Course Description
This movement course will focus on exercises and skills utilizing the Yoga Trapeze and also prepare or supplement aerial dance training. The course will emphasize methods to improve spinal and joint strength, flexibility, and balance and promote improved centeredness, core support, and connectivity of the torso to the body limbs.
Athena Title
Aerial Yoga Trapeze I
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Course Objectives
- To gain a basic understanding of the concepts, principles, and processes specific to the aerial Yoga Trapeze. - To develop flexibility, strength, and coordination. - To learn proper execution of beginning level Yoga Trapeze exercises. - To increase postural awareness and gain overall strength, flexibility, and balance in the body. - To gain knowledge and technique necessary for aerial dance technique.
Topical Outline
The course will incorporate specific yoga trapeze exercises and positions, yoga postures, and conditioning exercises on the Yoga Trapeze. Through the introduction of fundamental movement notions based on fundamental movement theories, we will explore movement concepts such as: anatomical and motor organization; efficient postural attitudes and patterns; dynamic alignment; and spatial orientation. Modifications and safety precautions for each exercise will be provided.
Syllabus