If you’ve ever seen Cirque du Soleil acrobats twist and flip their way high above the stage in heart-stopping aerial stunts, you know it can be a magical sight. Have you ever wondered what it might be ...

There’s a new fitness class in Spokane Valley that’s taking exercise to new heights. In September, lifelong gymnast Sherrie Martin launched Spokane Aerial Performance Arts and began offering classes ...

Fifteen minutes into my trial aerial silks lesson at Bumbershoot Aerial Arts, I am close to tears. Despite clear instructions from two compassionate teachers, I cannot get the hang of the first move: ...

Suspended from the ceiling, the silky nylon hammock looks almost like a cocoon swaying softly in the breeze. That peace is soon disrupted. Wilson's Total Fitness Group Exercise Director Catina Topash ...

BLOOMINGTON — An aerial silks student silently climbed, foot over foot, up the fabric cabled to the ceiling of Twin Lakes Recreation Center. She extended her hand and curled her leg around the ...

Northern Lights Aerial Studio, in downtown Duluth, is about to celebrate its first birthday. Beginners' classes are open to everyone — even newspaper columnists. Instructor Alexa Wavrin, right, helps ...

“With aerial you train towards performing something pretty and awesome.” Bunmi Odumosu has been doing aerial sports for five years, and says she is stronger now then when she used to go to the gym.