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Aerialist in West Wales.

I’m Jess Allen. I teach & perform rope & sling.
I love making aerial accessible to every body &
nurturing aerialists to refine technique,
expand vocab & develop a self-kind practice.

Online coaching

1:1 classes & programmes

In person lessons

West Wales

Performance

Rope or sling

Gift vouchers

Circus or wellbeing sessions

Group classes

Weekly group classes at Syrcas Byd Bach

Aerial yoga

Private sessions or group classes

I moved into aerial circus after a decade working as an aerial dancer (bungee / counterweight). I teach online 1:1 and also in person from home, a converted church near Llangrannog in Ceredigion. I’m also part of the team at Syrcas Byd Bach the circus school at Small World Theatre in Cardigan.

Rope (corde lisse) is my consuming passion, but I love sling (hammock) too. I’m also a certified aerial yoga instructor. Yn wreiddiol o Aberystwyth, dw i’n siarad Cymraeg fel ail iaith.

Follow me on Instagram @awyrol

I never talk here about the activist performance work that i developed before & during my last PhD. (Alongside aerial dance work; it was a busy time) I kind of ran away from it all. But this week, of all weeks, it feels relevant. (And inasmuch a
🦂You asked & so it's happening! An online masterclass on scorpion alternatives for rope or sling folks who find the traditional variations hard AF (because for many of us, they legit are). In this 1.5 hour deep dive online masterclass we will l