Take your chinese pole skills and make them into choreography through clever pathways and hidden connections.
In this workshop for students with a regular chinese pole practice, we’ll look at how small things like hand placement, foot technique and a little gumption can smooth out the pathways between skills and open up choreographic potential.
When:
Friday, September 4
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Where:
The Trapezium
10 Town Crier Drive
Brattleboro, Vermont
Cost:
General Public: $100
Pole-a-Palooza Participants: $75
Register By:
August 14, 2026
Prerequisites:
Students should have a regular Chinese pole practice, be able to invert in the air, and do two full-length monkey climbs up and down.
What to Wear:
Please dress in layers that include stretchy jeans with leggings underneath, a belt without a metal buckle to keep them from falling down (a shoe lace works in a pinch), and a long-sleeve shirt with a tight base layer underneath. Layers are your friend. Please bring smooth-soled shoes. We suggest ASICS “Snapdown” wrestling shoes (preferred) or Feiyue martial arts shoes, both available online.
Ages:
14 & up
About the Coach
Levi Helton discovered circus through martial arts and parkour, falling in love with flying trapeze and mini trampoline at Emerald City Trapeze Arts Maui in 2011. By 2013, he was performing professionally with Cirque Polynesia/Entertainment Options, specializing in solo and duo slings, and later joined a five-person cube ensemble.
In 2017, Levi moved to New England to train at NECCA, graduating with a focus on trampwall and Chinese pole.Today, Levi coaches and teaches workshops across the Northeast, inspiring acrobats both on the ground and in the air. He also spends his downtime doing carpentry at his Vermont home.
Provide high-quality circus arts training for students and artists while facilitating greater access and programming to everyone.
EIN #: 26-0495118
