Fifteen minutes into my trial aerial silks lesson at Bumbershoot Aerial Arts, I am close to tears. Despite clear instructions from two compassionate teachers, I cannot get the hang of the first move: ...

Crissy Langhammer knows how it feels to lean into the tension. As an aerial silks instructor, there is a physical tension being up on a silk or rope: Your body isn’t used to being up in the air, ...

Donna DeVerniero celebrated her 62nd birthday earlier this month hanging upside down from a 20-foot silk cloth suspended from the ceiling. It’s this baby boomer’s way of running off and joining the ...

Yoga is a popular fitness practice that can be done in many different forms, even while being suspended from the ceiling in a silk hammock. During an aerial yoga class, participants still focus on ...

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 ...