Performance Prep - Stomping Ground Studio: Aerial Arts Classes in Minneapolis %

Spring 2025 ShowCase Tickets available here

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Want to create a new performance piece and perform in our Spring Showcase this April? Students enrolled in Performance Prep will work with a coach to create a new act.

Performance Prep classes start on or after Thursday, February 27th, and will meet weekly for six weeks to work on developing a new act to perform in our Spring Showcase!

And remember, we are open to synchronized and/or duo acts with a friend!

Performance Prep Class Sessions*
Thursdays at 4:30pm All Apparatus with Kristen
Sundays at 10:30am All Apparatus with Lynn
Mondays at 5:45pm Trapeze/Lyra with Jenn
Tuesdays at 5:45pm Silks/Rope with Anja

Spend one on one time with a coach and get feedback from fellow students. A portion of this class will focus on showing each other the progress we have made with our acts. We will invite feedback from fellow students about what they liked, and we’ll discuss how and when to give our feedback, how to phrase content that is hard to hear, and generally practice being vulnerable! Act creation can be a vulnerable process, so buckle up! As performers, we are in the literal spotlight, so we must work to refine and polish our tricks. Smoothing out transitions and adding our personal flare is where the artistry lies! Hone in on your artistry and let your freak flag fly!

Contortion performance prep with Gunnar

Wednesdays, March 19th, 2025 – April 2nd, 2025
7p – 8:30p
$120

Join us for this four week Performance Prep class series to create an act for the Spring Showcase! Contortion is the art of moving the body with flexibility and poise. It is a classic circus art dating back hundred of years. We will be learning to stretch deeply and safely for poses and tricks as well as learn to work with other classmates to do partner tricks. Prerequisite: Bridge chest to wall with straight arms (or close to it) and able to kick up to handstand at the wall for 5 sec.

Prerequisite: Bridge chest to wall with straight arms (or close to it) and able to kick up to handstand at the wall for 5 sec.

About Gunnar Field:

Gunnar Field is a contortion and hand-balancing coach based in the USA, he has been teaching contortion for over a decade. Gunnar teaches Mongolian contortion techniques infused with his own flair and influenced by his past training in gymnastics and ballet. Gunnar began training contortion in Minneapolis, MN, coming from gymnastics and having a natural inclination towards flexibility he fell in love with the art immediately. He went to study contortion Ulaanbaatar Mongolia and trained under the guidance of Nargama Baatar. He has furthered his training in China at the Beijing international school of acrobatics and arts. He has performed around the USA, Thailand & China. Using his 30 years of accumulated knowledge of body movement and mechanics he has taken a somewhat different approach to teaching the art of contortion. Read more at www.gunnarfield.com/

“Vulnerability is the birthplace of connection and the path to the feeling of worthiness. If it doesn’t feel vulnerable, the sharing is probably not constructive.” -Brené Brown

Please Note

We require a minimum of three students to run a class. If the class does not meet this requirement, it will be canceled. Notifications will be sent out four hours before class time and sent via email or text message. If your class gets canceled, a class credit will be returned to your profile.

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

Check out our Class Schedule here.