On an early morning plane flight to Detroit, Michigan last Saturday on her way to a family event after a late night of performing, a busy week of training and house moving, Rachel started thinking about the challenges of time management. As aerialists, instructors...
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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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How to Create New Aerial Tricks
Something happens during moments of unbridled creativity that is difficult to describe. Incredible warmth swells throughout our entire bodies down to the extremities. Emotions like “fulfillment,” “satisfaction,” and “optimism” feel like they are affecting the physiology of your whole body. People often call this...
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Your Wake Up Call
“Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working” – Pablo Picasso What gets you out of bed in the morning? An early meeting? Ugh Fresh coffee and a hot shower? Meh Signing up for an aerial class? Yea! Here at Womack and Bowman we tend to keep...
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Overcoming Your Aerial Fears
Gaining confidence in the silks.
So you want to take an advanced level aerial class? Master that twisty Hip Key drop that Karen learnt last month? Perhaps you secretly dream of performing at your studios next student showcase? But there is something stopping you. Preventing you from signing up, climbing up, stepping...
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Q&A With Sarah Romanowsky
(Beast Mode: Activated!)
We sat down recently with our good friend and fellow aerialist Sarah Romanowsky to discuss her aerial motivations and origins, advice for up-and-coming performers and goals for 2017. Many of you follow her gorgeous pics and videos on Instagram (if not, you should!) @lvaerialist...
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