Session 6: September 23 - October 27
Registration is now open for Session 6. Please note that this is a limited 5-week session rather than our usual 6 week.
Find out more about our series and drop-in class offerings below.
Progressive Series
Series classes require students to be enrolled for all class dates within the series. Drop-ins are not permitted.
Enrollment closes on first date of class. Minimum of 4 students require to enroll for class to remain on schedule.
Aerial Rope
Mondays 5:30 - 7:00pm
9/23 - 10/21
Aerial rope, also known as corde lisse, is a challenging but exciting aerial apparatus. Students will learn to climb, hold themselves in various positions, wrap for and perform drops, and explore movement quality.
This beginner-level series is suitable for students with no experience, through intermediate students who are working on beats, inversions, and multiple climbs. We will work on level-appropriate skills, sequences, and creative choreography in a progressive format.
Cost $165 for 5 weeks.
Giant Puppet-Making
Mondays & Wednesdays 6:00 - 8:30pm
9/23 - 10/23
Learn a variety of materials and techniques while you build your own Wise Fool-style giant puppet! We'll start with paper mache, newspaper, and tape sculpting and move through wheatpasting, cardboard construction, painting, internal frame construction, costume making, and how to bring your puppet to life.
Limited spaces available. Option to share your place in workshop with another person to work on the same puppet. Please contact amelia@wisefoolnm.org to enroll with a partner.
Register solo for $300, or with a partner for $450.
Trapeze Conditioning
Tuesdays 7:00 - 8:30pm
9/24 - 10/22
This class is intended for those who are looking to increase their strength, body awareness, and stamina.
Perfect for students who want to take their aerial skills to the next level, have confidence in performing longer acts, and keep their fitness baseline up.
Cost $165 for 5 weeks.
Aerial Fabrics
Sundays 3:00 - 4:30pm
9/29 - 10/27
Aerial fabrics are an exciting apparatus that allows students to explore acrobatic and dance movement in the air!
This course will include climbing, wraps, foot-locks, drops, and poses. From conditioning and basic skills to explorations in choreography, fabrics are a fun way to build core strength and flexibility while defying gravity. Each class will build off the last as you climb to greater heights!
This is a mixed level class, beginners to intermediate welcome!
Cost $165 for 5 weeks.
Physical Theatre & the Clown
Fridays 5:30 - 7:00pm
9/27 - 10/25
Via the red nose clown, we will explore comedic timing, stage presence, breath, the absurd, problem solving in the clown world, stillness, character development, and improvisation in duos and trios.
This class invites folx of all backgrounds to explore and play as you build confidence and artistry as a performer. It is all about authentic expression and tapping into our own inner clown.
Cost $145 for 5 weeks.
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Can’t make it to every Series class date? That is OK! We will be issuing Make-Up Passes to any students who have to miss a Series class date. These can be used to attend any drop-in class of the same type (Ground vs. Aerial)
Max of 2 Passes per 6-week Series. Passes must be used within 12 weeks.
Drop-In Classes
Drop-in classes do not require prior registration. You can join in and pay on a class-to-class basis. Package discounts available.
Teen/Tweens Aerials
Mondays 5:15 - 6:15pm
For students ages 11 – 15 of all experience levels.
This class will offer instruction on trapeze, lyra, fabric and rope. Students may choose which apparatus they’d like to focus on, or try them all!
$29 per class
Unicycling & Juggling
Wednesdays 5:30 - 7:00pm
Learn the basics of unicycling and juggling or add on more advanced skills to your juggling and equilibristics practice.
Suitable for all ages (7 and up) and all experience levels.
$31 per class
Lyra & Trapeze (Mixed Level)
Wednesdays 5:30 - 7:00pm
Interested in starting your aerial journey on metal apparatuses?
This class is perfect for absolute beginners or those stepping back into their aerial practice after a break. You will get to experience Lyra and Static Trapeze. The class will focus on foundational skills across these apparatuses, basic techniques, conditioning, and building body awareness in the air.
No experience necessary! Suitable for folks of ALL body sizes, genders, and fitness levels - ages 16+
$36 per class
Aerial Silks - Beginners
Thursdays 5:30 - 7:00pm
Learn or further develop the fundamentals of aerial fabric, sometimes called “silks.” This course will include climbing, wraps, foot-locks, drops, and poses. From conditioning and basic skills to explorations in choreography, fabrics are a fun way to build core strength and flexibility while defying gravity!
Our "Beginner" level is a great way to start on your aerial journey. A perfect class for those curious but not yet airborne, the class will focus on basic technique, conditioning, and building body awareness in the air. No experience necessary. Suitable for folks of all body sizes, genders, and fitness levels.
$36 per class
Aerial Silks - Continuing
Thursdays 5:30 - 7:00pm
This Intermediate class will continue to broaden your understanding of basic techniques, conditioning, and building body awareness in the air on aerial silks. Suitable for folks of all body sizes, genders, and fitness levels.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with Sequence 1
$36 per class
Flexibility & Conditioning
Thursdays 7:00 - 8:30pm
This class is designed to help students build body awareness and engagement. With help from the instructor, students will find new ways of moving, warming up, and unwinding their bodies.
$31 per class
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