This workshop will cover a variety of fun, dynamic, and mentally scary skills on a variety of apparatus (straps, rope, trapeze….) partially dependent on participant interest. A grab bag of party tricks with scaled and spotted progressions for catch and release movements, beats, and more. Get ready to eat mat, make gains, and be safely afraid.

Instructor Bio:
Aaron Koz is a traveling movement and circus coach previously based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He began his teaching career teaching parkour when he was 18. He started at Circus Warehouse’s intensive program, and has studied under different coaches in SF, Montreal, and Mexico. His circus teaching career began in San Francisco, and since then he has taught nationally and internationally. He draws from his academic background in neuroscience and psychology to augment his work as an instructor. He believes that being a teacher means forever reaching for better ways to teach so more recently he has collaborated heavily with physical therapists to help augment and structure his teaching offerings.
During 2018, Aaron will continue working with physical therapists who have experience working with gymnasts, circus artists, and other high level athletes to further add to his understanding and knowledge of biomechanics, movement prep, and injury prevention.

IG: circkoz
FB: www.facebook.com/aaron.koz.5

Learn fundamental techniques for safe and effective training of aerial straps that will improve your power and control across all apparatuses. Straps are fun. Students warm up using a set of exercises designed to pre-habilitate and strengthen the shoulders, then cover fundamental static positions on straps (meathook, inverted straddle, nutcracker, croc, support, flag, and side balance). Straps are fun. The end of the workshop will focus on 2 and 1-arm spinning using the dynamic technique of flares to invert to different positions. I swear straps are fun.
This workshop will be beneficial for aerial artists who want to improve their spinning technique, meathooks/reverse-meathooks, roll-ups, and other skills on any apparatus. No straps experience required.

Instructor Bio:
Aaron Koz is a traveling movement and circus coach previously based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He began his teaching career teaching parkour when he was 18. He started at Circus Warehouse’s intensive program, and has studied under different coaches in SF, Montreal, and Mexico. His circus teaching career began in San Francisco, and since then he has taught nationally and internationally. He draws from his academic background in neuroscience and psychology to augment his work as an instructor. He believes that being a teacher means forever reaching for better ways to teach so more recently he has collaborated heavily with physical therapists to help augment and structure his teaching offerings.
During 2018, Aaron will continue working with physical therapists who have experience working with gymnasts, circus artists, and other high level athletes to further add to his understanding and knowledge of biomechanics, movement prep, and injury prevention.

IG: circkoz
FB: www.facebook.com/aaron.koz.5

Join us at Momentum Aerial to kick off our Fall Semester. This is a free opportunity to try out the variety of aerial apparatuses we offer at Momentum. There will be demos led by instructors, as well as demonstrations by some of our students.

If you will be joining us to demo our equipment, wear exercise clothing such as leggings or sweatpants and a form fitting top. If you are coming to try pole, wear booty shorts and a sports bra or crop top. Aerial is done in bare feet. More info here https://www.momentumaerial.org/classtypes

Even if you are joining us as a spectator, we would love to see you there. Snacks will be provided!

Momentum is Expanding: Announcing Studio B!
Momentum is excited to announce that we are expanding into a second studio space at our Kaibab Warehouse. At the Open House, we will be giving tours of both warehouse bays. Don’t miss the newly completed mural, done by our fabulous instructor Heather!

Learn all about creative team building skills and showcase the importance of positive morale in business with our guest speaker, Sharon Tewksbury-Bloom. Experience performances and open demonstrations by Momentum Aerial Studio as they showcase their newest studio addition.

Refreshments and networking are paired with an energetic presentation on LFA news, events, and our statewide initiatives. Businesses in attendance are welcome to bring an item to donate towards the raffle.

Mixers are open to Local First Arizona members. Guests may attend with an existing member or by the invitation of LFA staff. If you have questions about the event or would like to attend as a non member, email victoria@localfirstaz.com.

Join us for our first ever Flow Showcase. Momentum Aerial's Flow classes focus on transitions, beauty, grace and integration of movement. The Flow Showcase will highlight the choreography that these classes and instructors have created this summer.

Join us for an in-studio performance at Momentum Main Studio featuring dances on Pole, Trapeze, Silk and Lyra. Suggested $5 donation. Seats are first come, first serve, so get there early to grab a good seat!

Doors 6:30pm, show starts at 7pm.