AERIAL SILKS Las Vegas

Beginner-Friendly Aerial Silks — No Circus Experience Required

What Are Aerial Silks?

Aerial silks (also called aerial fabric or tissue) is a discipline in which performers and students climb, wrap, and suspend themselves from long lengths of flowing fabric hung from the ceiling. It's visually stunning, artistically expressive, and one of the most physically demanding — and rewarding — workouts you can do.

At Shine Alternative Fitness in Las Vegas, our aerial silks classes break this art form down into approachable progressions for students at all experience levels. You don't need circus training. You don't need prior upper body strength. You just need the willingness to try something extraordinary.

Benefits of Aerial Silks Training

• Full-body strength development (especially upper body, core, and back)

• Improved grip strength and coordination

• Increased flexibility and body awareness

• Stress relief and a creative outlet

• A skill set you can build on indefinitely

What to Expect

Classes begin with a warm-up and progress through climbs, wraps, drops, and poses on the silks. Your instructor will spot and support you through each move. Class sizes at Shine are intentionally kept small so every student gets personal attention.

What to Wear

Wear form-fitting clothing that covers your legs and upper arms — leggings and a long-sleeve shirt work well. This protects your skin from fabric burn as you learn proper wrapping technique. Remove jewelry and socks before class. 

Intro to Aerial Fitness

Level: beginner

This class is designed to teach the basics of aerial silks and aerial hoop (lyra) in a fun, energetic, and comfortable group class setting. In this class you will learn the basics of the silks (tissue) and hoop (lyra). With silks, you will learn the proper way to grip the silks, wrap the silks into footlocks,  safely ascend and descend on the silk and eventually progress into simple poses, inversions and transitions.  With hoop (lyra), you will learn the proper grips, balancing on the hoop, entering and exiting the lyra and eventually progress into simple poses, inversions and transitions. You do not have to be a professional or even a fitness junkie, you just need the desire to learn and to use your body strength in a new and different way.

AERIAL SILKS LEVEL 1

Level: beginner/intermediate

Building on the fundamentals built in the Intro to Aerial Fitness classes, this class is designed to continue to teach the basics of aerial silks while focusing on building up the core & upper body strength, expanding flexibility levels and improving the body awareness while in the air. You will be learning different ways to ascend and descend the silks, more complicated wraps, basic spins and simple to complex aerial silk combinations.

AERIAL SILKS LEVEL 2

Level: Intermediate/advanced

This class takes developing Aerial Silks skills to a higher level! It is designed for those who are comfortable with ascending and descending on the silk, can perform multiple inversions safely, and has attended Silks 1 classes regularly. You will continue to develop your flexibility and body awareness through more challenging positioning of the fabric, longer and more complicated transitions and will develop the stamina to work on an aerial routine. You will use the fabric to wrap, suspend, fall, swing, and spiral your body into and out of various positions. Aerial Silks Level 2 will help you gain a high degree of confidence, strength, power, flexibility, courage, and grace.