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"A Dream that is Not Only Ours"
Performers Sara Kaiser & Caitlin Wellwood. Footage by Justin Lawrence. Music by Shaun Diaz. Editing by Sara Kaiser.
Sara Kaiser is an aerial instructor, movement educator, and founder of Wakeful Ascent Aerial Arts, where she is contributing to the aerial community by developing programs for in-depth aerial teacher training, neuroscience-informed pedagogy, and continuing education courses, bringing an intellectual rigor to and supporting high standards in the young field of aerial arts.
Through years of teaching and building Bishop, CA’s first aerial community, + Aerial Silks Online, and through inter-disciplinary research, Sara has developed programming to help fill the gaps for aerial teachers and enrich aerial pedagogy. Her work provides instructors with perspectives and conceptual frameworks to empower their teaching - and the students' learning.
Whether she’s teaching beginners their first starting position in the hammock knot (a love language) or mentoring instructors on how to hold a room with warm authority, Sara’s mission is the same:
to elevate aerial arts into a discipline defined by clarity, safety, empowerment, and exceptional teaching standards.
"Wakeful Ascent Aerial Arts has brought so much joy to my life and to the Eastern Sierra. Sara offers an aerial program that prioritizes safe instruction, cultivates community, and inspires growth through artistry. Wakeful Ascent is for everyone - the beginner aerialist with no prior experience, the intermediate aerialist who is seeking to learn more, or the refined aerialist who is seeking high-level instruction, collaboration and inspiration. I feel a sense of renewal, as Sara has reawakened my passion for aerial silks and has begun to help me realize my own potential with this beautiful art form." -Caitlin W.
