Silks and Trapeze Workshop by Kevin Holland ^expired

May 18 (Sat. 3:30pm - 5pm)
Location: Aerial Dance Theater
Workshop Fee: $85

This workshop is lead by Kevin Holland and assisted by Ruby Karen to provide you with utmost quality skills that you can gain in aerial Silks and Trapeze. The elements that will be taught will vary according to the level of the students, however we do have mandatory skill requirement listed below.
PRE-REQUISITES:

On trapeze - able to invert straddle and pull-over and pull-up on the bar;

On Silks - able to straddle climb to the top

Ideal Student Level: Over 1 year of continuous training.


ABOUT OUR WORKSHOP INSTRUCTORS

Kevin: Head choreographer for Nathalie Gauthier’s Le Petit Cirque, Kevin Holland is an aerialist, dancer, and choreographer specializing in artistic act creation. He has taught aerial workshops and created acts for students of all ages for a decade. In 2022, he graduated with his BFA in dance from Cal State Long Beach. Kevin has performed his aerial chains number on the national US tour for Vampire Circus, and for Terry Beeman’s Mental Head Circus. He also has danced for DIAVOLO: Architecture in Motion – TRUST show throughout Los Angeles county, and his own choreography has been commissioned by dance companies throughout California. He loves to combine his aerial and dance knowledge together to make work that is not only visually impactful but also meaningful. His specialty includes artistic act creation on any aerial apparatus with original sequences and choreography. He grew up training aerial since the age of 14 and started dancing in college. He graduated from California State University of Long Beach with his BFA in dance.

While in college he had the chance to do harness work for a Dixie Consumer Products national commercial, and perform his chains act in Terry Beeman’s Mental Head Circus. He also performed for the Chase Center’s groundbreaking ceremony, choreographed by Cirque du Soleil’s Ben Potvin. Kevin’s dance choreography throughout college was also selected to be performed in the American College Dance Association Gala.