COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OUTCOME:
This course is for students who wish to learn basic to advanced aerial skills. The students in this class will learn to perform on aerial equipment, handle and maintain the aerial equipment, as well as body awareness and control. By the end of the school year, the students should be able to choreograph and perform at least a two-minute routine on the apparatus of their choice. Students in this course will be required to wear proper workout attire at all times during the class and to maintain a positive attitude.
· Ribbon: Two pieces of fabric used for climbing, wrapping and drops.
· Trapeze: solid bar with two ropes on either side used for static strength training and trick building.
· Hammock: One continuous piece of fabric, similar to a ribbon, except that it can be sat on or laid inside of.
· Lyra: A metal hoop used for similar tricks to trapeze and for spinning.
· Net: A large cargo net set up similar to a hammock with similar choreography.
· Cube: A cube-shaped metal device involving group tricks similar to trapeze or lyra.