class is based on asana/flow yoga, but as a “playshop” (rather than a “workshop”) we take a focused yet lighthearted and exploratory approach to the practice, and authentically engage with to our direct experience, allowing us to move naturally towards our truest self.
Open Studio
As an added benefit, Seaside Circus students are welcome to attend Open Studio. This is an opportunity to continue training, working on the skills you have learned in class on your own. While the instructor is present to ensure everyone is working safely, this is a self-directed training. Open Studio is only for students who are 16+ and have prior experience - either at Seaside Circus or at another studio. If you are not a Seaside Circus student currently enrolled in classes, please contact us prior to attending your first Open Studio to confirm your eligibility to participate and let us know you are planning to attend.
Single Workshops
Not ready to commit to a full series? Consider taking a taster workshop! Aerial taster workshops are a great way to try out the circus before running away with it. These one hour workshops are offered monthly and focus on silks, trapeze, lyra, sling or harness. No experience necessary.
Better with Friend.
Consider a taster workshop for you and a group of friends. Perfect for youth (and adult!) birthday parties, bachelorette parties and more! Contact us for pricing and details.
Private Lessons
Besides being a great way to delve deeper into circus with more individual attention, private lessons offer flexibility for people who can't make it to a weekly class or just want to try it with a friend. Contact us for detailed information and scheduling.
Private Lesson Pricing:
$80/hr for one person
$80/hr for two people ($40 each)
$105/hr for three people ($35 each)
$120/hr for four people ($30 each)
Each additional person after 4 is $25
6-person max
Register through our Groovio App or here:
