November 7, 2026

Intro to Swinging Trapeze

With Violet Defiant

Learn the joys of swinging through the air with the wind beneath your wings! Students will learn fundamentals including how to swing and how to use momentum to your advantage.

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More Details

When:
Saturday | 9:30 – 11:30 am

Where:
The Trapezium
10 Town Crier Dr.
Brattleboro, Vermont

Cost:
$75

Prerequisites:
Students must have a regular static, flying, or dance trapeze practice, be comfortable with beats from hands and knees, and be comfortable working in the ropes. Students must also be comfortable climbing a rope or fabric.

Ages:
12 & up or by permission of instructor

About the Coach

Violet Defiant is a swinging trapeze phenom who moonlights as an innovative and unusual foot juggler, hand balancer, and lyric storyteller. While she spends most of her time flinging herself off the swinging trapeze, hand balancing is her longest practice.

After graduating from NECCA’s ProTrack in 2022, she toured Goodbye Party the Show! with Big Teeth Performance Collective, and has performed for Artpark New York, HUP State Circus Festival, Nimble Arts, Theater Bizarre, the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, and more!

Find out more about Violet on Instagram @violetdefiantcircus.

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