October 2025
Intro to Fire Spinning & Safety
Mondays, October 6-27 @ 6:45pm-7:45pm
In this four week workshop, students will learn to use a variety of different fire props and about the safe handling of them with Coaches Rachel & Bradley. In addition to hands-on time with props, we will cover topics including the duties of the fire safety, burn first aid, fuel types and proper storage/care for equipment. Students will get first-hand experience performing with fire solo and in groups as well as extinguishing lit props as they begin their journey into the fire arts.
Attendance on the first day is mandatory. If you have already signed up and are absent on the first day of the workshop, you will be unenrolled and refunded. PSCA will supply the fire props for this class, however students are permitted and encouraged to bring their own equipment.
*Rain dates on Wednesdays.
$180 per person. (Includes equipment fee of $20 to cover fuel costs and wick degradation)
November 2025
Aerial Flow
Sundays, November 9- December 7 @ 4:30pm-5:30pm
Aerial Flow will help you to strengthen your creative muscles in a safe to play environment. Bring moves and skills that you’ve mastered in your regular weekly classes and start to challenge yourself to find new pathways into and out of them. Each week Coach Melissa will give you a new prompt to work on without the pressure of only making something performance worthy.
Level: Beginner +
Apparatus Options: lyra (single or double point), sling, fabric, rope, static trapeze, dance trapeze, aerial pole
Sundays 4:30-5:30pm
- November 16
- November 23
- December 7
- December 14
$130 for unlimited members, $150 for non-unlimited
Rigging and Risk Management for
Aerial Acrobatics, Circus and Dance
Saturday, November 8 – Sunday, November 9 @ 10:30am-6:30pm
This intensive hands-on, participatory workshop will focus on principles and practices of rigging and risk management for circus, acrobatic, and aerial dance performance. It is suitable for riggers, performers, coaches, studio/facility/theatre managers, and others involved in executing or overseeing aerial performance.
The workshop comprises a two-day program covering principles, theory and practices for many typical aerial performer rigging scenarios. The workshop will feature practical demonstrations using computerized load-cell
technology, and will provide access to an array of skills and techniques for safe and effective performance rigging. Topics to be explored include dynamic loads and forces (including shock loads with live performance demonstrations), strength and properties of materials and hardware (including destructive testing), design factors and determination of allowable loads, use of non-rated and invented apparatus, risk assessment and risk management, inspection and retirement protocols, emergency planning, manual performance rigging techniques using mechanical advantage and counterweight, touring considerations, and rigging math.
While we will touch on the basic principles underlying automated performer rigging systems, this is not an automation class and will not deal in any depth with specific systems, design, or operational considerations. The workshop will also address the provisions of the American National Standards for Performer Flying
(ANSI E-1.43 2016) and other relevant standards and guidelines. The workshop is led by experienced aerial rigger and trainer, Jonathan. ETCP Renewal Credits are available for participants with ETCP certification.
Jonathan S. Deull
For more than 45 years, Jonathan Deull has been a show business maid-of-all-work, serving as a producer, designer, stage manager, technical supervisor, rigger, and educator with theatrical and musical productions, circuses, and special events around the United States and internationally, including the Kennedy Center, The White House, the Smithsonian Institution, The Big Apple Circus, Omnium Circus, Cirque du Soleil, and touring Broadway shows. His work includes design and execution of rigging systems and productions in the USA and internationally. He is an ETCP Certified Rigger (Theatre), and an ETCP
Recognized Trainer. He serves as a voting member of the ESTA Rigging Working Group that formulates rigging standards for the entertainment industry, and as a founding Safety Committee Member for the American Circus Educators Association, where he helped lead the effort to develop guidelines and protocols for circus performance training programs and facilities.
This 2-day course is $600 per person. Spots are limited. Sorry, must commit to both days.
January 2026
Dance Trapeze
Sundays, January 4-25 @ 4:30pm-5:30pm
In this 4 week series we’ll work on swinging, spinning and dancing with single point trapezes. We will work on interacting with the trapeze as a dance partner vs an apparatus. Some partner or duo work will also take place. Coach Melissa trained dance trapeze with the amazing Nate Dryden, so you’ll see some of his influence in this workshop as well.
This class is open level, but students must be able to hang their full body weight in their hand grip for the full class.
Jan 4th – 24th, Sundays 4:30 – 5:30pm
$150 Class Card, $130 Unlimited Members