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Check out the posts below to see what we’ve been up to and get in touch if you would like to book your own bespoke event!
Yoga4All’s Wellness and Yoga Festival 2026
We were thrilled to be invited to attend the Yoga4All Wellness and Yoga Festival at Garons Park on 12th July 2026. Our team headed out and set up our rig to bring a taste of circus to the people of Southend. Yoga4All share in our core values around accessibility and inclusivity, delivering sessions to people of all ages and abilities. The day started with absolutely glorious sunshine although the wind was a little challenging, blowing our gazebo down! We were thrilled to see so many people interested in aerial hoop or trapeze and you could see the smiles beaming [...]
Doubles Trapeze and Doubles Hoop Workshop
If you think aerial is fun and challenging, wait until you've tried doubles! Trusting your partner to hold you upside down by squeezing your ankle between their thighs has to be another level of friendship and trust! Molli and Chrissy put our students through their paces to test their teamwork, communication and strength as part of this 2 hour workshop. The group started up on trapeze, trying a variety of shapes on the doubles bar and standard trapezes with everyone encouraged to try both flying and basing. They then went on to learn a small hoop doubles combo featuring [...]
Static Trapeze and Sling Drops Workshop
We were excited to offer a new challenge to some of our confident intermediate + aerialists with out static trapeze and sling drops workshop! Our first workshop sold out quickly so we added a second on the same day to give more aerialists the opportunity to try something new. Molli led the two groups with some beautiful but challenging combos on static trapeze and Chrissy followed up, getting the adrenaline flowing with some sling drops! We were so impressed by the dedication and confidence that both group bought to the workshop. Everyone learnt something new and left feeling empowered [...]
Tuesday Club’s May Social at Essex Circus Academy
The Tuesday Club promise organised fun for the adulting era. What better way to have fun than trying your hand at aerial sling and hoop! The group were brimming with enthusiasm and club organiser Suzi started the session off with some games, then we completed a group warm up and separated in to 3 ability groups. Each of the groups started with aerial sling, having a short taster and surprising themselves with what they could achieve, while Suzi kept the groups who were waiting busy with some activities. We moved on to hoop and challenged the clubbers with some [...]
Introduction to Calisthenics Workshop with Clare Livemore
On 30th May, we were put through our paces by Claire in our first calisthenics workshop. Clare is the WSWCF Calisthenics Female Veteran Endurance World Champion (2025) and highly respected as an athlete, instructor and judge across the calisthenics world. We learnt some of the fundamentals of calisthenics using paralletes, bars and rings. We got to try a wide range of skills including L sits, shoulder stands, front and back levers, toes to bar and more! Out of the group, only 1 person had tried calisthenics before, but we all had an absolute blast and learnt so much! If [...]
The Greatest Showman Inspired Aerial Hoop Workshop
Roll up, roll up, to the Greatest Show! During the May half term holiday, some of our lovely students learnt and performed a beautiful routine to Come Alive in our Greatest Showman inspired workshop! The students who attended all had some past experience, so were able to include some more dynamic movements and a top bar scarab. A huge well done to all of the girls as there was a lot to learn in just 2 short hours, and it was a very hot day! Their super hard work was clear when they performed to their parents at the [...]
Instructor Training – Providing Disability Circus Sessions
A huge thank you to Jordan from Headbangers Circus who visited us in May to provide some disability circus training to our instructors. We learnt about harness safety and setting up a bungee cord system to provide therapeutic bouncing and games, which can be used for those with upper body control. Jordan talked us through suitable rigging options for this system and allowed us to practice rigging and trying the bungee system ourselves. He taught us how to control the bounce for the student and introduced us to some games using the bungee harnesses. Jordan went on to teach [...]
ECA Trip to Revel Puck’s Circus
We were lucky enough to be invited to the opening night of the Revel Puck's Circus in Leigh on sea by the lovely Vic at Revel Pucks. We attended the Thursday evening performance of a Glimmer Daze Gambit and WOW! We were absolutely blown away. From the very first teeter board act, we were on the edges of our seats. The precision of the acrobats, the energy and skill from the clowns who performed rolla bolla and juggling were fantastic. As aerialists, we were particularly impressed with the strength and skill from the incredible straps performance (great to see [...]
After Dark Aerial Sling Workshop
Our first After Dark workshop promised an opportunity to explore sensual and expressive flow in a supportive environment and boy did it deliver! On Friday 24th April a small group of incredible women joined Molli to build both a routine and confidence. After a warm up encouraging free and flowing movement, the group worked with Molli using a flow she had designed for the workshop, but making it their own with varying styles. The students then took the opportunity to perform their routine to the group at the end of the workshop and we are in awe of the [...]
Photoshoot with Angela from Angelcake Creative
We were excited to welcome Angela to Essex Circus Academy for our very first photoshoot on 11th April. Angela put everyone at ease and captured some stunning images. The creativity was flowing from our students, and Angela took on each of their visions and transformed the photo's into stunning images that reflected the style of each individual. The feedback we received following the photoshoot was fantastic. Angela made everyone feel relaxed, and as an aerialist herself, she understood the best angles and could give tips to improve poses. She was efficient with providing raw files and edits and really [...]
