Students made the most of their aerial fitness and aerial sling 101 classes at the New England Center for Circus Arts in Brattleboro Tuesday evening. Multiple students spoke afterwards about how they value the inclusivity of the class for all ages and body types. NECCA's new session of classes will begin March 20.
Chelsea St. Jacques, the pro-track head athletic trainer who was substituting for the usual aerial fitness class teacher, expressed her passion for teaching people how to use their bodies, professionals and students alike. “By teaching people the knowledge I’ve learned throughout the years, I feel like it helps them be a better physical human being, not just here but throughout the rest of their life as well.”
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Chelsea St. Jacques of Brattleboro, NECCA’s pro-track head athletic trainer, assists Erin Kelly of Turners Falls, Mass., with the aerial slings during the aerial fitness class at NECCA’s Cotton Mill Studio Tuesday evening in Brattleboro. Kelly has been taking the aerial fitness class for a year and finds the classes at NECCA empowering because they’re different, not competitive and accessible for a wide range of ages and body types.
- Hannah Schroeder / Sentinel Staff
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Jess Goulis of Brattleboro, a youth and adult coach at NECCA, takes a moment while teaching her aerial sling 101 class to watch AJ Kuusinen, 17, of Vernon, Vt., perform a move in the aerial fitness class Tuesday evening at NECCA.
- Hannah Schroeder / Sentinel Staff
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Chelsea St. Jacques of Brattleboro, NECCA’s pro-track head athletic trainer, fills in as the teacher for the aerial fitness class Tuesday evening at NECCA in Brattleboro —demonstrating to students how to properly loop their hands through the aerial slings during an exercise.
- Hannah Schroeder / Sentinel Staff
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Jess Goulis, left, of Brattleboro stretches her arms with student Diana Todd, after their aerial sling 101 class at NECCA Tuesday night. With two weeks left in her class for this session, Goulis is proud of the progress her students have made and hopes they take away whatever goal they entered the class with, whether that be gaining strength or just having fun.
- Hannah Schroeder / Sentinel Staff
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Erin Kelly of Turners Falls, Mass., and AJ and Annette Kuusinen of Vernon, Vt., finish their aerial fitness class with a workout that focuses on their abs.
- Hannah Schroeder / Sentinel Staff
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Chelsea St. Jacques of Brattleboro, NECCA’s pro-track head athletic trainer, assists Erin Kelly of Turners Falls, Mass., with the aerial slings during the aerial fitness class at NECCA’s Cotton Mill Studio Tuesday evening in Brattleboro. Kelly has been taking the aerial fitness class for a year and finds the classes at NECCA empowering because they’re different, not competitive and accessible for a wide range of ages and body types.
- Hannah Schroeder / Sentinel Staff
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Jess Goulis of Brattleboro, a youth and adult coach at NECCA, takes a moment while teaching her aerial sling 101 class to watch AJ Kuusinen, 17, of Vernon, Vt., perform a move in the aerial fitness class Tuesday evening at NECCA.
- Hannah Schroeder / Sentinel Staff
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Chelsea St. Jacques of Brattleboro, NECCA’s pro-track head athletic trainer, fills in as the teacher for the aerial fitness class Tuesday evening at NECCA in Brattleboro —demonstrating to students how to properly loop their hands through the aerial slings during an exercise.
- Hannah Schroeder / Sentinel Staff
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Jess Goulis, left, of Brattleboro stretches her arms with student Diana Todd, after their aerial sling 101 class at NECCA Tuesday night. With two weeks left in her class for this session, Goulis is proud of the progress her students have made and hopes they take away whatever goal they entered the class with, whether that be gaining strength or just having fun.
- Hannah Schroeder / Sentinel Staff
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AJ Kuusinen of Vernon, Vt., does warmup exercises with his aerial fitness class at New England Center for Circus Arts. Kuusinen has been doing aerial and circus arts for 10 years.
- Hannah Schroeder / Sentinel Staff
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Chelsea St. Jacques of Brattleboro, NECCA’s pro-track head athletic trainer, advises her students on cool-down exercises as their aerial fitness class ends Tuesday evening.
- Hannah Schroeder / Sentinel Staff
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Left, Diana Todd and Hinsdale resident Morgan Blake practice the moves they’ve learned throughout their aerial sling class, with two weeks left in their session. New classes start up at NECCA on March 20.
- Hannah Schroeder / Sentinel Staff
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