The Workshops
Ticketing
To book, use the ticketing platform on Rausgegangen, or in case of issues, contact workshops (at) aerialartsfestival.de
Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the start of your workshop to warm up and check in.
All workshops are from age 18+
Click on the timetable below for workshop details.
Beginner/intermediate - you have been doing aerial for at least a year. You are fit and healthy. You can invert on aerial apparatus.
Intermediate/advanced - you are a professional or advanced hobbyist. You have prior knowledge on the specific apparatus, or transferable knowledge from a high-skill level on a similar apparatus.
Workshop Pricing
Workshops:
Normal price: 60€ (each additional workshop 55€)
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Added Note: To claim your workshop discount -after buying your first workshop, please send a mail to workshops@aerialartsfestival.de for a discount code for your additional workshops.
Shoulder pre-hab workshop
Normal price: 30€ (If you have bought another workshop 25€)
Ticketing link is below each workshop description. Click on the workshop title in the schedule to go to the description, or scroll down.
Thursday 27.03.25
Morning 11.30 - 13.00
Chirohouse
All levels
30€
Afternoon 14.00 - 17.00
Emma Laule
Advanced/intermediate
60€
Friday 28.03.25
Morning 10.00 - 13.00
Emilia Dawiec
Advanced/intermediate
60€
Afternoon 14.00 - 17.00
MC Fournier
Advanced/intermediate
60€
Saturday 29.03.25
Morning 10.00 - 13.00
Atypical Aerial Apparatus Exploration -
Sarah Goody
Advanced/intermediate 60€
Morning 10.00 - 13.00
Ella Hummel
Open Level
60€
Afternoon 14.00 - 17.00
Georgina Cassels
Beginner/intermediate
60€
Sunday 30.03.25
Morning 10.00 - 13.00
Emilia Dawiec
Beginner/intermediate
60€
Afternoon 14.00 - 17.00
Atypical Aerial Apparatus Exploration -
Sarah Goody
Beginner/intermediate
60€
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EXPERIENCE
There will be workshops for both beginner/intermediate and intermediate/advanced level and are aimed at the aerial community – professionals, semi-professionals and hobbyist aerial lovers! We welcome everybody, but we do not offer any absolute beginner’s classes or beginner’s training.
Absolute beginners are advised to take a class at Vuesch e.V. or any of the fantastic circus training spaces in Berlin.
Everybody who joins the festival:
– knows their aerial basics
– has at least one year of continuous experience
– is healthy and fit for aerial work
– is at least 18 years old.
– individual workshops maybe require specific prerequisites to be approved before joining.
Thursday 27.03.25
Morning 11.30 - 13.00
Shoulder prehab -
Lukas Flint from Chirohouse
All levels
30€
About the Workshop
Strong & supple shoulders
Transform your shoulders with this hands-on workshop blending knowledge and practice. Explore the mechanics of the shoulder to understand how it works, why injuries happen, and what keeps it strong. Whether you're recovering from an injury or aiming to prevent one, this session equips you with practical techniques to reduce pain, enhance mobility, and build lasting strength.
Please bring a yoga block and resistance band if you have one.
About Lukas Flint from Chirohouse
Lukas was born and raised in Berlin and has a lifelong passion for movement. His journey into strength training and yoga began 16 years ago, sparking a deep fascination that led him to explore the physical realms of strength, yoga, calisthenics, acrobatics, dance, contact improvisation, and mobility training. Driven by a thirst for knowledge, he delved into the intricacies of anatomy and nutrition, blending science with practice to understand the body on a profound level.
Website: www.lukasflint.com
Thursday 27.03.25
Afternoon 14.00 - 17.00
Rope -
Emma Laule
Advanced/intermediate
60€
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About the Workshop
Dynamic technique on the rope
In this workshop we will focus on dynamic movements on the rope, starting with different swing variations and examining their precise execution and timing as the base of all dynamic tricks. We will then lead up to the tricks such as the twist or the front salto, introducing useful preparation exercises.
Let’s swing!
About Emma Laule
Emma graduated in 2016 from the Academy of Circus and Performance Art in the Netherlands and has since then performed in numerous international venues and festivals. Amongst other projects she is part of the companies Common Ground, Black Box Circus and Permeable Bodies.
She is also active in the Feminist Circus Initiative (IFC) and Zeit für Zirkus festival.
Website: emmalaule.com
Friday 28.03.25
Morning 10.00 - 13.00
Aerial hoop -
Emilia Dawiec
Advanced/intermediate
60€
Sunday 30.03.25
Morning 10.00 - 13.00
Aerial hoop -
Emilia Dawiec
Beginner/intermediate
60€
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About the Workshop
How To Fly
This workshop is focused on dynamics as well as spinning technique: how to get a proper silhouette and how to work with a spinning axis (how to be an axis, and how to put the hoop under the axis while being outside of it).
Both technique and sequences will be covered including: tornado spin, lasso, meathook, flare to flag oriented etc.
Dynamic for beginners will be for people who have never done dynamic before - or they were introduced only to the basics such as beats or elbow rolls.
For intermediate/advanced I would like to work on basics for big tricks such as clocks, entry to scorpio, so having a knowledge about beats would be good.
About Emilia Dawiec
Polish professional circus artist & dancer, Emilia graduated from ècole supérieure des arts du cirque (ésac) in brussels, belgium, in 2024.
She has taken part in The Young Stage Festival 2024 and the Cyrkulacje Festival 2021, where she received accolades.
She has performed internationally with companies including papierfabrik varieté (austria), back pocket (belgium), as well as venues such as wintergarten (germany), urbanatix (germany), infamous (australia), la monastère (canada).
Website: emiliadawiec.com
Friday 28.03.25
Afternoon 14.00 - 17.00
Doubles trapeze -
MC Fournier
Advanced/intermediate
60€
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About the Workshop
Learn, refine and master duo trapeze specific acrobatic techniques. As well as acquiring a variety of new skills, you will be encouraged to push your creative boundaries and discover a unique vocabulary to flow seamlessly with your aerial duo partner.
Prerequisites
- Excellent physical condition
- Extensive aerial or acrobatic experience
- Porters are comfortable in the catcher’s position for long periods of time - Flyers have great core strength
** It is ideal to sign up with a partner – if you don’t have one but would still like to participate please get in touch by email mcf.fournier@gmail.com**
About MC Fournier
Marie-Christine Fournier has over 17 years of extensive experience in the circus industry as a trapeze artist, including a decade touring with Cirque Du Soleil and collaborating with world-renowned companies such as The 7 Fingers and Cirque Eloize.
After receiving a Circus Arts Teacher Certification from the Montreal National Circus School, she has taught circus school classes, workshops, masterclasses and retreats in Across the world to students of all levels as well as professional circus artists.
Saturday 29.03.25
Morning 10.00 - 13.00
Atypical Aerial Apparatus Exploration -
Sarah Goody
Advanced/intermediate
60€
Sunday 30.03.25
Afternoon 14.00 - 17.00
Atypical Aerial Apparatus Exploration -
Sarah Goody
Beginner/intermediate
60€
About the Workshop
Atypical Aerial Apparatus Exploration
Ever wanted to play around on a weird bit of equipment? This is your chance! More and more interesting and atypical apparatuses have been entering the aerial world the past years, but building them from scratch or investing in someone to do it for you is usually the only way to give them a go and see if they spark your passion and imagination. We’ve collected a number of unusual props for you to explore during two very special workshops – one for beginners and one for advanced aerialists – led by aerialist and circus coach Sarah Goody, who will feed you with technical and creative exercises throughout this 3-hour workshop.
About Sarah Goody
Sarah Goody is an international aerial artist, teacher, coach, choreographer and educator working in the field of circus arts since 2009. Her passions lie both in the choreographic and technical aspects of aerial arts, as well as understanding and overcoming the body’s struggle against gravity.
In summer 2020 she created the company and brand “Seil ist Geil” (translates to “Rope is Awesome”) in order to provide professional and recreational students of the aerial arts the tools they need to reach their physical and creative goals.
Website: sarahgoody.com
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Saturday 29.03.24
Afternoon 14.00 - 17.00
Silks -
Georgina Cassels
Beginner/intermediate
60€
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About the Workshop
Aerial Technique for Finding Fluidity
The first half of this workshop focuses on combining aerial technique with Pilates knowledge. Georgina will share her continuous research on how to bring core control to the air. With a speciality in delivering technical understanding for strengthening foundational skills, her teaching is ideal for anyone looking to refine technique and hone in on the bio-mechanics of the body. The second half of the workshop will explore fluidity in aerial movement quality. Looking at climbs and figures combined into a choreography to not only widen skillsets, we apply further exercises that thread the sequence to focus on delicacy and sensitivity in quality of movement. This workshop looks at explorative elements that can be applied further to all aerial apparatus.
About Georgina Cassels
Georgina Ilona Cassels is a circus artist educated at the National Centre for Circus Arts and Gravity Circus Centre and is currently based in Budapest.
Georgina is a member of ‘Konstrukt’ by Cirkus Kolektiv and was a fellow of the New Horizon’s Leadership Program EU of 2023-24. In 2018, she moved to Budapest and has since performed for Firebirds Circus and collaborated as part of an aerial rope duo ‘Rollmeknot’.
In 2019 Georgina organised and co-hosted the Budapest Aerial Meeting with additional editions in 2022 & 2024.
Saturday 29.03.24
Small tent
Morning 10.00 - 13.00
Straps -
Emma Hummel
Open Level
(two inverts on any apparatus a pre-requisite)
60€
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About the Workshop
HOW TO NOT HATE AERIAL STRAPS
By Ella Hummel @the_circus_bird
Aerial straps are still famous for being hard, uncomfortable and only something for those super strong aerialists.
So in this workshop we will make straps fun and approachable for aerialists which already are able to comfortably invert in the air on any other apparatus. We will cover some of the basic poses (Meathooks, Nutcrackers, Flags, Planches) and get familiar with different families within straps (static, support, spin, swing) but also explore some easy tricks and transitions.
Prerequisite: two clean inverts on any aerial apparatus.
What to bring: if you have sensitive skin bring wrist protection (for example cut socks), and a long sleeve shirt.
About Ella Hummel
Ella started aerial arts at the age of 15. She attended the Dutch circus university ACAPA and Flic scuola di circo, whilst continuing giving rope and silks classes at the royal society of gymnastics of Turin and workshops across studios in northern Italy and Germany. Currently she's mainly living in Brussels, studying at the école superiore des arts du cirque (ésac). While she enjoys creating and performing, her main passion remains sharing the knowledge she acquired throughout the years with her students.
Website: ella-hummel.com