Ceiling height: approximately 40 feet tall
Address: 2702 6th Ave S
Cost: $68 US for a 2-hour flying trapeze drop-in
E-mail: info@emeraldcitytrapeze.com
Review:
If you like the movie “The Greatest Showman”, you will love the decor in this school. Although it’s located in an uninspiring industrial building (Canal Boiler Work), inside there are red velvet curtains on the second balcony and interesting props used as decoration. This building often gets booked out for events. It really is a beautiful old wooden building. Just to show you that one can’t judge a book by its cover.
I booked the class online in less than 24 hours of my class and it was easy to use the system with my phone. The staff who responded to my e-mail were quite prompt. That is great because I basically made a mistake in booking the wrong date and she corrected the error in less than a few hours. The online scheduling for private sessions can be a bit confusing. It is best to book private sessions via e-mail at least a week in advance.
I love the teachers there as they are attentive and patient. They really break down the foundation for beginners and made sure that you are taken care of. They were very good at calming the fears on some of the students. One of the students was about to burst into tears, but the instructors are very encouraging and manage to get her up on the trapeze.
There is even a tv monitor that shows your performance after you finish your trick so that you can review it. They even have a flow chart of all the levels and in each level, the tricks that you need to complete successfully before you can continue. They taught me layout as I have never done it before. It was a lot of fun learning this skill. Although I didn’t get caught by the catcher in this session, hopefully, next time I will get caught.