Workshops with Aaron Koz

EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT: Enjoy an early bird discount of 15% when you register by end of day on January 17, or until the workshop is half full.

Koz is an aerial straps (and more!) trainer and performer with over 10 years operating an international circus and aerial coaching practice drawing from current research in human performance, motor learning, and exercise science. He has taught students on every continent (yes, including a research scientist in Antarctica), ranging from recreational students and professional circus school students up to Cirque Du Soleil performers. Aaron’s teacher & performer training courses and workshops have spread his science-backed training approach to hundreds of coaches and thousands of students worldwide.

He has authored several comprehensive e-manuals, including “All Apparatus C-Shaping,” “The Aerial Spinning Reference Guide,” “The Aerial Swinging Reference Guide”, “C-Shaping At Home,” and has co-authored e-manuals on advanced swinging as well “Couch To Aerial Fitness” and “Aerial Straps Level 1 Teaser.” These resources serve as valuable references for students, coaches, and performers in the aerial and circus world.

3-Day Straps Master Class – Advanced/Intermediate

This deep-dive into higher level dynamic aerial straps will cover things ranging from (reverse) soleils, (reverse) flares, center spins, front/back waist rolls, swings to handstand, single leg seat, 2-arm Back C/demi/mushu, and beyond. Master class content will be targeted to the specific goals of the attending students.

February 20, 2026 – Friday, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
February 21, 2026 – Saturday, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
February 22, 2026 – Sunday, 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM

***Sliding-scale pricing and/or payment plans may be available!

Aerial Straps 2-day Intensive – Beginner/Intermediate

This introductory exploratory journey into aerial straps (and how straps are fun and are really the training wheels of vertical apparatus) will explore a wide breadth of techniques, chill sequences, and progressions for self- training straps. Participants will be exposed to key concepts in dynamic theory of spinning (flares!), swinging (beats!), switches and c-shaping (waist rolls!) through spotted and self-spotted progressions. Some content will be targeted to the goals of the attending students! Walk away with a progressive roadmap for strength and skills with a series of strength/conditioning & skill drills outlined by a personal trainer and aerial coach of 10+ years.

February 20, 2026 – Friday, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
February 21, 2026 – Saturday, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM

***Sliding-scale pricing and/or payment plans may be available!

See Your C-Shape

Want to improve your waist rolls OR your back balance OR your static switches? Students will move through a series of mobility exercises, proprioceptive and active flexibility drills that isolate and strengthen potential weak points in your C. Students will start on the floor, move to sling, and then finish on straps, rope, and silks for waist rolls, back balances, and switch prep!

***Sliding-scale pricing and/or payment plans may be available!

February 21, 2026 – Saturday, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Aerial Inversion Clinic

Aerial inversions got you down? Always wanted buttery inversions? Build understanding of what muscles and joint actions take your butt over your head, then do a movement screen assessing each portion of said movement to uncover YOUR biomechanics. Gain clarity on which stability, strength, and range of motion progressions you’ll benefit from to go from the ground to the air and butt over head. Progressions ranging from floor to 2-arm bent, then 2-arm straight, and then to 1-arm inversions will be covered depending on participant interest and level. This workshop was built in collaboration with circus-focused physical therapists, Angie Prescott, ACRO PT (DPT, CSCS) and Jennifer Freeman, PT (practicing and research faculty at Mercer University in Atlanta).

This clinic will include both teaching cues and training tools beneficial for anyone from a beginner wishing to deepen their own inversion understanding to coaches interested in learning how to recognize when a student may be displaying signs of potential movement dysfunction.

***Sliding-scale pricing and/or payment plans may be available!

February 21, 2026 – Saturday, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM

Multicord Workshop with Jessica Perry

Multicord is a mysterious beast. The many noodled spaghetti can come in many shapes and sizes. In this workshop, I will bring my own multicorde design and explore vocabulary borrowed from other aerial disciplines. Mainly silks, rope and straps.

The workshop is suitable for newcomers to vertical apparatus as well as seasoned teachers and performers. We will be exploring a new perspective of vertical aerial vocabulary, tricks, and sequences. Bring your favorite go-to sequences, positions, and we can try them on this fantastical beast of an apparatus.

Saturday, January 17, 2026 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

About Jessica Perry

Jessica Perry is an internationally recognized aerialist and movement artist. After touring Europe, Australia and the US, with AIDA Cruises, Cirque du Soleil, the Seattle Symphony, Acrobatic Conundrum and the Flynn Creek Circus, she is now based in Las Vegas. She frequently travels to Colorado, Seattle, California, and beyond for artistic projects, events, and good people. Available for corporate events and entertainment engagements, private lessons and workshops in vertical aerial technique, act creation, and choreography on less than main stream apparatuses. She spent the pandemic developing her signature act on the elusive multicorde, or as she prefers to call it: the death spaghetti.