Aerial silk performances are only seen by most people at concerts or theater shows. Nick Erickson, associate professor in the Theater department at LSU, is changing that for the Baton Rouge community.

There’s a new fitness class in Spokane Valley that’s taking exercise to new heights. In September, lifelong gymnast Sherrie Martin launched Spokane Aerial Performance Arts and began offering classes ...

It was back in 1994 on a family trip to Disney World when I saw my first Cirque du Soleil show. I was no more than 6 years old, and I was mesmerized by the acrobatic magic before me. With wide eyes, I ...

WITHIN minutes of meeting Jen Parry, I'm wrapped in swathes of silk and hanging upside down like a bat. Jen, 46, runs High Hoops, a fitness enterprise with a difference. For starters, she runs it from ...

Instead of loading up your New Year's resolution list with exercise routines rife with treadmills and free weights, this year, try something different - and a little bit daring. Aerial silk, a gravity ...

Ana Prada’s career has been up in the air for nearly two decades, and that’s just the way she wants it. She began studying ballet at age 11 in her native Colombia before moving to New York City at age ...

WHENEVER I TAKE a circus-arts class, I wonder: If I ran away to join the circus, what kind of performer would I be? Would I fly high on the trapeze, ride a unicycle or walk a tightrope? After each ...

WITHIN minutes of meeting Jen Parry, I'm wrapped in swathes of silk and hanging upside down like a bat. Jen, 46, runs High Hoops, a fitness enterprise with a difference. For starters, she runs it from ...