Silks Lab
January 9-10 Intermediate+
January 23-24 All Levels
2 Weekends in January, 2027
Ayr, Scotland
A weekend master class intensive
on the west coast of Scotland
This is your weekend getaway for just £220
Join Sarah Bebe Holmes in an immersive two-day Silks Lab Master Class Weekend
"The entire experience felt very human and humble, even the exercises that I normally would have been reluctant to participate felt okay and non judgmental."
This is your chance to get more than your usual weekly class but without having to take a full week off work either.
Unique choreography - technique for YOUR BODY
Expect two full days of focused, creative training that will challenge your thinking, refine your technique, and open up new possibilities in the air.
Original choreography – Learn fresh sequences and explore new ways of moving.
Fabric theory – Understand why wraps work and develop a deeper understanding of the fabric.
Personalised technique coaching – Get individual feedback to refine your movement, improve efficiency, and discover new possibilities.
Sequencing & transitions – Explore creative ways to connect skills into fluid, dynamic combinations.
Creative exploration – Experiment, play, and discover new pathways to bring into your own practice.
“Sarah's expertise is priceless.”
— Silks Lab Participant
You’ll train alongside a welcoming aerial community, with plenty of opportunity to connect,
share ideas and make new silks friends.
Ayr, Scotland | January 2027
Saturday 9 & Sunday 10 January 2027
For those who have a solid invert and the endurance to do so throughout a weekend
Saturday 23 & Sunday 24 January 2027
Can’t invert yet? You’re welcome! If you can, the material will be levelled up to challenge you
10:00am–4:00pm both days
Including a one-hour lunch break from 12:30–1:30pm
Weeknd Slot £220
Optional Sauna Add-On: £15
📍 Location: Auld Kirk of Ayr Halls, Ayr, Scotland
Oh yes. You read that right.
After Saturday’s workshop, we’re heading 20 minutes down the coast to a little fishing village beside a castle for a very Scottish post-training ritual!
Sauna. Sea air. Good company. And maybe a brave dip in the sea! 🌊
We’ve booked a private sauna experience just for our group. It’s £15 to add on, and spaces are limited, so book early if you fancy joining us!
Curious? Check out Wild Ritual Sauna to see where we’re headed!
“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 New Mexico to San Francisco before settling in Scotland, where she has been creating, teaching, and performing for over a decade.
An aerial artist since 2005, Sarah combines high-level circus technique with powerful storytelling. She has taught and performed across the UK, Europe, the US, the Middle East, and India, and was named one of Scotland's Most Influential and Creative Women by The List in 2018.
Her teaching blends anatomy, movement theory, and creative practice, helping aerialists develop greater efficiency, technical precision, and expressive freedom while discovering movement that is uniquely their own.
Cost: £220 - Full workshop weekend
£15 Sauna add-on
Trains
There are trains from Glasgow center every 30 minutes for most of the day.
Airports
Nearest airport is Glasgow 40 minutes away by car
Next nearest is Edinburgh 1 hour 25 minutes by car
Ayr is a beautiful seaside town on the west coast of Scotland. It had its heyday back in the ’90s, including a pretty killer rave scene!
It’s had its hard knocks since then, but it’s very much on the upward climb. There’s a growing arts and culture scene, especially around pedestrianised Newmarket Street, with independent cafés, creative spaces and plenty of local character.
We wouldn’t exactly call Ayr’s nightlife buzzing (head to Glasgow for that), but there are some REALLY hip coffee spots and killer restaurants to discover.
Take a walk along the river, wander the extensive beachfront, or grab a spot by the sea and watch the sunset.
And what is the studio like?
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 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