August 27-29, 2026

Join us for 3 days of dancing with Paper Doll Militia’s Rain Anya!

Friday, 8/28: Sneaky Feet 

4-6pm Teens (12-17yrs)

6:30-8:30pm Adults

Warm up those ankles and toes for this workshop where we focus on all kinds of creative uses for our feet! These sequences, skills, wraps, and hitches will have you marveling at how much is possible with a little bit of fabric theory and foot articulation. Shock and confuse your audience with the art of misdirection, leaving them begging for more of that fancy footwork.

Prerequisites: Intermediate to advanced silks level. 

You can invert consistently, or confidently modify and get upside down multiple times safely. You have a solid understanding of intermediate skills including same side wrap (catchers) and opposite side wraps (cross catchers), hip key, s-wrap, and various footlocks.

Saturday, 8/29: 

10am-12pm: Air Conditioning (Teens & adults) 

1-3pm: Choreographic Drops (Teens)

4-6pm: Choreographic Drops (Adults)

Air Conditioning

This conditioning-based workshop focuses on building the kind of strength that actually supports your aerial practice. Through a series of fun, challenging exercises, we’ll explore aerial-specific alignment, muscle engagement, and biomechanics so that the work you do on the ground translates directly to the air.

Expect creative drills, partner exercises, and engaging training methods designed to develop strength, stability, and control. Along the way, we’ll break down the “how” and the “why” behind each exercise, helping you understand what muscles should be working, how to find efficient alignment, and how to train more intelligently.

You’ll leave with practical conditioning tools you can bring back to your own training, along with a deeper understanding of how strength and technique support each other in the air. No Prerequisites!

Choreographic Drops

In this intermediate / advanced workshop, you’ll learn inventive drops that also highlight the choreography of wrapping into the drop itself. Take your fabric drops to a whole new level of artistry. We’ll be working up to the drops through progressions, walk downs, and understanding of the wraps, so that all participants can approach the material with safely and confidence.

Prerequisites: Intermediate to advanced silks level. 

You can invert consistently, or confidently modify and get upside down multiple times safely. You have a solid understanding of intermediate skills including same side wrap (catchers) and opposite side wraps (cross catchers), hip key, s-wrap, and various footlocks. You are comfortable with basic drops such as single star drop and basic dives.

Cost:

1 Workshop- $80

2 Workshops - $70 each

3+ Workshops - $65 each

Please create an account on Dance Studio Pro through the link above. Once you are in our system, you may navigate to “Register for Classes”. Find the tab for “Paper Doll Militia Workshops”, then choose those you would like to attend. Reach out with any questions. Hope you can join us!