CIRCUS ARTS TRainings

UPCOMING TRAINING DATES
Aerial Teacher Training
Circus Arts Therapy® Training​
Beginner:  November 13-16, 2020
Beginner:  January 22-25, 2021
Beginner:  April 23-26, 2021​​
Intermediate:  July 9-12, 2021
​Advanced: March 12-15, 2021
Level 1:  June 25, 2021 - July 5, 2021
Level 2:  July 6-11, 2021

Who are our trainings for?

Aerial Teacher Training​
  • Experienced teachers who want to prove to clients, employers, and insurers that they have high standards for themselves
  • Studio owners
  • New teachers
  • Aerial students who want to ensure they are training safely or might consider teaching one day
Circus Arts Therapy® Training​
  • Teachers/studio owners who are interested in using the Circus Arts therapeutically, including using modified techniques for their continued success
  • Those interested in having a Circus Arts Therapy® practice (Level 3 only)
Recreational Adaptive Teacher Training
  • ​Teachers/studio owners who would like to offer Circus Arts classes to neurodiverse populations or ensure that neurodiverse students are ​using modified techniques for their continued success
  • ​Aerial component of Circus Arts Therapy® Training.

Our interactive online TRAINING'S are for everyone!

The Circus Arts Institute's Educational branch has been proudly teaching circus educators, therapists, occupational therapists, and many more for 30+ years. Through our School of Circus Arts we offer Teacher Training programs in both ground-based and aerial skills.
Creating a safe and healthy learning environment includes not discriminating (or tolerating fellow learners to discriminate) based on age, gender, sexual orientation, physical ability, ethnicity, religion, or socioeconomic status.

video library

Our trainees will have access to our growing online video library.  Thank you to Hilary Riall, Annika Egerstedt, Olivia Egerstedt, and Amber Monson for the superb display of your talents in our online video library!  Thank you to Lauren Taglialatela for all of your contributions to the videos, including so masterfully editing and putting together each and every video you see in our library.
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FREE CAI shirts!

While supply lasts, early registrants who pay in full when registering will be provided a free T-shirt or Tank Top!
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YOUR RiG

All Circus Arts Institute training's will be live and interactive online. During registration you will be asked to provide information about your "safe rig".
If you have a rig:
  • To ensure that your home or private studio aerial rig and space are safe, we follow the safety standards of the American Circus Educators (ACE), the Safety Network that recognizes our training and certifications. 
  • We will also be asking you for some information (including photos) about your rig and matting during your registration process, in addition to scheduling a short ZOOM meeting to view your rig with you before our training.
  • We request that you have a ‘student’ who you can practice with and physically work through how to teach and spot the skills. 
  • A detailed schedule will be provided so you know the exact hours we will be using the aerial equipment vs. lecture time. If your ‘student’ is unavailable at any time, you will still participate fully by watching others intently to develop your teacher’s eye, taking notes and asking questions.
  • If your rig is outside and weather does not permit you to use it on the day of training, it is the same as noted below (if you do not have a rig).  You will still participate in the session by watching others intently, taking notes, asking questions and practicing the skills later.
If you do not have a rig:
  • You may still take this training and participate in full by using the time to develop your teacher’s eye by watching others intently, taking notes and asking questions.
  • You do not have to have a rig at the time of the training to participate and learn.
  • You will have access to the Teaching and Spotting videos for your apparatus, so you can review the material/skills at your convenience with your ‘student’ & local aerial trainer anytime afterwards. 
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COVID-19

Even though we will meet online for our training, we understand you might be sharing a space with others and/or you will have your own ‘student’ who you will practice with.  For these reasons, we also request everyone practice safe social distancing. When not possible (for example when you are practicing spotting your student up close) that you wear masks as well as protocols for disinfecting.  We also request all participants to sign our Safety First Partnership Agreement with regards to COVID-19 Safety and precautions.
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We use Zoom for our interactive online training and will need a good view of each other from the following locations:
  • Your lecture and discussion Space
  • Your Floor Space for warm ups & cool downs 
  • Your Aerial Space (if you are using a rig)
  • We recommend you perform a test run with a peer to try out each view before you join us online.
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​Come TRAIN with us!

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