Hip Circles & Pinwheels

Service Description

Learn the proper technique for front hip circles, back hip circles, and pinwheels on trapeze and/or lyra so that you can work with physics to execute multiple rotations without getting tired. Prerequisites: Pullover, 20 sec front balance hold, monkey and/or Russian roll Kelsey Aicher is the owner and artistic director of Circus Scorpius, an award-winning circus company based in Kansas that focuses on narrative shows. She has been teaching aerial and acrobatics for over 12 years with a specialty in static trapeze. She currently coaches at Great Plains Circus Center. Kelsey began her aerial training on a whim in the summer of 2011 after moving to Portland, Oregon. She immediately fell in love, training silks, trapeze, and partner acrobatics diligently. Just over two years after her first class, Kelsey performed in her first professional show with Night Flight Aerial. She has been fortunate to have some of the best coaches, including Daniela Steiner, Rachel Walker, and Aimée Hancock for trapeze, Stefan Furst for partner acrobatics, and Nicolo Kehrwald and Brittany Walsh for handstands. She has had the pleasure of performing with companies such as Night Flight Aerial, Prismagic, Sir Cupcake’s Queer Circus, and Aerheart KC Circus Company. In 2015, Kelsey was a semi-finalist in the 5th Annual Denver Aerial & Acrobatics Arts Festival Competition Show and in 2016, she was awarded an artistic residency at The Steep and Thorny Way to Heaven in Portland.