Aerial Circus Training and Safety Manual [Spiral-bound]

Carrie Heller (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2, 2005

Carrie Heller's Aerial Circus Training and Safety Manual gives the reader complete information on teaching and learning trapeze, rings, tissue, and web work. The step-by-step information is accompanied by over 1,000 how-to photos, as well as safety information and procedures. Heller has assembled information for circus performers and those who have always wondered exactly how "they do that." Few books outline the information available in the Aerial Circus Training and Safety Manual.

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About the Author

Carrie Heller, M.S.W. is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker as well as an aerial dancer with over 20 years of experience as an instructor, performer, and choreographer. After having studied 6 years with the students of the FSU Flying High Circus, Carrie began teaching circus arts at the age of 14. Carrie spent 15 years practicing and teaching Circus Arts in Atlanta, Georgia where, in 1993, she founded Circus Camp which serves over 1000 children each summer. She has served as aerial supervisor, play therapist, and consultant to the internationally renowned Camp Winnarainbow in California. Combining a love of the circus with her therapeutic background, Carrie does work-shops and trainings in Circus Arts Therapy throughout the country, including but not limited to Cirque Du Monde: A Cirque Du Soleil Outreach Program that uses circus arts as an alternative educational approach to help youth in difficulty around the world. Carrie has trained hundreds of students in the aerial arts as well as countless individuals who have become teachers using her Aerial Circus Training & Safety Manual.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 344 pages
• Publisher: National Writers Press (September 2, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0881001368
• ISBN-13: 978-0881001365
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #361,948 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good for trapeze and web, I suppose, June 26, 2007

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Ian Baker (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aerial Circus Training and Safety Manual (Spiral-bound)

I purchased this book hoping to find some guidance on aerial tissu. Unfortunately, almost the entire book is focused on static trapeze and spanish web. I like these arts, but they are not the one I am trying to practice. I feel the copy about the book misled me as to what it covers. This would be a great book if you want to learn either of those techniques, but the other arts mentioned on the jacket (corde lisse, tissu, lira, etc) are each given about 10 pages of coverage.

I would love if the authors would write additional manuals on these other subjects. While this book is good, it is not a comprehensive aerial circus manual by any stretch of the imagination.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great for Trapeze and Spanish Web, Useless for anything else, February 10, 2008

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Richard Risbridger "web and graphic designer,... (Asheville, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aerial Circus Training and Safety Manual (Spiral-bound)

Simply put:

DO buy this book for information on Trapeze or Spanish Web (rope).

DO NOT buy this book for information on Tissu (silks, ribbon), Lyra (aerial hoop), aerial straps, or any other aerial art which is not Trapeze or Spanish Web.

Echoing a previous review, I just want to warn prospective buyers that if they are looking for instruction on apparatus other than trapeze and Spanish web/rope this book won't be of much use. I wish I could give it two ratings, one for the apparatus it covers, for which it is excellent and another for those it claims to cover, but does not.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Aerial Circus Training and Safety Manual, March 11, 2007

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Sally Townley - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aerial Circus Training and Safety Manual (Spiral-bound)

This book is fantastic for anyone looking for a formal basis for learning or training aerial arts. It covers tricks from basic to more advanced and includes detailed notes for trainers and spotters. There is a strong focus on correct technique and safety. It exceeded my expectations.