Aerial Silks
Weekly Classes
With Sarah Bebe Holmes
Weekly Classes
Thursdays 6pm-7:15
Ayr, Scotland
All Levels
All LEVELS - means all levels.
You don't have to be
Strong enough
Flexible enough
Young enough
All you need is to be
CURIOUS ENOUGH
You’ll train alongside a welcoming aerial community, with plenty of opportunity to connect and make new silks friends.
Location
Auld Kirk of Ayr Halls
Ayr, Scotland
What do I wear?
Wear comfortable clothes without zippers or snaps.
Please remove jewelry
Can I come and just TRY it to see if I like it?
Yes, absolutely! You can come for a taster class for just a fiver to see if this is your kind of fun. No pressure at all. Just give it a whirl
“Sarah was so nice to work with. Her own excitement about everything was very contagious and made me also always very excited for things! Also the way she explained made things always very clear and i really loved that she took her time for every single one of us to help/correct us!” - Lisa
Sarah Bebe Holmes is a performer, director, educator, and Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director of Paper Doll Militia, an international circus theatre company. Originally from Maine, her career has taken her from the deserts of New Mexico to San Francisco's vibrant circus community before settling in Scotland, where she has been creating, teaching, and performing for over a decade.
An aerial artist since 2005, Sarah is known for combining high-level circus technique with powerful storytelling. She has taught and performed throughout the UK, Europe, the United States, the Middle East, and India, and was recognised by The List as one of Scotland's Most Influential and Creative Women in 2018.
Sarah's teaching blends anatomy, movement theory, and creative practice to help aerialists move with greater intelligence, efficiency, and authenticity. Whether coaching technical precision or expressive performance, she encourages students to develop movement that is both deeply informed and uniquely their own.
Cost
£5 for first timer
£22/class for drop-in
£16/class if you book the full (or remaining classes) in a session
Classes run in sessions:
LATE SUMMER SESSION - August 13 - September 17 2027 (6 weeks)
AUTUMN SESSION - September 24 - October 29th (6 weeks)
WINTER SESSION - November 26 - December 17 (4 weeks)
Can I join mid-session?
Absolutely, you can sign up for the remaining classes in the block
The studio is a church hall right along the river, just a one-minute walk from the high street and about a 10-minute walk from the train station. There is also a car park onsite.
The hall is in the Auld Kirk, just a minute walk from Ayr High street. Turn the corner at Christina's bar and you'll see the Auld Kirk. The hall is down the hill on the way to the river. There is a little walkway to a recessed courtyard. The door to the hall is there
And what is the studio like?
The space has wood floors and a beautiful new wooden ceiling, which does a fantastic job of holding in the heat. So, for those of you used to training in Scotland, you’ll be very pleased to hear that you will be WARM in the colder months. Yes, actual T-shirt training!
“Thank you for your presence during the teaching. Thank you for your energy and loving, energetic perseverance, even when the energy in the group became less. Thank you for your appreciation in dealing with the group and the individual people. Thank you for your openness and exploratory being, it was a good reminder for me that things are not black and white, but contain a whole facet of colors and that it always depends on one's own feelings. Thank you for the time, it was very enriching, inspiring and motivating”
Lina Schindler - Vienna
"Sarah and Rain provided spaces and opportunities for self-revealing, creative, and empowering movements. It dawned on me that it wasn’t a lack of dance or theater expertise that prevented me from being a good aerial performer.
Rather, I need to pull away layers (tendencies, unhelpful cultural or personal judgments) to reveal a wonderfully unique performer that already exists inside of me.
This new confidence in myself as an authentic aerialist and performer emerged within the safe and encouraging community under Sarah’s and Rain’s leadership."
-Katherine Lindeburg
“PDM is such a creative force, and the fact that Rain and Sarah are also such generous and talented educators is a gift. They create such a warm and welcoming space to learn, and they're talented teachers, able to break down concepts into bite-size, digestible pieces.”
- Arisa Kim - Los Angeles, CA