The Workshops
Ticketing
To book, use the ticketing platform on Rausgegangen, or in case of issues, contact workshops (at) aerialartsfestival.de​​
Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the start of your workshop to warm up and check in.
All workshops are from age 18+
Click on the timetable below for workshop details.
Beginner/intermediate - you have been doing aerial for at least a year. You are fit and healthy. You can invert on aerial apparatus.
Intermediate/advanced - you are a professional or advanced hobbyist. You have prior knowledge on the specific apparatus, or transferable knowledge from a high-skill level on a similar apparatus.
Early Bird Offers
Workshops:
Normal price: 60€ (each additional workshop 55€)
EARLY BIRD PRICE: 50€
​
Shoulder pre-hab workshop
Normal price: 30€
EARLY BIRD PRICE: 20€!
The early bird offer is only valid until January 1st 2025, so act fast to take advantage!
​
Ticketing link is below each workshop description. Click on the workshop title in the schedule to go to the description, or scroll down.
Thursday 27.03.25
​
Morning 11.30 - 13.00
Chirohouse
All levels
30€ (early bird 20€)
​​​​​​
​
Afternoon 14.00 - 17.00
Emma Laule
Advanced/intermediate​
60€ (early bird 50€)
Friday 28.03.25
​
Morning 10.00 - 13.00
Emilia Dawiec
Advanced/intermediate
60€ (early bird 50€)​​​​​​
​​
​
Afternoon 14.00 - 17.00
MC Fournier
Advanced/intermediate​
60€ (early bird 50€)
Saturday 29.03.25
​
Morning 10.00 - 13.00
Atypical Aerial Apparatus Exploration -
Sarah Goody
Advanced/intermediate
60€ (early bird 50€)
​​
Afternoon 14.00 - 17.00
Georgina Cassels
Beginner/intermediate​
60€ (early bird 50€)
Sunday 30.03.25
​
Morning 10.00 - 13.00
Emilia Dawiec
Beginner/intermediate
60€ (early bird 50€)
​​​
​
Afternoon 14.00 - 17.00
Atypical Aerial Apparatus Exploration -
Sarah Goody
Beginner/intermediate
60€ (early bird 50€)
EXPERIENCE
There will be workshops for both beginner/intermediate and intermediate/advanced level and are aimed at the aerial community – professionals, semi-professionals and hobbyist aerial lovers! We welcome everybody, but we do not offer any absolute beginner’s classes or beginner’s training.
Absolute beginners are advised to take a class at Vuesch e.V. or any of the fantastic circus training spaces in Berlin.
​
Everybody who joins the festival:
– knows their aerial basics
– has at least one year of continuous experience
– is healthy and fit for aerial work
– is at least 18 years old.
– individual workshops maybe require specific prerequisites to be approved before joining.
Thursday 27.03.25
​
Morning 11.30 - 13.00
Shoulder prehab -
Chirohouse
All levels
30€ (early bird 20€)
​
​
​
About the Workshop
​
Coming Soon
​
​
About Chirohouse
​
Coming Soon
Thursday 27.03.25
​
Afternoon 14.00 - 17.00
Rope -
Emma Laule
Advanced/intermediate​
60€ (early bird 50€)
About the Workshop
Dynamic technique on the rope
In this workshop we will focus on dynamic movements on the rope, starting with different swing variations and examining their precise execution and timing as the base of all dynamic tricks. We will then lead up to the tricks such as the twist or the front salto, introducing useful preparation exercises.
Let’s swing!
​​​
About Emma Laule
Emma graduated in 2016 from the Academy of Circus and Performance Art in the Netherlands and has since then performed in numerous international venues and festivals. Amongst other projects she is part of the companies Common Ground, Black Box Circus and Permeable Bodies.
She is also active in the Feminist Circus Initiative (IFC) and Zeit für Zirkus festival.
​Website: emmalaule.com​
Friday 28.03.25
​
Morning 10.00 - 13.00
Aerial hoop -
Emilia Dawiec
Advanced/intermediate
60€ (early bird 50€)
​
Sunday 30.03.25
​
Morning 10.00 - 13.00
Aerial hoop -
Emilia Dawiec
Beginner/intermediate
60€ (early bird 50€)
.jpg)
About the Workshop
How To Fly
This workshop is focused on dynamics as well as spinning technique: how to get a proper silhouette and how to work with a spinning axis (how to be an axis, and how to put the hoop under the axis while being outside of it).
Both technique and sequences will be covered including: tornado spin, lasso, meathook, flare to flag oriented etc.
​​​
About Emilia Dawiec
Polish professional circus artist & dancer, Emilia graduated from ècole supérieure des arts du cirque (ésac) in brussels, belgium, in 2024.
She has taken part in The Young Stage Festival 2024 and the Cyrkulacje Festival 2021, where she received accolades.
She has performed internationally with companies including papierfabrik varieté (austria), back pocket (belgium), as well as venues such as wintergarten (germany), urbanatix (germany), infamous (australia), la monastère (canada).
​Website: emiliadawiec.com ​
Friday 28.03.25
​
Afternoon 14.00 - 17.00
Doubles trapeze -
MC Fournier
Advanced/intermediate​
60€ (early bird 50€)
About the Workshop
Learn, refine and master duo trapeze specific acrobatic techniques. As well as acquiring a variety of new skills, you will be encouraged to push your creative boundaries and discover a unique vocabulary to flow seamlessly with your aerial duo partner.​​​
Prerequisites
- Excellent physical condition
- Extensive aerial or acrobatic experience
- Porters are comfortable in the catcher’s position for long periods of time - Flyers have great core strength
** It is ideal to sign up with a partner – if you don’t have one but would still like to participate please get in touch by email mcf.fournier@gmail.com**
​
About MC Fournier
Marie-Christine Fournier has over 17 years of extensive experience in the circus industry as a trapeze artist, including a decade touring with Cirque Du Soleil and collaborating with world-renowned companies such as The 7 Fingers and Cirque Eloize.
After receiving a Circus Arts Teacher Certification from the Montreal National Circus School, she has taught circus school classes, workshops, masterclasses and retreats in Across the world to students of all levels as well as professional circus artists.​​​
Saturday 29.03.25
​
Morning 10.00 - 13.00
Atypical Aerial Apparatus Exploration -
Sarah Goody
Advanced/intermediate
60€ (early bird 50€)
​
Sunday 29.03.25
​
Afternoon 14.00 - 17.00
Atypical Aerial Apparatus Exploration -
Sarah Goody
Beginner/intermediate
60€ (early bird 50€)
About the Workshop
Atypical Aerial Apparatus Exploration
Ever wanted to play around on a weird bit of equipment? This is your chance! More and more interesting and atypical apparatuses have been entering the aerial world the past years, but building them from scratch or investing in someone to do it for you is usually the only way to give them a go and see if they spark your passion and imagination. We’ve collected a number of unusual props for you to explore during two very special workshops – one for beginners and one for advanced aerialists – led by aerialist and circus coach Sarah Goody, who will feed you with technical and creative exercises throughout this 3-hour workshop.
​​​
About Sarah Goody
Sarah Goody is an international aerial artist, teacher, coach, choreographer and educator working in the field of circus arts since 2009. Her passions lie both in the choreographic and technical aspects of aerial arts, as well as understanding and overcoming the body’s struggle against gravity.
In summer 2020 she created the company and brand “Seil ist Geil” (translates to “Rope is Awesome”) in order to provide professional and recreational students of the aerial arts the tools they need to reach their physical and creative goals.
​Website: sarahgoody.com​
Saturday 29.03.24
​
Afternoon 14.00 - 17.00
Silks -
Georgina Cassels
Beginner/intermediate​
60€ (early bird 50€)
About the Workshop
Aerial Technique for Finding Fluidity
The first half of this workshop focuses on combining aerial technique with Pilates knowledge. Georgina will share her continuous research on how to bring core control to the air. With a speciality in delivering technical understanding for strengthening foundational skills, her teaching is ideal for anyone looking to refine technique and hone in on the bio-mechanics of the body. The second half of the workshop will explore fluidity in aerial movement quality. Looking at climbs and figures combined into a choreography to not only widen skillsets, we apply further exercises that thread the sequence to focus on delicacy and sensitivity in quality of movement. This workshop looks at explorative elements that can be applied further to all aerial apparatus.
​​​
About Georgina Cassels
Georgina Ilona Cassels is a circus artist educated at the National Centre for Circus Arts and Gravity Circus Centre and is currently based in Budapest.
Georgina is a member of ‘Konstrukt’ by Cirkus Kolektiv and was a fellow of the New Horizon’s Leadership Program EU of 2023-24. In 2018, she moved to Budapest and has since performed for Firebirds Circus and collaborated as part of an aerial rope duo ‘Rollmeknot’.
In 2019 Georgina organised and co-hosted the Budapest Aerial Meeting with additional editions in 2022 & 2024.​