Aerial Fitness Studio by Clarke Quay: S$32 First Class

A first class at The Flying Folks costs S$32, and the studio is upstairs at 28c Hongkong Street, Singapore 059667, a shophouse block between Clarke Quay and Boat Quay. This boutique aerial fitness studio teaches hammock, hoop, silks and spin classes in small groups, with Aerial Pilates and Lyrical Dance on the same timetable. If you have never left the ground before, the place to start is the one-hour Taster Class, which puts you on both the hammock and the hoop with no experience needed.

The Taster is designed as a sampler rather than a workout you have to survive. You spend part of the hour in a soft fabric hammock, learning to sit, wrap and tip backwards into a supported inversion, and part on a suspended steel hoop, which the studio also calls lyra. From there, every apparatus class is split into levels, and the studio's rule is simple: you start at Level 1 and your instructor tells you when you are ready to move up.

Hammock Tricks runs as Hammock 1, a bridging Hammock 1.5 and Hammock 2. Level 1 covers foundational holds, basic inversions and simple wraps; 1.5 asks for a comfortable independent inversion; Level 2 moves on to drops and longer sequences once thigh wraps and cross-back inverts feel easy. Hammock Spin is the faster, dizzier version, taught across three levels. Silks 1 starts with climbing, foot locks and introductory drops close to the floor, while Silks 2 expects a clean French climb before you join.

The pricing page lists everything in Singapore dollars. First-timers can buy the single trial at S$32 or a three-class pack at S$88, which has to be used within 14 days. After that, a ten-class pack is S$450, or S$350 if you pay by PayNow, with 60 days to use it; twenty classes are S$770, or S$670 by PayNow, over 150 days; and the fifty-class pack is S$1,600, or S$1,500 by PayNow, valid for 300 days. Pay-as-you-go drop-ins sit at S$40 or S$45 depending on the class.

Two other options are worth knowing. Monthly subscriptions give four classes for S$135 or eight for S$250, plus a one-time S$25 setup fee, and credits do not roll over. There is also a thirty-class sharing pack for two people at S$1,120, or S$1,020 by PayNow, over 120 days; you send your friend's details over WhatsApp after checkout. Our view: skip the subscription until you know your schedule, because unused monthly credits simply disappear, while the ten-pack by PayNow gives you two months of flexibility.

Once you can run through moves on your own, the ten-session Open Practice bundle costs S$150, which is S$15 for each one-hour session, and it lasts a full year. That is the cheapest way to drill a sequence you learned in class. The studio policy, last updated on 1 May 2026, sets a 12-hour cancellation window: cancel at least 12 hours before the class and you get a credit for a future session, while no-shows and late cancellations get nothing back.

The same policy asks you to tell the instructor about any injury or medical condition before class begins, and it states plainly that disruptive or unsafe behaviour gets you removed from the class without a refund. Photos and video are sometimes taken for the studio's own social channels; if you would rather stay out of them, the policy says to notify staff in writing before you attend. Wear leggings and a fitted top that covers your back, since fabric against bare skin stings during wraps.

The studio describes itself as a community first and a polished gallery of experts second, and it leans into that. Its About page tells the founding story with a grin: when the studio started, one of the founders had broken an ankle snowboarding and the other was pregnant. The company is registered as The Flying Folks Pte. Ltd., and classes stay small enough that instructors can spot each student by hand rather than shouting corrections across a big room.

In practice the evening groups are a mix of office workers walking over from Raffles Place, people who already do pole or yoga and want something new for their shoulders, and absolute beginners booking the Taster with a friend. The sharing pack exists for exactly those pairs. If you are self-conscious about flexibility, the studio's own line is that flight is not reserved for elite athletes or the naturally bendy.

Clarke Quay MRT station on the North East line is the closest stop, a short walk across the river; Raffles Place on the East West and North South lines works too if you cross at Boat Quay. Hongkong Street itself runs parallel to the riverfront, so after class you are two minutes from the bars and restaurants along Boat Quay and the river promenade.

For a slower evening, follow the river walk west past Read Bridge to Robertson Quay, where the promenade is quieter and the cafés face the water. Going the other way, the path along Boat Quay leads to the Asian Civilisations Museum and the Cavenagh Bridge, a cast-iron footbridge from the 1860s that makes a good spot to stretch your forearms after a silks class. If you are hungry, the hawker stalls at Hong Lim Market and Food Centre in Chinatown are about ten minutes on foot.

Small studios fill quickly on weekday evenings, and the Taster in particular can be booked out a week ahead. If the timetable is full and you want a structured course rather than drop-ins, Starz Aerial Dance School in Chinatown sells an eight-week aerial hoop course of one hour a week for S$296. For a first try at aerial fitness with friendly coaching and a riverside walk afterwards, though, the S$32 Taster on Hongkong Street is the easy starting point.