Coaching
Samantha has been the artistic and lyra program director at her home studio, Elevated Aerials, in Cincinnati, OH since 2018.
This has served as her canvas to develop her teaching, skills, and creative style that she now shares across the country and internationally with traveling workshops and intensives.
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In addition, she aids in building the teachers of tomorrow with with Paper Doll Militia.
Train with Me
Currently based in Cincinnati, OH
Samantha offers coaching in two locations:
Her Home Studio Loft and Elevated Aerials
Samantha specializes in lyra, sling, lollipop, pole, and one-of-a-kind aerial creations. She combines her diverse dance background to give her a unique aerial style and perspective.
Samantha has teaching certifications in Lyra and Silks through Paperdoll Militia, functional movement through Marlo Fisken’s Floor Flow, and over a decade of teaching experience.
She has developed aerial curriculums, mentorship programs, communities, and events for multiple aerial studios and companies while researching to grow her own movement and teaching practices. Samantha is driven to help students find their creative style. Nothing is more powerful than watching a student, no matter what their skill level, create something they are proud of to share with others.
Apparatus & Skill Focus:
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Lyra
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Sling
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Lollipop
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Pole
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Flexibility
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Functional Movement
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Floor Flow
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Performance/Act Development
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Creating Goal Roadmaps
Mentorship Focus for Instructors:
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Community Development
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Curriculum Development
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Integration of creativity in class
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Inclusion
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Building Progressions
The Loft
Created from an old school gym, this manifested magical aerial space serves as an aerial training space and Samantha's home. She dreamed of creating a setting that would inspire the mind and body, and this space accomplishes that.
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Samantha hosts private lessons and mentoring sessions at this space (both live & virtual) and a weekly flexibility course.
Elevated Aerials
Samantha's home away from home, Elevated Aerials is where she has cultivated the aerial community, and grown her creative teaching style.
At Elevated Aerials, you can find Samantha's weekly group class offerings, specialty workshops, and other private offerings.
Building the Aerial Teachers of Tomorrow
Courses in Silks, Rope, Trapeze & Lyra
The Paper Doll Militia Remote Teacher Training is packed full of essential information, proven progressions, and a full technical breakdown of each skill and the art of teaching.
This is a comprehensive online course designed for both emerging and existing instructors to deepen their understanding of aerial arts, and help them to develop their own unique voice as an instructor.
Paper Doll Militia are leaders in the industry, with over 15 years of teaching experience in studios all over the world. Their breadth of knowledge and quintessential creative approach have hugely shaped this in-depth and well rounded program.
Our Remote Teacher Training allows for a broad range of accessibility for students in locations all around the world. Participate from your local studio or on your approved home rigging. Our mixed learning format incorporates independent study, group instruction & personalized feedback.
All of your videos and course materials are presented in a user friendly format, using the platform Thinkific. You will receive lifetime access to over 200 recorded reference videos and other course materials.
