Stomping Ground Studio: Aerial Arts Classes in Minneapolis
Aerial & Acrobatic Studio in NE Minneapolis
Read up on our many happenings in May! We have been busy creating a circus show which hits the stage this weekend: Friday, May 3rd and Saturday, May 4th! Also, this weekend we are hosting workshops with Paper Doll Militia artists Saffron and Rain Anya. And later in the month, Carly Schuna will be teaching some workshops too! Read our May newsletter for all the details!
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Our April Newsletter is out! In it you will find all of our upcoming events such as our Spring Showcase coming up this weekend and upcoming workshops with Ginger Snaps and two of Paper Doll Militia artists! We also have a very special show announcement! Read all about it!!
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Check out our January Newsletter. In it you’ll find information about our duo aerial class, a duo rope pop-up, four-week series classes, a few scheduled changes, and our next Performance Prep class and Spring Showcase dates!
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This month we are ecstatic to host our third student showcase and to see all their creative juices flowing! Plus we have some other cool things happening, click here for all the details!
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Sherry Walling and Lynn Lunny talk about healing heartache through movement specifically through circus arts during their interview today with WCCO/CBS News.
Dr. Sherry Walling is a psychologist, author and aerial arts performer. Lynn Lunny is a circus arts performer and teacher. Both women tragically lost their brothers to suicide, and it was movement that helped them cope and manage their grief. During Mental Health Awareness month, they share their personal stories about how they found their outlet to heal.
If you’re interested in exploring and healing your own heartache through aerial movement, check out Circus for the Broken-Hearted workshop happening Sunday, June 4, 2023 at Stomping Ground Studio. No aerial experience required.
Private group parties are the best way to celebrate your special time! Get your group together and schedule a private birthday or bachelorette party, or whatever else you’re celebrating!
Click here to fill out a brief questionnaire about your event. We’ll then check our books, and get back to you about scheduling as soon as we can! We usually have availability on Friday evenings and Saturdays mornings or afternoons. Please note that private events are scheduled around weekly classes. Click here to see the weekly class schedule.
April AWAKEN Cohort | Vivid Conversations About Race
This experience includes about 25hrs of Professional Development in Race Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, 3 consecutive sessions + 1 follow session, your workbook and tools, and so much more confidence and clarity in how to engage this very important and impactful work.
About this Intensive Experience:
This 3 part experience, taking individuals from [A]WAKEned, to [A]WOKEned, to WORKin’, is one stepping stone in a lifelong process of curating more welcoming and supportive spaces with regards to race equity.
This series is especially curated for those in the Twin Cities Circus & Performing Arts Community, a metro with some of the worst race disparities in the country. This disparity is constantly showing up in Twin Cities performing arts spaces of both instruction and performance.
Individuals will take part in this intensive because they want opportunities to get to know black and brown people trying alternative arts more often AND they want to be a part of welcoming people of all races to come, to stay, to play, and to authentically take up space.
Click here to read our March Newsletter!
Join us for our Spring Student Showcase Performance Prep Class and show!
In this is a seven-week class session, beginning the week of March 19th, you will meet weekly to work on creating and choreographing a piece on your apparatus of choice!
After the seven weekly classes, you get to debut your new act in our showcase happening the weekend of May 5th and 6th.
Experience on your apparatus is required. Come with tricks and sequences in mind that you would like to incorporate into your choreography. Please note this is not a learn-new-skills type of class. Your coach will be there to assist you in creating flow between your tricks and sequences to compile a new piece of artistry!
You may miss up to one class and make it up during an Open Gym.
Classes start the week of March 19th
Performance Prep with Lynn – Sundays 10:30am – FULL
Performance Prep with Alissa – Sundays 1:15pm
Performance Prep with Kristen – Tuesdays 5:45pm – FULL
Spring Student Showcase – May 5th and 6th, 2023
Schedule Performance Prep Class
Check out our December Pop-Up Classes! Throughout December, some of our regular classes will be replaced with pop-up classes with some of our amazing instructors! A lot of these pop-ups will be in lieu of our normal class schedule, so sign up to try something different! Choose from a plethora of subjects including:
Intro to Straps
Rope Palooza
Rope is Fun
Above the Bar Spanset Lyra
Lollipop Lyra
Duo Aerial
Experimental Partner Movement
Basic Floorwork Concepts
Floorwork Choreography
Belay for Days
Silks Theory
Beginner Circus
Each pop-up class is $25. You may use your class packages to purchase these one-off classes.
Purchase Class Pack Here
Sign Up for Classes Here
Bored of working on your handstands alone in your living room? Us too! Come hang out at the studio and work on the ever-elusive handstand with friends. All levels are welcome! Not a class, just an open gym dedicated to handstands. There might be games… or after handstand cocktails at Norseman. $10/Drop-In
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Check out other training options with our membership program! It includes all open gyms, acro jam, handstand happy hour, and dedicated member training times. Read more here.