Wight arts
& fitness
Aerial Arts & Pole
Adults & Youths
Wight Arts & Fitness hold lots of classes for adults and youths across multiple aerial disciplines.
Classes we offer:
Adult Classes (14 and above) - Pole fitness, Pole Choreography, Aerial Hoop, Aerial Silks and Flexibility.
Youth Classes (5 - 13) - Mixed Aerial Arts (mainly aerial hoop and aerial silks).
Some of our adults classes may be set as 18+ due to the nature of movements.We are currently based at Aspire Ryde on Dover Street. Our aerial arts classes are held in the main church building and our pole classes take place in the community hall downstairs.Please contact us for private lessons, parties or performances at events (click email icon below).
Meet Our Instructors
Shannon
Meet our Owner - Shannon. Shannon has been training pole fitness since 2011 and originally took up the sport as an alternative to the gym - self learning at home. She has no dance background and started her aerial journey as an adult. After suffering with crippling anxiety and panic attacks, pole gave her a purpose to get out of the house and go to classes when some opened in 2012. After gaining confidence in herself, she was offered the opportunity to become an instructor at the studio she was learning in 2013. She fell in love with training and teaching others and also started learning different aerial disciplines.She then opened WA&F in 2015 and it has been going strong in Ryde, at Aspire ever since. Shannon teaches Pole (fitness and choreo), Flexibility, Aerial Hoop and Aerial Silks! She has performed at many shows on the island and festivals over the UK also.Shannon has many certifications under her belt from X-Pole, Spin City & Train Fitness which she likes to refresh and keep up to date. She does a new course almost every year to keep on top of the latest safety and safeguarding updates.
She has trained with Champions across the globe and regularly goes across the water for workshops to learn and bring the best back to the studio for her students.
Emma
Emma started Aerial Hoop back in 2014, which then ignited a passion for the aerial arts. She then started training Aerial Silks in 2015. She has dabbled in pole, trapeze and many other aerial arts over the years.Emma has performed in shows and competed in aerial competitions across the UK since 2015. She came second place in IPAAT in 2016 with a beautiful aerial hoop routine!Emma moved to the Isle of Wight in 2019 and found new places to train and practice, WA&F being one of them. Emma then decided to share her love of hoop, in particular, and became an instructor for WA&F in 2021.Emma loves creating dynamic routines with dramatic drops. Her classes are full of creative combos and shapes. Her favourite moves are beautiful balance poses in and on the hoop.
Adult Classes
Pole Fitness/Dance Classes
We hold many different pole fitness or dance classes each week - fitness group classes, spinning pole classes, choreography classes (sensual and contemporary) and workshops across the year.
Aerial Hoop
Our Aerial Hoop classes are currently on Tuesday evening in the main church building. We have small intimate classes for aerial hoop.
Aerial Silks
Aerial Silks classes are currently only beginner level and are ran on a Thursday evening in the main church building. We have a small intimate class for these lessons.
Flexibility
We do short sessions of stretch and flexibility as add ons to other classes. Focusing on gaining flexibility as well as building strength for active moves.
Youth Classes
Mixed Aerial Classes
We currently run mixed aerial classes for youths on Tuesday and Thursday evenings in the main church of Aspire Ryde. This is mainly aerial hoop and aerial silks with some different equipment to learn on occasionally.
Performances and Shows
We have a whole team of instructors and students that perform and compete. If you would like performances or shows at events or festivals, please get in touch via the contact us button below. We have all portable equipment that can be setup and tailored to your event. We also work with multiple dance and other aerial companies on and off the island.
