If you are uncertain of your level, please contact us for help in placing you in the right class!

All one-hour classes include a 5-10 minute warm up, 40 minutes of skill and technique work, 5-8 minutes of free time to work specific skills, and a cool down. Choreography classes are 75 minutes and the series concludes with a showcase.

Silks Foundations

No experience necessary to join and a great option for those who don’t feel ready to make the longer commitment to a level 1/1.5 silks class. This is an intro to the intro class! In 4 weeks students will learn very basic knot and foot lock work from the ground.

Silks Level 1

No experience necessary to join. This class is perfect for students who are new to aerial silks, for those who have some experience with silks but who are still beginners, or for those who are trying to master Level 1 skills from a climb. Students will learn climbs, inversions and skills in the knot, foot locks, and sequences on the ground and in the air.

Silks Level 2

Pre-requisites include climbing, foot locks from a climb, ability to link together multiple skills in the air (inversions helpful but not required). Students must be able to execute certain skills (Circus and Russian climb, single foot skills in air, double foot lock skills in air, Rebecca Split sequence from a climb).

This class will teach hip keys, belays, cross-back straddles, inversions, and closed and slack drops, and new sequences and phrases all while improving technique and building strength.

Silks Level 3

Pre-requisites include inverts and knowledge of same-side hook and opposite-side hook, hip keys, belays, beginner drops (saltos, slack drops, or other closed drops) foot lock skills, and competence in level 1 and 2 skills, or approval by an instructor.

Students will learn more complicated skills, sequences and drops, will be challenged to combine skills in new ways with new pathways, and will be introduced to new phrases to challenge their technique.

Hammock Level 1

No experience necessary.

In this class students will learn how to get into the hammock and how to execute basic hammock inversions and skills.

Hammock Level 2

Pre-requisites include knowledge of hammock basics and the ability to invert multiple times during class.

In this class students will learn more complicated skills, wraps and choreography in addition to drops.

Dance Trapeze Level 1

No experience necessary. In this class students will learn basic trapeze skills such as how to mount the bar, proper technique and form, how to execute basic skills, and will build strength and flexibility. Perfect for those totally new to aerial arts or those with minimal experience.

Dance Trapeze Level 2 & 3

Pre-requisites include previous trapeze experience and the ability to invert under the bar in addition to basic skills (knee hangs, mermaid, gazelle, dolphin, flag, amazon, etc.)

In this class students will learn more difficult skills and sequences and more complicated line work, rotations, spins (if they like spinning)

We won’t let COVID stop us from creating circus and our newest show is coming to you on a screen of your choice!

Maui Aerial Arts is proud to present a new kind of circus, from our isolation to yours.

Our newest product — touch — is a multidisciplinary online circus show created in quarantine. One ticket will give you 48 hours of access to this innovative show which will include original songs, trapeze, silks, tree dance, lyra, juggling, chair, rope, yoga swing, and underwater dance.

Centering around the theme of “touch” our artists will be performing in the intimacy and isolation of their homes or outdoor spaces.

SHOW DATES: The show will go online Friday May 29, 2020 at 9PM HST. Show access ends on Sunday May 31, 2020 at 9 PM HST.

Watch the trailer

Maui Aerial Arts was thrilled to be part of Adaptation Dance Theatre’s Dance Maui 2017.   Dance Maui  brings together the many culturally-diverse dance organizations of Maui and gives them a platform to present their art as one dance community.  The festival was a beautiful display of dance and culture on Maui and we were so inspired by the talent and passion of the dancers.  Check out Paul Janes-Brown review here.

Dance Maui Photos

Photo Credit: Chelsea Fine

We are excited to perform at Dance Maui on Saturday, November 12 at 2pm.   Dance Maui is an effort to grow and sustain the community of dance and art on Maui.

Join us on November 12, 2016 for the 2nd annual Dance Maui festival featuring professional dance artists and student organizations from all over the island. It will be a multi-cultural, family friendly, outdoor celebration of dance!

Food and drink will be available for purchase from Gypsy Maui Food Truck, Vitali-Tea Kombucha Co., and Adaptations Dance Theater’s fundraising Bake Sale; Vegan, Gluten Free, and Dairy Free options will be available.

It is open grass seating, so remember to bring a beach chair or blanket!  Age 10 and under get in free and tickets for 11 and older at $12.  Buy your ticket online and use the promotional code aerialarts to help support Maui Aerial Arts.