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Three women in shiny leotards performing together on a gymnastics mat, with aerial silks hanging behind them, in a studio illuminated with purple lighting.

Silk & Circus is an Aerial Arts and Circus studio right in the heart of the Red Oaks Drive, Frankton activities area.

We offer aerial silks, lyra, hammock and trapeze classes. We are passionate about what we do and love being involved in the wider arts community, you can catch us performing at various events throughout the year. Our studio caters to all backgrounds and levels, from beginner to advanced aerialists. We have weekly classes for adults and term classes for children age 5 - 17

Silk & Circus is a vibrant, positive and welcoming studio where we share our love of Aerial Arts & Circus and help students grow both as individuals and aerialists.

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  • A young woman performs aerial silk acrobatics outdoors, hanging from purple silk with a mountain landscape in the background, surrounded by colorful flags.

    Lara

    FOUNDER/LEAD INSTRUCTOR

    Lara is the founder of Silk & Circus having discovered Aerial Silks in 2017, she quickly fell in love with this newfound art form and its demanding physicality. Lara is a certified Aerials instructor through the world renown Aerial Physique Training Program. Lara is also a certified sport coach through SIT and hold a Pilates certification through Australian Physiotherapy & Pilates Institute. Originally from Canada, Lara has a background in classical music having studied the cello since the age of 4, and is to this day still paying as a professional musician. Lara is an experienced educator, her classes are goal oriented, encouraging creativity, confidence and artistry. With her background in music, good technique and attention to details are very important as well as providing a supportive, welcoming and lively environment where students can thrive and grow.

  • Suzanne

    Suzanne

    INSTRUCTOR

    Suzanne discovered aerial fitness in 2015 and quickly fell in love with the silks. When she is not playing mum to her two children she will be found flying high and dancing in the air. During the day Suzanne was a home based educator for pre-schoolers for many years, she is a very experienced educator and love to share her passion with little ones! Suzanne's circus classes are based around encouraging creativity, building strength, confidence and having lot's of fun.

  • Smiling Asian woman with shoulder-length black hair, wearing a blue top, standing outdoors with green plants in the background.

    Rosanne

    INSTRUCTOR

    Rosanne found aerials the perfect compliment to her training with it’s mix of strength, flexibility, coordination and grace. Being a Mum to two mini aerialist, Rosanne has seen first hand the physical and mental learning benefits aerials provides young children. Rosanne finds it really exciting helping the student’s learn new moves, conquer fears and achieve goals. She joined the Silk & Circus team in 2021, she also love being part of the end of year show design team, with her background in graphic design and photography!

  • A woman performing on an aerial hoop in a pink-lit room, wearing a black leotard and tights.

    Bethany

    INSTRUCTOR

    Bethany is an ice swimmer and ultra runner who came to aerials looking for a complementary way to keep fit and flexible. After dalliances with silks, she became obsessed with aerial lyra (hoop) so that’s where you’ll usually find her hanging out. She loves the mixture of strength, flexibility and creativity that aerials enables and is excited to share that with students. Her focus is on making sure students have fun and feel confident – because she believes that’s how they’ll best progress.

  • Person performing aerial silk acrobatics on a swing set outdoors with mountains and lake in the background.

    Aaron

    INSTRUCTOR & RIGGER

    Aaron has been an avid juggler for over 20 years and was involved in circus street performance in Berlin, Germany in the early 2010’s. In the mid 2000’s he was at the forefront of the NZ parkour scene and has numerous years experience teaching sports and movement to young adults. Through his work in emergency medicine in Northern Canada he has trained and specialized in ropework, rigging and height rescue. Aarons favorite apparatus is trapeze but also teaches Lyra and Silks.

What Our Students Are Saying

  • Amazing!!! I am so impressed by the teacher to get her students to this level.

    — Julie W.

  • Hey Lara Thanks so much for the wonderful class - all the girls loved it What a neat experience

    — Renee

  • Very good had lots of practice enjoyed colouring and had a great time on different apparatus we enjoyed everything thank you for teaching us for a long amount of time!

    — Naomi & Nina

  • I’m in love with the aerial silks, lots of learning still but really happy to finally took the courage to try it. Great environment and awesome people!

    Gabriela

  • Rosanne was an awesome teacher, thank you!

    Robyn L.

  • Tor absolutely loved his first silk experience yesterday, he’s been dreaming about doing it for so long!

    Cadence

  • Thank you so much, This was River’s fist term at silks and she loved it. Such a great teaching team and we love the fact that it’s family run. It’s boosted River’s confidence immensely and she’s learnt some great skills. We can’t wait for next term!

    Sam