Can (healthy) fear be your friend? Earlier this year we hosted aerialists Rain Anya (@paprdollmilitia), Dara Minkin (@aerialdesign) and Brandon Scott (@brandonscottacrobat) at our studio in Los Angeles for the online Aerial Silks Summit ‘Aerial Silks World.’ The summit consisted of aerial performances,...
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Love & Aerial 💖
It’s been a busy few weeks here at Womack and Bowman. We flew over to the big island of Hawaii with a small group of family and friends where this happened: Pic by Couple Cups Rachel got married! And then this happened: Brett got...
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Master the Art of The Wheeldown
The Wheeldown/Barrel Roll/ Helicopter. Whatever you call this awesome trick on the Aerial Silks, most aerialists and aerial instructors consider it one of the hardest to Master. Not only do you need to know correct Wheeldown technique and wraps but you also need to...
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Your Summer Aerial Festival Guide
Summer is almost upon us and for many that means travel, beach, pool time, and generally having fun in the sun! Extended vacations are fantastic and a wonderful way to relax, refresh and bond with family and friends, but they can be detrimental to...
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Your Aerial Performance Contract
Are you actively seeking performance opportunities and/or professional work as an aerialist? If so, good for you! We often cater our posts to the dedicated aerial student or pre-professional aerialist but today we are going IN to serve those of you who are treading...
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Fire and Fury (And Fabric)
A couple weekends back, we were in Oakland, California performing at The Crucible for the venues annual ‘Fire and Light’ Soiree. This performance was different then most as we literally performed our duo silks act surrounded by a ring of fire! Seriously! The Crucible...
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The #1 Rigging Mistake We Will Never Make Again
In 2015 we were invited to Paris France to compete in France’s got Talent. We are not French, either of us, nor do we speak French (your guess is as good as ours). The production flew us out and hosted our stay for the...
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5 Recovery Tips for Peak Aerial Performance
We have all experienced at least one day where we wake up, attempt to throw the covers off and ‘seize the day’ before falling immediately back onto our pillow groaning, convinced we were hit by a bus during our sleep! The culprit? A tough...
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Creating Your Aerial Act
We hope your week has been amazing so far! We thought we would give you a cool link that we think you will enjoy (big time): We hear this all the time: “I really want to create a solo aerial silks act but I don’t...
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More Holey Then Righteous
One of our Master the Silks students recently posted this on the programs private Facebook page: It is a common question that we receive fairly often and we thought this as good a time as any to share our thoughts. Holes can appear/develop on...
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