November 8, 2026

Tight Wire – Next Steps

With Ariele Ebacher

Take your balancing skills to the next level! Now that you aren’t so focused on just staying on the wire, we’ll explore choreography and leveling-up skills to deepen your wire-walking repertoire.

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More Details

When:
Saturday | 3:00 – 5:00 pm

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

Cost:
$75

Prerequisites:
Students should be comfortable walking on the wire, and have either taken classes with Ariele in the past, or have a current practice of their own.

What to Wear:
Please bring socks or your wire shoes of choice.

Ages:
12 & up or by permission of instructor

About the Coach

Ariele Ebacher came to circus from the worlds of dance and theatre at age 21. She learned the art of wire dancing while on tour with Circus Smirkus, and then moved to Chicago to work for The Midnight Circus. She has traveled the world working in traditional, theatrical, and contemporary circus.

Some of the companies she has worked for include Midnight Circus, The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, Zoppe Circus, NoFit State Circus, Circus Flora, Flynn Creek Circus, Cirque Mechanics, and most recently Big Apple Circus. In addition to her work as a performing circus artist, Ariele has coached tightwire and other circus skills in circus schools around the country.

She has coached both the camp and tour at Circus Smirkus. In Chicago she taught young people at Circesteem and adults at Aloft Circus Arts. She has also taught workshops at the San Francisco Circus Center, Madison Circus Guild, and here at NECCA. She takes great pleasure in sharing her knowledge, experience, and passion for tightwire with others.

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