Steps On How To Do An Aerial Silk

By Christian Barbeau


It is not that easy to learn how to do aerial silk especially if you are not trained. This kind of art is also known as tissu and it is very popular in the circus. However, there are already a lot of people who are doing this in the campus, dance studios and several others.

Before you get hold of the silk and put it around your leg, you need to stretch well. Stretching your muscles would help you be more flexible as you will do the stunts. Also, you will not get into any major injuries because you have warmed up all of your muscles.

Now it is time for you to bring your hands up and then force one foot first and then the other. Be sure that you will not slip while doing this because you might hurt yourself. After that, you just need to stand up and do the same thing again until you reach the height that you want.

You can now start with the most basic move which is the single foot in. You are not required to do this while on air right away because you still need practice. As a beginner, you need to do this while on the ground and remember not to put your toes and heels on it.

Once you can see that you are now ready with an actual move, then you can kickoff with the ships lady. This step will need you to tie yourself from the ground and then going up. Also, this will make you look like you are doing the jazz.

If you are still a beginner and would want to master even just one stunt, then you can practice with the half moon step. For this, you need to remove the fabric and put one foot in front of you so that the other one can push the other cloth. If you think that you are very confident already, you can now let go.

Aerial silk and aerial acrobatic is actually a bit of similar to each other because of the moves that they have. However, there are also differences in the way that you want to hold the fabrics. This is also very popular now during a wedding reception entertainment.

If you can now see yourself doing aerial silk all your life, then you should master it. Do not think that it is difficult because once you will learn all of the moves, then it will all be easy for you. Just practice and be patient at all times.




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