Aerials: Which is your fave apparatus?
FlynnMacCallister
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I just had to pick my apparatus for my next term of classes, because the three-apparatus class is now at an inconvenient time. I really wanted to do lyra, but there's only one class, and it was already full, four weeks out! : ( Trapeze and tissu both have three classes a week. I wonder if that reflects popularity or just teacher availability...? Oh well. I went for trapeze.
What's your favourite? If you're not an aerialist, which would you most like to learn?
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What's your favourite? If you're not an aerialist, which would you most like to learn?
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Silks.
I got huge bruises from the trapeze!0 -
I have mad front balance bruises at the moment... >.< I am so bad at it. For everything else, though, I seem to bruise the first couple of times I try something, and then stuff toughens up or something and I'm fine.0
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The one I think I'd like to learn most when I get back into it is the lyra, just because of the beautiful poses and it feels more stable than the trapeze to me ... but the silks are amazingly beautiful as well. I love all of it, really.0
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Tissu!
You actually used the picture of my teacher, Jessica!
I'd love to try Lyra, but honestly, I'd rather have fabric burns than the bruises you get from lyra and trapeze.0 -
i do lyra, trapeze and silks. but prefer silks although i find it much more challenging. :-/0
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Used to do lyra and it's definitely my favourite. I think something about the circular apparatus suits shorter curvier bodies as well. I always felt like my lack of limb length made my silks and static trap poses less aesthetically pleasing. Lyra is also a good match with contortion if you like that. I preferred a smallish hoop with a long rope in a smooth casing so I could climd the rope and do tricks on that as well. A high lyra with silks suspended from the bottom is a fun combo as well. Really missing aerials now..I'm very foccused on dance now and a long way from having my upper body strength back though
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So excited to see other circus folks on here
My answer has to be cloud swing! Such a versatile piece to perform on - and much less painful than Corde Lisse or trapeze! 0 -
Definitely fabric! The steel apparatuses tore up my hands and I felt very unsteady on them. I feel more secure with the wraps of the fabric.0
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i love the lyra, but i do think it's the most painful!
interesting comment about the body forms... i am more on the long & thin side, and i've always thought that smaller people seem to look better in the lyra. so maybe a challenge, but i would love to learn how to develop movement that compliments my long lines, on any apparatus
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Old thread I know, but I'm new to MFP. Silks, definitely. I do like lyra and no longer get bruises, but I just don't find it as challenging. I like trying to remember wrap sequences in addition to the strength/flexibility requirements of tissu.0
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I was absolutely useless at silks so have moved onto trapeze, which I love so much! I do pole fitness aswell but would love to have a go at aerial hoop one day :-)0
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That is funny that people feel unsteady on the trapeze, cause I feel way more steady on it than the rope or silks!
I am taking a lyra and trapeze class and love both apparatus but I think I like trapeze best.
Yes the bruises are bad, and it actually took me 4 months to toughen up the tops of my feet enough to do an ankle hang, ouch! But I just find it something to brag about, lol, and I have some mean calluses now on my hands and back of knees! lol0
