Back balance is a b****!
An online masterclass
for any aerialists who have struggled, sweated, sobbed or sworn about this classic nemesis skill on vertical apparatus 🤬
WHEN?
Sunday 22 June 2025
🇬🇧 5-6.30pm UK time
🇺🇸 9-10.30am Pacific
🇺🇸12-1.30pm Eastern
Registration closes Saturday 21 June
WHAT?
In this 1.5 hour deep dive masterclass, I share all the drills, cues, engagements that have most helped me - and so many students - find a back balance on vertical apparatus that works FOR OUR OWN BODIES.
Plus wrapped alternatives and some sequencing that doesn’t require a static hold!
HOW MUCH?
$39
There will be a recording to download and keep but only available at this price to those who have pre-registered!
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Why did I make this?
I mean, that’s not a real question, right?! Right?!!!
Because, d’uh. Back balance is HARD AF for some of us!
OK, i KNOW there are folks out there who can magically nail a back balance in their very first aerial lesson and whip it out consistently for the rest of time (wtaf?) but for some of us this skill just SUCKSSSSSS no matter how badass we become in the rest of our practice.
There are so many reasons why, including but not limited to:
🕷️ relative proportions (hiiii fellow short torso-ed, long-limbed spiders)
💪 posting strength
🍜 droopy noodliness
🪢 apparatus placement
😬 generalised cueing that’s designed for very different bodies
🤬 pervasive or strict ‘definitions’ of what back balance ‘should’ be or look like, based on circus-typical bodies who can do it with ease
This masterclass is about:
💪 reclaiming some agency in your back balance journey
🤔 re-framing how you think about, use or go after this skill
🪽identifying some nuggets that might help unlock new understanding that makes back balance possible (in a way that works for YOUR BODY).
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Masterclass content
In this 1.5 hour Zoom masterclass we will:
🪽look at the biomechanics of back balance on vertical apparatus (rope/silks and side back balance on sling) to identify what is needed to make it possible
🪽go through drills - on the ground and that can be done on apparatus - to help find balance, fine-tune understanding and progress your back balance journey (I wish I could say ‘make you instantly nail back balance for the rest of time’ but…back balance)
🪽examine wrapped alternatives that LOOK like a back balance if you want the aesthetic while you’re still working on the ‘regular’ BB
🪽 offer some mini-sequencing that moves through the position without needing to
🪽re-examine and reclaim back balance as a skill that looks different on different bodies
🪽loudly commiserate about and troubleshoot common problems (bring along your or your students’ struggles to Q+A!)
🤓 This is a theory workshop and we won’t be on-apparatus. But we will do some movements/drills on the floor before getting into videos of on-apparatus drills, wraps or sequences for you to try in your own practice.
💻 You will have access to the recording to download and keep forever.
Who it’s for
This masterclass is suitable for:
🙋♀️ Vertical (rope/silks) or sling artists who are struggling with back balance full stop, or maybe with back balance consistency; or who’d like to play with some wrapped alternatives and sequencing through this position.
🙋♀️ Coaches - perhaps especially if you CAN back balance easily - who’d like to know more about this skill from the perspective of those of us on the struggle bus - or who are just looking for some cues or inspiration for anyone who seems stuck; perhaps we can also crowd-source suggestions too!
🙋♀️ Aerial nerds who love digging into technique, cross-apparatus explorations and adaptations! Fellow nerds always welcome at my masterclasses!
