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The Magic of Our Shows
Show week, show season, show practices, dress rehearsal, show day. It is all magical. It is all brilliant. It is all exhausting. And it is all part of what makes

Dancing Alter-Ego
Picture it: It is a cold and snowy winter Tuesday night in January, not a single car on the road. You pull into the AD parking lot and there aren’t

Why it’s OK to put Myself First
When I became a mom, my identity shifted in ways I never expected. My happiness became my family’s happiness. I lost my identity by getting into the habit of putting

A Healthy Outlet
I try to not be an angry person, I generally don’t like feeling that way. But of course, we are people and we live in a society, so there are

A Community for Supporting Each Other
When I started at Aerial Dance, I expected to learn to feel comfortable in a new environment, sore muscles, and learning how the heck I am supposed to maneuver myself

Practices Can Be Used For More Than Just Apparatus Use
I think everyone can agree that a perfectly flat jade on pole is pretty impressive, and many of us probably want that or another split variation for ourselves. I love

A New Fitness Passion
I have never been one to really take care of my body the way I should and I have always been very hard on myself over it. One day I decided

Appreciating What My Body Can Do
Taking care of your body is important, being able to listen to your body is even more important. If you’re like me and believe you can just jump back into

Breathing Into Your Stretches
Stretching is a great way to relax and actively work on your flexibility whether you want to be more flexible for moves that require your legs to be by your

The Sisterhood that Means Everything
Trigger Warning: Miscarriage. What started as a way to have some fun, get in shape, and see what one of my best friends was so excited about, turned into something

Behind Every Superman is Really a Superwoman
Blue..red..spandex… All synonymous with one of the most iconic of superheroes: Superman. Although he may not be everyone’s favorite- he most certainly is one of the most known. If not

Mood Boosting Ability!
I don’t know what it is but going to Aerial Dance really does help improve my mood. I was having a semi stressful day at work last week, it wasn’t

Pole Kisses (aka Bruises)
When you’ve been doing pole for so long, you think that you just stop bruising, because your body is just used to being thrown at a metal object or doing

A Little Self Confidence
When talking about confidence there’s a lot of things that go into that. We all know someone who just exudes confidence and radiates good energy. Some people learn confidence, others

Working It All
Aerial dance is a work out. That statement is not a surprise to most. Another unsurprising statement is telling someone aerial dance is a full body workout. Most people eagerly

Dancing to a Better Mood
So it’s been a pretty stressful time for me lately. I have a lot going on at the moment and while a lot of it is self inflicted, it still

Embrace the Fear
Embracing our fears is a common feat to do at Aerial Dance, though it might not always seem like it. We can joke about being scared to try a move

Appreciate your Body…ly Functions
This one might end up being a little weird, but this brings a smile to my face when I think about it. I love our studio and the people in.

Class Camaraderie
Something I truly love when being in class is the conversation and camaraderie that goes on between us all. It makes class so fun and before you know it, it’s

Eat That Elephant
There’s a famous proverb that asks, “How do you eat an elephant?” The answer is simple, “One bite at a time.” With the new year upon us, many of us