Thank you for attending the 26th Aerial Dance Festival 2024! Stay tuned for information about ADF 2025.
ADF 2024 Immersion & Class Schedule
WEEK A: July 29 – August 2, 2024
WEEK A IMMERSIONS: Meet everyday from 9 am – noon, Monday-Friday.
- Bungee Dance & Build (All Levels) with Danielle Hendricks & Laurel Johnson
- Dance Trapeze with Summer Lacy
- Fabric Sequencing 101: A Guide to Aerial Act Creation (Intermediate) with Veronica Blair
WEEK A 90-MINUTE CLASSES: Meet everyday Monday-Friday.
1:00 – 2:30 PM
- Dynamic Sling Theory and Skills (Intermediate/Advanced) with Anastasia Timina
- Swing, Spin, Orbit on Dance Trapeze (All Levels) with Megan Cattau
3:00 – 4:30 PM
- Cultivating Dynamic Flow on Lyra (Intermediate/Advanced) with Ariana Papousek
- Corde Lisse and Multi-Cord (Intermediate) with Anastasia Timina
- Experiential Movement on Dance Trapeze (Intermediate to Professional) with Megan Cattau
5:30 – 7:00 PM
- Lyra Choreography Masterclass (Intermediate) with Sofia Rodriguez
- Aerial Straps: Spins & Shapes (All Levels) with Cosmo Dudley
WEEK A WORKSHOPS – 7:45-9:15PM
Wednesday, July 31: Circus as a Verb and Its Relationship to Aerial Dance – Workshop (All levels) with Issac Endo
Thursday, August 1: Choreographic Games – Workshop (All levels) with Issac Endo
WEEK B: August 5 – August 9, 2024
WEEK B IMMERSIONS: Meet everyday from 9 am – noon, Monday-Friday.
- Lyra Spanset and Top-Bar Theory (High Intermediate/Advanced) with Sofia Rodriguez
- Silks Theory (Intermediate/Advanced) with Anastasia Timina – WAITLIST
- Tethered Dancing: Rope and Harness (All Levels) with Valerie Morris
WEEK B 90-MINUTE CLASSES: Meet everyday Monday-Friday.
1:00 – 2:30 PM
- Cultivating Dynamic Flow on Lyra (Intermediate/Advanced) with Ariana Papousek – WAITLIST
- Everything Peg Stilts (All Levels) with Danielle Hendricks and Valerie Morris
- Dance Trapeze: Connectivity and Flow (Intermediate) with Summer Lacy
3:00 – 4:30 PM
- Heavy Metal: Invented Apparatus (Intermediate) with Nancy Smith
- Roll-Up Clinic: Aerial Straps (Advanced) with Veronica Blair
- Act Creation Toolkit (Intermediate/Advanced) with Summer Lacy
5:30 – 7:00 PM
- Sling Skills & Technique (Advanced Beginner/Intermediate) with Summer Lacy
- Straddle Up! The Breakdown (Beginner thru Advanced) with Veronica Blair
- Loop Love (Advanced Beginner/Intermediate) with Ariana Papousek
WEEK B WORKSHOPS – 7:45-9:15PM
Monday, August 5 and Tuesday, August 6: Attention Please! A Performer’s Guide to Captivating Your Audience – TWO PART WORKSHOP with Veronica Blair
Wednesday, August 7: House Dance Foundations (All Levels) with Shinobi Jaxx
Thursday, August 8: Sensual Chair Dance (All levels) with Midnite Townsend
ADF 2024 Workshops
All workshops meet 7:45-9:15pm. $20-$40. No ADF registration is required to attend. All are welcome!
Wednesday, July 31: Circus as a Verb and Its Relationship to Aerial Dance – Workshop (All levels) with Issac Endo
Contemporary circus inhabits a genre notoriously slippery to define. Is it dance? Is it theatre? Is it art? It is all of those and an underlying curiosity runs through it that would be unique to the form, except this curiosity is also core to the philosophy of Aerial Dance. What is contemporary circus? What is aerial dance? Why were the terms separated and what might make them similar? Through conversation, demonstration, and participation, we will illustrate the curiosity that drives them both. Non-strenuous movement participation, recommended bring a laptop/tablet/phone and clothes for moving
Thursday, August 1: Choreographic Games – Workshop (All levels) with Issac Endo
Building upon, but not requiring attendance of the Circus as a Verb workshop, we will focus on a range of choreographic games. These games foster the curiosity central to Contemporary Circusing and Aerial Dance. Through participatory structures, we’ll explore the potential that curiosity fosters. Non-strenuous movement participation, recommended: bring a laptop/tablet/phone and clothes for moving
Monday, August 5 and Tuesday, August 6: Attention Please! A Performer’s Guide to Captivating Your Audience – TWO PART WORKSHOP with Veronica Blair
Capturing and maintaining the audience’s attention is essential for a memorable performance. Attention Please! is tailor-made for performers who aim to hold their audience’s interest from the moment they step onto the stage until they take their final bow. In this workshop, participants will acquire practical techniques to deeply and meaningfully engage their audience. The program includes an introduction to simple hypnosis techniques, performance exercises, and creative exploration with props and aerial apparatus. This workshop promises a unique and dynamic experience for performing artists eager to make a lasting impact on their audience.
Wednesday, August 7: House Dance Foundations (All Levels) with Shinobi Jaxx
Come learn house dance foundations, including a brief history and background of this underground movement. As a participant you will find freedom of expression through rhythmic footwork sequences, dynamic movement exploration and improvisation/freestyle. Driven by a mixture of electronic, disco, funk and soul grooves and soundscapes, this class will have you sweating while bringing you release and joy. Bring loose fitted dance wear and clean sneakers. Water and notebook.
Thursday, August 8: Sensual Chair Dance (All levels) with Midnite Townsend
Pull up a chair and learn a sassy little routine with both femme and masculine movement offerings. As aerialists we sometimes feel lost when we’re grounded, but Chair dancing can be a unique way to get airborne without any aerial apparatus. Explore basic floorwork and chair tricks that are sure to spice up any choreography, class, or bedroom! Midnite is Miss Exotic World Queen of Burlesque 2014 and strives to provide a safer, welcoming space to come as you are and laugh along the way! This sultry seated journey is for all levels and experiences. Get ready to play, get silly, and werk it out! Suggestion to bring your own chair (something sturdy with a back and no arms) – don’t have a chair? No worries, we’ll have some folding chairs for you to use.
ADF 2024 Class & Registration Information
Locations
Week A and Week B classes, workshops, opening reception, and Intimate Encounters: Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance Studios: 3022 E. Sterling Circle, #150, Boulder, CO 80301. “FFP 1” or “FFP 2”.
Week A and B classes plus the Performance Showcase are also at: Dairy Arts Center, Gordon Gamm Theatre: 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, CO 80302. “Dairy Gordon Gamm”.
Housing Information
Frequent Flyers® Productions does not provide student housing. For additional information about other accommodations, visit the Boulder Convention & Visitors Bureau. You may also visit the ADF 2024 Students, Performers, & Participants Facebook Group to network with other festival participants also looking for housing options.
Transportation Information
Students should not schedule back-to-back classes between the Dairy and the Aerial Dance Studio, unless the student has a car / ride / bike. It is not walking distance. Boulder is bike-friendly and has a public bus system but isn’t quick to and from the Dairy to FFP on the bus.
Registration & Payment Instructions
Participants must be at least 12 years of age. An online liability waiver, photo release, and insurance form must be signed by each participant 18 or over, or by a legal guardian or parent if the student is under 18.
***Students will be placed on the waiting list if a class is full at the time of registration.
Students must register for the full week-long class as material is contiguous. All Classes are ONE-WEEK and meet Monday – Friday.
IMPORTANT: For credit card payment and online registration: You will set up an “account” for Frequent Flyers payments at https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ASP/adm/home.asp?studioid=12867.
PACKAGE REGISTRATION: To sign up for classes, after you have purchased your ADF package, please email office@frequentflyers.org with your class and immersion choices.
Please Note: Purchasing a Week A package with Bungee Dance will incur an additional charge of $10.00 to accommodate the extra price for equipment. Selecting a Package that includes Bungee Immersion constitutes an agreement to incur the additional charge. This charge will be assessed AFTER you purchase and check out for the base Package price.
Please review the refund policy carefully.
Refund Policy
Switching classes after registering is not permitted, except by requesting a refund (if the date allows) and re-purchasing the new class at full price. Please read prerequisites and class descriptions carefully.
- 100% of the payment minus a $20 processing fee, is refundable through May 27, 2024.
- From May 28 through July 7, 50% of the payment, minus a $20 processing fee, is refundable.
- After July 7th there will be NO REFUNDS.
NOTE: There are no make-up classes, wings, or account credits for cancellations
If you pay by check or money order, your refund will be made after the Festival finishes.
