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teacher training
Summer/Fall 2024 courses
Level 1
June 27-28, 2024
August 24-25, 2024
October 19-20, 2024
Level 2
July 5-6, 2024
November 16-17, 2024
Level 3
September 28-29, 2024
Drops level 1
*New Course
July 4, 2024
September 27, 2024
November 15, 2024
Book a private in-studio course for your teaching staff.
Why run an Aerial Program?
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It’s an excellent source of new revenue.
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It’s a marketable program for students who may not be dancers or gymnasts but are interested in acrobatics of all kinds, bringing them in your studio or gym doors.
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It will set you apart from your competitors.
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The cross training improves strength and agility in your dancers and gymnasts for all their other disciplines.
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Your students will sharpen another tool in their performance toolkit! Circus companies, cruise ships, Disney, and other performing arts organizations are looking for strong, well-rounded, and multi-skilled artists.
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Your students will LOVE it.
With strong foundational training, performers, teachers, and choreographers can explore unlimited creative possibilities with aerial dance and acrobatics by incorporating the unique element of artist suspension in their work.
WHY teacher TRAIN WITH US?
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We train in small groups so that you get tons of one-on-one coaching and leave feeling ready to start teaching your own students.
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We have a certified rigger on staff to help with your set-up questions.
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We know the season is BUSY. We aim to accommodate your schedule so you are set up to succeed.
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Once you complete the training, the course content is yours to access forever. And so are we!
We're creating a community of like-minded teachers and coaches who want what is best for their students and their facilities. And we're here to help you through the entire process, from safe rigging to developing creative expression!
We want you to be successful. Once you train with us, you're a part of our team.
THE SYLLABUS
After more than a decade of research and development, the Spectacle Blue Aerial Teacher Training was launched in 2014. As aerial acrobatics continue to grow in popularity, we believe that student safety and coach education are more important than ever!
Our program, offered in three levels and spanning 9 Grades, gives teachers and coaches the technique and confidence to add the exciting element of aerial artistry to their work, while ensuring student safety and sustainable progressions.
FOR TEACHERS
We offer safe, progression-based training programs designed to equip dance teachers and gymnastics coaches who want to enhance their offerings and creative options by implementing an aerial acrobatics program at their studios or gyms.
Each apparatus contains 9 Grades. Students learn the art of aerial acrobatics in a progressive manner with a focus on technique and form. The program focuses on strength and flexibility as well as aerial elements, creating well-rounded students whose solid foundations support creative, artistic movement exploration.
IN-PERSON at spectacle blue
This is a two-day course at our studio in Okotoks, and we work in small teacher cohorts for each course. Teachers are encouraged to bring their own students to work with; we recommend two students who share the workload, to keep students engaged, healthy, and energized. We also invite some of our students to support your learning.
Two weeks prior to the course date you will receive a link to the online "Introduction to Rigging" module. It is required that you view this module in advance of your training.
IN-PERSON at your facility
Don't live near us? That's okay, we can come to you! Our team will work with you beforehand to make sure your facility is ready to rig.
This is a two-day course at your facility, and we work in small teacher cohorts for each course. Teachers must bring their own students to work with; we recommend two students who share the workload, to keep students engaged, healthy, and energized. We will also bring one Spectacle Blue student to support your learning.
*Please note that there are additional costs when we host in your facility. Fill out our request form and we'll call you with all the specific details.
Two weeks prior to the course date you will receive a link to the online "Introduction to Rigging" module. It is required that you view this module in advance of your training.
PRICING
LEVELS 1, 2 & 3
$900 + gst per Course ($945)
Includes access to our online video manual
LEVEL 1 SILKS DROPS
$550 + gst per Course ($577.50)
Includes access to our online video manual
online manuals
Certified Teachers' access only