FALL 2025
1ST TERM: Sept 1 – Oct 26
2ND TERM: OCT 27 – JAN 11
SESSION ENROLLMENT
STARTS OCTOBER 1
If you want to secure your spot in a class for the whole term, you can purchase your credits upfront and use them to enroll for the whole session. Since each term is 8 weeks long, 12-packs are your best option for session enrollment.
DROP-IN REGISTRATION
STARTS OCTOBER 8
You can also sign up for classes on a drop-in basis, by purchasing packs and using the credits as needed. We recommend paying close attention to expiration dates. Credits can also be used for Private Point Rentals and Open Gym bookings.
NEW WAY TO PAY
You can now sign up for classes by paying directly for the class, without purchasing credits.
To sign up, make sure to click ahead to October 27 on the calendar to find all the classes meeting in the upcoming term.
START HERE
INTRO TO mixed aerials
Our aerial program is designed to give you a solid grounding in your chosen apparatus, with the strength to perform tricks with grace and confidence. You get the same training as the professionals, at your own pace.
Get started with Intro to Mixed Aerials, our entry-level introduction to the basics of Aerial performance. Specially created for new students, this 90-minute class combines strength and technique training on Static Trapeze, Rope, and Tissu to develop the fundamentals of movement on Aerial apparatus. People of any age and fitness level can start Intro to Mixed Aerials: Level 1 at any time. Session enrollment is encouraged.
Round out and accelerate your training with one of our Conditioning classes like Aerial Conditioning and a flexibility class like Stretching.
Already have some training?
We offer small, advanced classes specific to each apparatus, including Hoop, Tissu (silks), Static Trapeze, Dance/Single-Point Trapeze, Rope, and more. To learn more about getting approved for upper-level classes at Circus Center, click here.
AERIAL SCHEDULE
CLASS PACKS
When you purchase a class pack, you are purchasing class credits that you can use to sign up for classes. Most of our classes cost 1.5 credits. Credits expire 1, 3, or 6 months AFTER YOU FIRST USE THEM.
- An hour long class costs 1 credit
- An 85-minute class costs 1.5 credits
- A premium class costs 2 credits
1 DROP-IN = $30
Expires 1 month from date of first use.
6-PACK = $171
(5% off regular priced classes)
Expires 1 month from date of first use.
12-PACK = $324
(10% off regular priced classes)
Expires 3 months from date of first use.
24-PACK = $612
(15% off regular priced classes)
Expires 6 months from date of first use.
$79
INTRO PACK
Good for at least 3 classes (any classes) and up to 6.
Classes must be taken within 1 month of purchase.
Pack is good for one individual only – sharing among family members is not permitted. See our policies page for complete details.
Elena Panova
DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Born in Murom, Russia, Elena Panova is a graduate of Moscow's Circus and Variety College, where she specialized as an aerialist. Under the guidance of the famous training tandem of Tereza Durova and Viktor Fomin, she created a groundbreaking swinging trapeze act that redefined swinging trapeze as it is performed today all over the world. Elena won a gold medal and the Ministry of Culture award at the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris in 1987, and the gold medal at the 1988 All-Union Circus Artists Competition of the USSR. For over twenty years, she has performed in major circuses and variety and theater shows on four continents, including the Moscow Circus, Circus Knie, the Cirque d'Hiver-Bouglione in Paris, Circus Carré in Amsterdam, the Victorian Arts Center in Melbourne, and the Big Apple Circus. She has also been a judge several times at the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris. Elena moved to the United States in 1991. She started teaching at Circus Center in 2004.