And on the lyras. And the silks. And the aerial straps. And the massive hanging chains. There are also cyr wheels. And hammocks. And corde lisse. They offer acro yoga classes and acrobatic stunt classes.
You can try out the low trapeze. The high trapeze. The single-point trapeze. The double-point trapeze Inversions is a big Southside warehouse devoted to learning and practicing aerial and circus arts. And even if you don't know your silk from your cyr wheel, just know that a slew of different cloth and metal apparatuses β hoops, bars, giant pieces of fabric β hang from the ceiling there or, in official terminology, they're "rigged. Long before she was ringmaster of a circus arts center, Buniak was a dancer.
But she soon discovered that dancing was even more fun when suspended mid-air, and she quickly fell in love with the aerial arts. Her favorite way to sway is the trapeze. It's a bar and ropes, so I feel like I've got two pieces of equipment in one," she says.
Inversions formerly Chattanooga Aerials caters to all ages and levels. The youngest students in the youth program are toddlers or even babies in "mommy and me" classes, although, in most cases, Buniak recommends that kids start at age 8. Their oldest aerialist on record was The circus arts are appealing to people for more reasons than there are clowns in a clown car. It's not just for those who long for the Big Top or are happiest when they're upside down.
According to Buniak, some people are drawn to them for the workout, because all the apparatuses require "physical discipline and strength and flexibility and mobility. Some people "are looking for some sort of artistic expression. But, says Buniak, if you really do want to run off and join the circus, this is a good place to start.
