January Class Updates

Happy New Year!! January Class Updates

January Class Updates. We are so grateful for each and every student that comes into the studio. We hope to continue sharing our space with you and creating the amazing community that is Stomping Ground!

Newly Added Classes & Class Times!

Want MORE CIRCUS!? We do too!! Which is why we’ve added several new classes to our weekly schedule! AND we’ve added more class time availability for some of our more popular classes.

Beginner Intermediate Silks with Kristen – Mondays at 3:30pm
Duo Aerial with Lynn and Kristen – Mondays at 7pm
Handstands & Flexibility with Kristen – Tuesdays at 1:30pm
Aerial Yoga with Josie – Wednesdays at 8am
Beg-Int Silks Foundations with Coco – Tuesdays at 7pm
Early Morning Lyra or Rope with Alissa – Thursdays at 8am
Aerial Conditioning with Anastasia – Thursdays at 5:45pm

Monthly Handstand Happy Hour – Last Friday of every month at 5pm

Purchase Class Pack Here
Sign Up for Classes Here

Rope Palooza is rescheduled for Thursday, January 26th at 7pm!

Pic of Grace by Clockwork Steve Looking to spice up your rope practice? Look no further. In this workshop, we’ll go through a variety of moves including slack drops, half releases, and static poses. This workshop is for intermediate/advanced students with a regular rope or silks practice. Students should be comfortable with inversions and be regularly practicing basic beat pathways (bell, pike, and scissor).
Click here to sign up!

Memberships

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.

November 30, 2022

Vivid Black Circus Club

Vivid Black Circus Club is an opportunity for black and brown youth, ages 10-20, who are interested in exploring the world of circus arts with a wellness and career concentration.

For club days, we will work on skills, learn theory, play with foundations in various areas of circus arts. We will also have peer-to-peer mentorships, future performance, and volunteer opportunities. We will talk about health, community, self-care, self-advocacy, exploration, creativity, and of course, circus arts.

The monthly membership is $50. You must sign up each month for the whole month. The club meets every Thursday from 3:45pm – 5:45pm. There are 6 spots available each month. If you are in need of a scholarship or have questions you can email Vivid Black Paint directly.

About Vivid Black Paint’s Cirque Wellness Program

Having a unique specialty in such disciplines as aerial performance, fire breathing, acrobalance, or even clowning, is a highly marketable arts skill with opportunities for performance, instruction, and studio ownership.

With circus, develop skills in problem-solving, internal and external conflict resolution, communication building, creative strategizing, and capacity building to break through self-maintained and societally reinforced barriers.

If you are ready to sign up for the club, you can sign up here!

We are also seeking sponsorships for youth. You can sponsor your youth’s participation or, if you don’t have a participating youth, you can become a Club Sponsor. The total cost per month is about $60/month per participant. If you are interested in sponsoring a youth to have access to more circus arts, please consider donating. Read more about sponsorships here! To become a sponsor, give your gift here!

More about Vivid Black Paint here and here.

November 30, 2022

December Pop-Up Classes

Acro Coaches Katie Capistrant and Dylan Porteguese by Clock Work Steve Photography

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

Also, check out Handstand Happy Hour with Lynn!

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

Click here to read more!

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.

September 19, 2022September 19, 2022

SGS Merchandise Available

Finally, we have our merchandise available for order.

Merchandise Sale

SGS Merchandise Available! You asked and it’s finally here. We have t-shirts, sweatshirts, tank tops, notebooks and more! We have samples of most everything at the studio. You will fill out the order form on the merchandise page, we will send you a payment link and then we will order. If you have any questions about sizing, etc. just reach out to us. We are more than happy to answer any questions!

Check it all out here!

Looking to sign up for a class? Head here.

April 28, 2022April 28, 2022

New Studio Location, Summer Schedule, & Moving Sale

We’re Moving… Again!!

New Studio

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We are happy to announce that we are relocating the studio! The new spot is only a half mile from the current space, so it shouldn’t really affect your travel time. Our new space has taller ceilings and more square footage which means we can offer more classes and training times! We’re so excited for you all to see the new and improved studio! The new building is called Strong Scott, and it’s located at 451 NE Taft Street, Minneapolis, MN. You’ll enter through Door 3 on Taft Street.

ALL CLASSES WILL HAPPEN AT THE NEW LOCATION STARTING MONDAY, MAY 2nd 2022!

We have added more classes!!

We have created an expanded schedule with both NEW and MORE of your favorite classes! Existing classes will remain at the same times, but make sure to check out all our new offerings!

Here are some of our new classes to look for:

Beginner Sling, Sling Sequences, Silks Sequences, Dynamic Sling/Silks, Dance Trapeze, Partner and Ground Acro, and Virtual Flexibility!

SUMMER SCHEDULE

More Open Gyms & Member Training Times!

Come practice your skills from class or work on your training! With a studio membership, you can sign up for any of the member training times or open gyms.

Member Training

Open Gyms and Acro Jams

January 25, 2022February 18, 2022

Collaboration with Vivid Black Paint

We are so thrilled to be collaborating with the amazing organization Vivid Black Paint.

A Bit About Vivid Black Paint (from their website)

Mission

Vivid Black Paint provides supportive programming to Honor and Uplift Aspiring and Established Artists who identify as black and as persons of color and to provide welcoming space for people to smile, laugh and be entertained with circus and art as a vital service to mental well being and social-emotional development.

Purpose

Vivid Black Paint is a non-profit corporation and shall operate exclusively for educational and charitable purposes within the meaning of section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future Federal Tax Code.

To maximize impact and reach, we may collaborate with other initiatives and entities. Vivid Black Paint accomplishes Our Purpose through events and supportive programming for established and aspiring black artists, indigenous artists, and artists of color to provide their Creative Services to the world and build up their Supportive Networks. We also serve the community at large with joy and entertainment, primarily through art and circus.

Our Programming allows space for our artists to come together, build community, collaborate, exchange, mentor, and witness one another’s art.

Vivid Black Paint will also provide career pathways, internships, and volunteer opportunities within the organization for our artists. In turn, further deepening Vivid Black Paint’s Impact and Mission.

Take a Class
In collaboration with Vivid Black Paint, we are offering a $5/class discount for persons identifying as POC. Please contact us for the code!

There are also 4-class packs for persons identifying as POC available to purchase for Vivid Black Paint classes. This can be purchased here.

Check out more about this amazing organization here! https://www.vividblackpaint.org

Schedule a class with Staaj!

Donate to Vivid Black Paint!
https://www.gofundme.com/f/vividblackpaint-community-house

November 26, 2021

Winter Sale!

Come train with us this winter!

For a limited time, you can snag a discounted class pack:

5-class pack for $95*
Looking to get some extra training time:

Unlimited month of Open Gyms for $40*
This may be used for Open Gym & Acro Jams!

*available 11/26 – 11/30

Check out all our classes here!

November 7, 2021November 9, 2021

Aerial Training Membership Opportunity!

Aerial Training Membership Opportunity!

Need more training time? Consider becoming an SGS member!

We are opening up memberships to intermediate/advanced students and pre-professional and professional artists! To qualify, you must have been training on your apparatus for more than a year and be comfortable training without coach supervision.

Members can sign up to train aerial or ground skills during member-exclusive training times and are welcome to come to Open Gym and Acro Jams for no additional cost. There is no limit to how many trainings you attend throughout the month. Train as much as you want!

Training times are flexible. Just let us know what days and times you’re interested in; we will work to accommodate your schedule and add training times that work for you. Training times may change from month to month due to class schedules. Please note that classes and workshops get scheduling priority.

The cost is $110/month or $100/month if you commit to a minimum of three months. There are a limited number of memberships are available. Email or message us if you’re interested in more information and applying! Email us if you are interested.

Current Member Training Schedule

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October 29, 2021October 27, 2021

Beginner Aerial and Handstand Classes

Not sure where to start or never tried circus? No worries, check out our Beginner Aerial and Handstand Classes. Try the various aerial apparatuses we offer or give handstands a try. No experience required!

Beginner Aerial Classes
Fridays at 11 am & Sundays at 10:45 am
New to circus arts or returning after a long break? This is the class for you!
In this beginner-level class, we will focus on the basics: getting strong, learning the lingo, and trying out the various apparatuses. This is a great introduction to the world of aerial performance by teaching you how to apply the new dimension of vertical space. Let’s play with the X, Y, and Z axes!
Sign up here ->

Beginner Handstands Class
Tuesdays at 4:30 pm
This class is designed for people who are interested in handstanding but don’t know where to begin. In this weekly class, we will focus on drills to strengthen our core, shoulders, and stabilizer muscles needed for finding that perfect handstand line. These drills will be interspersed with breaks for stretching and technique discussions.
Sign up here ->

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October 27, 2021

Upcoming Partner Acro Workshops!

UPCOMING PARTNER ACRO WORKSHOPS!
Join us for our upcoming partner acrobatic workshops on Halloween. Led by Katie and Dylan, who also host our Friday night Acro Jams! Katie and Dylan met at a handstand jam in 2017 and have been acro partners ever since. Their backgrounds in contemporary dance, modern, breakdance, pole, hand balance, & parkour contribute to their style.

If you are coming with a partner, you can get a discount. No worries if you don’t have a partner, we will pair you up! Come learn some new skills or practice some old ones, either way, come to have some fun.

Intro to Partner Acro Workshop w/ Katie & Dylan
Sunday, October 31 at 4:00 pm
In this beginner workshop, we will focus on standing acro positions. You will learn how to take someone else’s weight, and what it feels like to give your weight. We will discuss how to push/pull in counterbalances and how to stack your own body weight. Wear comfortable clothing. $25/person; $40/pair
SIGN UP HERE

Partner Acro Workshop w/ Katie & Dylan – Intermediate
Sunday, October 31 at 4:00 pm
This intermediate workshop will focus on adagio (dance lifts). We will explore standing partner acro movements that will flow into a choreographic sequence. The workshop is not for beginners. Bring your partner or come solo, and we will pair you up. $30/person; $50/pair
SIGN UP HERE

Check out all the classes we have to offer and make sure to join us on Fridays for our Acro Jams to practice all the skills you learned in the workshops.

Class Schedule here!