Fitness Lessons for the Cirque Set
Students learn the aerial acrobatics of Cirque Du Soleil performers at dance studio's class.
Under the intense scrutiny of nine students, Guinevere DiPiazza gracefully lifted herself five feet into the air, seeming to almost rise on two silk straps without effort during a class on Sunday. She gives her class at Warren's Dakini Aerial Movement a few instructions and quickly swings into an elevated arabesque figure that belies not just to the complexity of the movement but also the strength it takes to make the maneuver. That becomes obvious the moment the students step up to try. DiPiazza is a regular performer at Webster Hall in New York City, but leads classes in the area about every six weeks, she said. That gives her students a little time to practice the maneuvers. At Dakini Movement, the aerials class is offered alongside the…
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