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Disciplines
From aerial arts to ground acrobatics

Flying Pole
Flying pole is a circus discipline performed on a pole suspended in the air. Unlike a fixed pole, the apparatus can move and swing, adding an aerial dimension to climbs, holds, spins, transitions, and dynamic movements. It combines elements of pole, dance, and aerial acrobatics, requiring strength, coordination, balance, control, and body awareness. Flying pole is known for its powerful movement quality and for the unique challenge of working on a moving apparatus.

Chinese Pole
Chinese pole is a circus discipline performed on a vertical pole, often covered in rubber for grip. The artist uses the pole to climb, slide, hold, spin, and execute a wide variety of poses, transitions, and acrobatic movements. It combines strength, agility, coordination, and body control, and is known for both its powerful climbs and its dynamic vocabulary. Chinese pole can include static holds, drops, flips, and other explosive movements that make it a highly physical and visually striking apparatus.

Dance Trapeze
Dance trapeze is an aerial discipline performed on a bar attached to two ropes, rigged at a single point on a spinner, allowing the apparatus to rotate smoothly in all directions. The performer uses this movement to create fluid, expressive sequences that blend strength, flexibility, and choreography in a continuous, dance-like flow.

Duo Trapeze
Duo trapeze is a partner-based aerial discipline where two performers share a single bar, combining strength, balance, and precise coordination to execute synchronized poses and dynamic transitions. It relies heavily on trust and communication, as both partners support and counterbalance each other throughout the act.

Flying Trapeze
Flying trapeze is a circus discipline where a flyer swings from a trapeze bar, performs aerial tricks, and may release to a catcher or return to the net. It combines timing, strength, technique, and the feeling of flight.

Hammock
Aerial hammock is a circus discipline performed on a loop of soft fabric suspended from a single point. The fabric supports the body in a variety of positions, allowing the artist to hang, wrap, invert, pose, and move through transitions in the air. It is often seen as an accessible aerial apparatus while still offering plenty of room for technical and artistic progression. Aerial hammock combines strength, coordination, flexibility, and body awareness, and can include both fluid movements and more dynamic skills.

Hand to Hand
Hand to hand is an acrobatic discipline in which two or more partners balance with and on one another. It is often based on the relationship between a base, who supports, and a flyer, who is lifted, balanced, or moved through a variety of positions and transitions. It combines strength, balance, coordination, timing, and teamwork. Hand to hand can be static, focusing on control and held positions, or dynamic, incorporating throws, catches, and more explosive acrobatic movements.

Hoop
Aerial hoop is a circus discipline performed on a suspended metal ring. The artist uses the hoop to sit, hang, balance, invert, spin, and move through a wide variety of poses, transitions, and dynamic movements in the air. It combines strength, flexibility, balance, coordination, and control, while also allowing for graceful and expressive movement. Aerial hoop can include both static positions and flowing sequences, making it a discipline that is both technical and artistic.