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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.Beginner friendly · 31 schools
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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.Aerial · 5 schools
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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.Aerial · 9 schools
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Acro Yoga
Acro Yoga is a partner-based discipline that combines acrobatics, yoga, and balance. Through lifts, poses, and flowing transitions, partners develop strength, flexibility, trust, and connection.Acrobatics & Ground · Beginner friendly · 1 school
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Duo Dance Trapeze
Duo dance trapeze is an aerial discipline where two performers share a single-point trapeze, combining strength, balance, and fluid movement. Through synchronized transitions, lifts, and acrobatic poses, they create a dynamic performance built on trust and connection.Aerial · Beginner friendly · 1 school
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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.Acrobatics & Ground · 7 schools
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Straps
Aerial straps is a circus discipline performed on two long straps suspended from a single point. The artist uses loops at the ends of the straps to support the wrists and hands while performing lifts, holds, twists, swings, inversions, and dynamic movements in the air. It is a highly demanding apparatus that relies heavily on strength, control, coordination, and conditioning. Aerial straps is especially known for its powerful movements, clean lines, and physically intense style.Aerial · 12 schools
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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.Aerial · 4 schools
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