Aerial Silks Near Me in El Sereno: The Aerial House's Intro Classes

Every class at The Aerial House runs 90 minutes and costs $38, from the first intro session to the intermediate silks classes. The studio, at 5230 Alhambra Avenue in El Sereno, has exposed brick walls and calls itself a community arts space for northeast Los Angeles. Beginners book Intro to Aerial, and several weekly sessions focus on silks. In this part of town, it is the most obvious answer to aerial silks near me.

The Aerial House was started by a married couple, Nick and Anna. The Tuesday 11:30am beginner/intermediate silks class is taught by Anna Cicone, and private lesson requests go to Nick's studio email address. The building does more than host classes. It is rented out for photo shoots, videography, rehearsals and parties, and its owners describe it as a multipurpose creative space where a client's idea can be rigged and shot.

The clearest sign of that ambition is Circo Sereno, the studio's own circus variety show. In fall 2026 shows were scheduled for Saturday, October 17 and Saturday, December 5, and a separate youth aerial show was set for Saturday, November 14, with tickets sold through the studio's site. Watching a show is a sensible first step if you are not sure silks is for you; you will see students who started where you are.

Intro to Aerial is the starting point, but each teacher leans toward a different apparatus, and the class title says which. For silks, book Hana's Wednesday and Thursday 2:30pm sessions or Monika's Wednesday 7:15pm class, all marked Silks Focus. Fiona's Saturday 1:15pm class focuses on hammock, Veronica's Sunday 2:30pm class mixes hoop and hammock, and Jenn Logan's Friday 7pm class tries silks, hammock, trapeze and hoop.

Spots move fast in the popular slots. When we looked, Saturday's class had no spots left and Monika's Wednesday evening class had one, while the weekday afternoon classes still had eight or nine open. If you can train at 2:30pm on a weekday, you will have a quieter room and more turns. Each session is 90 minutes, longer than most intro classes in the city, which leaves time to rest between climbs.

The beginner/intermediate silks classes have a clear checklist. You need three climbs to the top, a working same-side hook, a working hip key, a double crochet in the air and foot locks in the air. Classes run Sunday at 11:10am with Monika, Tuesday at 11:30am with Anna and Wednesday at 1pm with Hana. Hana's class adds choreography, sequencing and the first drops.

Two more silks classes ask for stronger students. Dynamic Pathways on Silks with Heather, Monday at 5:40pm, works on beats and dynamic sequences and warns students to expect conditioning. Aerial Silks Technique and Conditioning with Jordann meets Wednesday at 7:15pm. Both expect you to invert comfortably in the air and climb repeatedly to the top, so give yourself a few months of intro classes first.

Every listed adult class costs $38 at booking. Packages save a little: five adult classes for $178 ($35.60 each), ten for $342 and twenty for $658, all valid for a year from purchase. The booking page lists two starter codes: AERIALSTARTER for $75 off your first five-class package and AERIALSTARTER20 for $20 off your first class, which makes the first five-pack a strong deal.

Open gym is sold separately, at $15.50 a session in a five-pack for $77.50. It is unsupervised, meant for intermediate students practicing sequences they already know, and the studio warns beginners not to experiment with tricks they only half remember. Kids' classes have their own packs, starting at $153 for five, and private lessons are arranged by email with the teacher of your choice.

The studio calls its 24-hour cancellation policy strict, and it is: cancel inside a day and you get neither a refund nor a class credit. When refunds are given, the original card processing fee of 2.9 percent plus 30 cents is deducted. The studio also posts an activity release of liability on its website; read and sign it at home rather than at the door, so your 90 minutes start on time.

An honest note on timing: the most beginner-friendly silks intro slots are weekday afternoons, which suits students, freelancers and shift workers more than office workers. If evenings and weekends are your only option, book Monika's Wednesday 7:15pm class a week ahead, or try Cirque School in Hollywood, which runs several evening Aerial 101 classes that mix trapeze and silks for $35.

Alhambra Avenue runs east from the studio toward the city of Alhambra, and the building sits less than a mile north of the Cal State LA campus. The Cal State LA station on the El Monte Busway and Metrolink's San Bernardino Line is close by, though most students drive. The neighborhood is residential, with small taquerias and bakeries along the main roads rather than a busy nightlife strip.

For a walk after class, Ascot Hills Park, a short drive west, has dirt trails over grassy hills that turn green after the winter rains and look back toward downtown. It is an easy way to loosen tight shoulders before the drive home. If you come for a weekday afternoon class, you can also finish before the evening rush hour builds on the freeways east of downtown.

Address: The Aerial House, 5230 Alhambra Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90032. Book on the studio's Acuity scheduling page under Adult Intro to Aerial, and pick a class marked Silks Focus. Every class is 90 minutes and costs $38; use AERIALSTARTER20 on your first class or AERIALSTARTER on a five-class pack.

Sign the activity release at home and cancel at least 24 hours ahead. Wear leggings and a fitted top with sleeves, remove jewelry and bring water. To see what the studio's students can do, buy a ticket for the December 5 Circo Sereno show or the November 14 youth aerial show.