CHELSEA (WABC) -- There's a new sport that involves aerial dancing through hoops dangling on ceilings. "I am pretty fearless," says Avaleen Blake, a newcomer to the workout. "I'll try anything." ...

If you've ever watched a Cirque du Soleil show, you know how breathtaking aerial performances are. Thanks to the show's popularity, a number of acrobatic studios have popped up all over NYC, bringing ...

WHENEVER I TAKE a circus-arts class, I wonder: If I ran away to join the circus, what kind of performer would I be? Would I fly high on the trapeze, ride a unicycle or walk a tightrope? After each ...

TAMPA, FL (WFLA) — Short of running away and joining the circus, aerial fitness may be the closest most of us will get to the flying trapeze. Aerial fitness classes usually include a trapeze, a hoop ...

Instructor: Casandre Medel holds a BFA in performance from Naropa University. A lifelong dancer, she fell in love with aerial performance five years ago, particularly hoop and fabrics. After joining a ...

Aerial Arts NYC offers aerial and circus arts training in Manhattan, with classes ranging from beginner to expert level. INSIDER stopped by the Midtown East training studio to check out beginner silks ...

Invision Fitness in Encino is just one gym offering aerial fitness classes such as aerial yoga, aerial tissue (or aerial silk) and aerial hoop. The latter is the most challenging, so many opt for ...

Instructor: Meredith Burgess, of Boulder. Burgess says she was not athletic all her life, until she started pole dancing more 3 ½ years ago. She soon started other aerial apparatus, such as aerial ...