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Get ready for springtime updates to our schedule! We’re offering more single apparatus classes so that you can rock your aerial art of choice.  We’re super excited to have dedicated beginner and intermediate classes on silks and lyra.  And we haven’t forgotten about trapeze!  Thursday’s intro class includes some trap, and you can take the Wednesday night trap and lyra class to build from there (many skills on these two apparatus are similar).   2018 Schedule Beginning April 23 ADULT CLASSES Monday 6:00-7:00 Study Group Tuesday 6:00-7:15- Level 3-4 Trapeze Tuesday 7:15 – 8:30 Level 4-5 Silks/Rope Wednesday 7:45-9:00 – Level 2-3 Lyra/Trapeze Thursday 6:00-7:00 – Level 1 Intro – Mixed Apparatus Thursday 7:15-8:45 – Level 3-4 Intermediate Lyra Saturday 11:00-12:15 – Level 3-4 Intermediate Silks Saturday 12:30-1:45 – Level 1-2 Beginner Silks Sunday 11:00-12:15 – Level 1-2 Beginner Lyra Sundays 2:30-4:00 – Stay tuned for workshops!   YOUTH CLASSES Thursday 4:45-5:45 Teen Aerial 13-17 Saturday

We are so excited to welcome Jenn B. to our studio this spring! She brings with her tons of expertise and tons of fun in these not-to-be missed workshops! Monday April 16th 6:00-8:00pm – Aerial Technique Tuesday April 17th 5:30-7:30pm  – Flashy Skills for Trap and Lyra Tuesday April 17th 7:30-9:30pm – Flashy Skills for  Silks and Rope Cost: $50 — or $40 if you register by March 15th Sign up now – Space is limited!  Click HERE to register. Bio and Workshop Descriptions About Jenn: Jenn has been immersed in aerial arts since 2008. She is driven by her focus on silks and sling (hammock) but also enjoys exploring cord lisse, trapeze, lyra, net and rope & harness. She has coached, choreographed and performed across the US from New York to Alaska. And has recently resettled in Seattle, WA after completing a 5 month 25 city workshop tour. As an Aerial Coach, she seeks to provide the highest quality progressive instruction to aerialists of all abilities from novice to professional performer. Her mission as a human is to cultivate a warm,

Buffalo Aerial Dance was born out of a dual love for aerial arts and the city of Buffalo. What drives our organization is the desire to offer high quality aerial classes to our fellow Buffalonians.  We were the first aerial studio in the area and have trained and given opportunities for performance and creative growth to dozens of local performers, and dedicated students (yes, some who started from total beginners). It fills our hearts with holiday cheer, and cheer all year round, to see that after 4 years in business there is a strong and growing aerial community in this city.  Share some of that cheer with yourself or your loved ones, and purchase a B.A.D. gift certificate this holiday season! Details: Gift certificates can be purchased in the amount of any class pass, as well as $60 or $100. A private lesson for 1 or 2 people is $60 and that is a popular choice. Certificates can be applied to private lessons, or classes.  The expiration date of all gift certificates is ONE YEAR FROM DATE OF PURCHASE. The first class must be redeemed within 1 year, and the following classes

I’m a mom; a mostly work from home mom, who moved to Buffalo a few years ago with a small child. We knew absolutely no one here. Because of that, I became the mom in the grocery store who blurted out every little detail of the past 3 weeks of her life onto any poor soul who would listen. I apologize to the Wegman’s employee that had to hear about how I accidentally spilled pee all over my toddler’s head while potty training; I know you just wanted to help me find the beans. I, or rather, my brilliant-faced curly-headed son, was popular with the retired old ladies who were also grocery shopping at 10AM on a Tuesday morning. I suspect my popularity ended there. Adult human interaction was limited to a few conversations at play dates, and that was starting to get old. Thema performing at Music is Art (photo by Nakita Mone) I convinced another mommy friend to dump the kids and join me on my first class. As we step into Buffalo Aerial Dance, I was immediately mesmerized with the space. Gorgeous silks swoop from the ceiling. The sun’s rays poured in through the

Newell aka QueensEyes Buffalo Rising interviewed our fearless leader, and gave us this fabulous write up on the BR blog! Read the text below, or check it out here: Buffalo Rising It was a little over five years ago that I first learned of aerial dancing. I was producing some events around the city, when aerialist Erica Cope began to make some noise in the local event scene. At the time, it was like pulling teeth to get venues to incorporate her act into their parties, festivals, fundraisers, etc. They all thought that I was crazy even suggesting that something like this would ever work, for numerous reasons. They looked at me as if I had a bird on my head when I proposed that Erica perform. Fast forward half a decade, and we find that Erica’s troupe has made huge headway into the local event scene. She and her accompanying aerial dancers appear at all sorts of events. Just last week, I saw the troupe (Buffalo Aerial Dance) perform at Kleinhans. It was around that time that I decided to talk to Erica about all of the progress that she had made since the days when no one would

Aerialists are some of the strongest women we know – just like moms! We want to celebrate both on May 14th so we’re offering a special class pass for you and your mom to take class together, $28 for two spots in either aerial yoga or aerial fitness.  Surprise your mom with a nice flowy suspended stretch session at 9:30am, or a unique strength-building workout at 12:30pm. Buy passes here (scroll to May 14): Studio

2016 brought more of the unexpected than most years.  There were a few unfortunate surprises, but it wasn’t all bad. IHere in the local arts community, things are pretty great! The most memorable parts of the year such as building our aerial knowledge and getting to know new people in the studio is something that doesn’t often get captured on film… ok it’s in our Snapchats, but for the sake of this website, we wanted to share some of our favorite public moments of 2016 at B.A.D. So please enjoy a highlight photo from the events of ’16 : Cirque de La Lune (Buffalo NY), The International Court of Buffalo ICP Ball (Buffalo NY),  Silk Silver & Steel (our own production), Hollywood Happening (Gowanda, NY), Brantfest (Brant, NY), Groton Olde Home Days (Groton, NY), Leonard Oakes Steampunk Festival (Medina, NY), Photoshoot with Auxiliary Magazine (Buffalo, NY), University at Buffalo Homecoming Carnival (Amherst, NY) and the Witches Ball at the Statler (Buffalo, NY).  There were a few others that we didn’t get photographic proof of, but

Happy February! We’re celebrating with a little something to keep you working on those new year’s goals and keep sharing the love.  From 2/4 – 14 our 6 class pass is on sale for $85 (normally $95) and our 10 class pass is on sale for $135 (normally $150). You can purchase the sale passes below by logging in and using the Purchase tab to select a pass.  You can also buy these passes from the Login tab (returning students), or by clicking a category underneath the Sign Up area of the home page (new

Here’s to a happy, healthy holiday season for all of our wonderful students and staff, and their families. As instructors head home for the holidays, and as we transition into our 2017 schedule (found here) there will be a few changes to the class schedule.  The schedule from mid-December onward is listed below, days with an * are modified from the usual schedule, days with no asterisk are as usual. *Fri 12/16 – 9:30-11:30am Open Gym 6:15-7:45 Level 2 & 3 Lyra/Rope Technique Edition (Erica) Sat 12/17 – 9:30-10:45 Aerial Yoga 11-12:15 Level 1 & 2 Silks/Trap Sun 12/18 – 9:30-10:45 Aerial Yoga 11-12:15 Level 1 & 2 Silks/Trap 1-3 Open Gym Tue 12/20 – 5:45-7 Aerial Yoga 7:15-8:30 Dance Trap 8-9:15 Level 2 & 3 Silks/Trap *Wed 12/21 – 6:30-8:30 Open Gym Thu 12/22 – Teens, 5:45-7 Level 1 & 2 Silks/Trap 7-8:15 Level 2 & 3 Silks/Lyra *Fri 12/23 -9:30-11:30am Open Gym 6:15-7:45 Level 2&3 Lyra/Rope Holiday Fun Edition (Erica) Sat 12/24 – 9:30-10:45 Aerial Yoga (Erica) 11-12:15 Level 1 & 2 Silks/Trap Sun 12/25