BEVC OPEN GYM (Ages 12+)

Open gym is self-guided training time to hone skills you have learned in class, condition, work on sequencing, practice an upcoming routine, and have FUN! Instructor permission is REQUIRED to sign up for open gym.

Ready to start attending open gym at BEVC? It’s normal to go through a couple sessions of classes before getting the okay to come to open gym from your instructor. Because open gym is a self-guided training time, your instructor will look for you to be self sufficient in a few ways before granting permission: familiar with warm ups and cool downs, safety in your practice and movement, and consistency in attendance.

Open Gym Rules

Understand that these rules are to keep you and the studio SAFE.

  • Absolutely no students teaching other students. We love your enthusiasm, but need to keep instruction to the teachers in class.

  • Students must be cleared by their instructor before attending. You may be cleared for one apparatus but not another, please check with your instructor(s) prior to attending.

  • The Open Gym supervisors are like lifeguards; they are there to insure safety and move equipment, not to spot or instruct.

  • Open Gym is not the time to try a pose or sequence that you have never done before.

    • Work from your notes, do not ask or interrupt the practice of other students or instructors to ask how to do movements. Make a note of your question and ask your instructor during class.

    • Do not try poses or sequences you saw online or on social media, and have not personally learned while under instruction.

  • Be mindful of sharing equipment and air time with others. Be mindful of space.

  • Always properly warm up before training. Warmups and cool downs are the single best way to prevent injury.

  • For safety reasons, students must be taking regular classes at BEVC to attend open gym or show how you have been keeping up with your practice during your time off and/or need to have attended a class within a year.

  • Ask permission before offering feedback to others training.

  • Aerialists from other schools and troupes need to contact us before attending. We’ll likely ask you for some videos of your current practice. Please email us at hello@birdseyeviewcircus.com.

Open Gym Price:

  • $15 single open gym

  • $40 for 4 open gym passes (expires after two months)