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Elevator Seat is a silly and fun drill that we teach in beginner classes. It gets students started thinking about different ways that the fabric can support them. It is silly and playful but can also be used to cue core engagement.
This skill builds on Hollow Body Seat and it can be done with a swing or even a spin added to it. Beginner students are often surprised at how easily skills like this allow us to create supports that hold our body weight. It gets them excited about learning more about aerial silk supports.
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Some of the most important aerial silks skills, related movements, and prerequisites from our aerial video tutorial library that students should be very comfortable doing to succeed at Elevator Seat.
These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial silks skill Elevator Seat and detailed directions on how to fix these problems to make the skill look and feel easy.
These similar aerial silks skills and aerial drills are helpful to troubleshoot and help with problems. Students don't need to have mastered the Elevator Seat to work on these related skills and drills. These drills may help your students make important connections and answer the question "What am I doing wrong?".
These are some of our favorite ground drills for aerialists for Elevator Seat. They can be used as part of the ground warm up or as part of the aerial class teaching progression.
These are different variations of Elevator Seat. Students should be very comfortable with the current skill before working on these different or more advanced variations. They can be used for further exploration, managing students with different levels and adding variety to aerial silks choreography.
These are the next steps we teach to our aerial silks students after they’re comfortable with Elevator Seat. The next steps can be started right away and they lead toward specific future goals which are often the most advanced aerial silks skills.
These are some of the more advanced silks skills that build on the strength and control taught in Elevator Seat. They are not the next immediate steps, but rather long term planning goals.
These are aerial silks sequences, transitions, and combinations that include the aerial skill Elevator Seat. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.
