As part of my photojournalism self-assignment project I asked Darla if I could follow her during parts of her day because she does really interesting things! It’s hard to even call it a job because it’s just too much fun.
I sat in on the aerial silks class that she was teaching at the dance studio and it was amazing to watch them climb up those silks and do all those turns and twists (I can’t even call them by their real names because I have no idea what they were doing!) They were up and down and up and down……it looks exhausting.
The second day I met up with Darla to photograph the dance group that she was a part of as they prepared for a corporate event that evening. I watched rehearsal and then the getting ready part and it was fun to watch them work as a group to get things right for the performance that evening.
Practicing some skills
The little kiddos were so cute!
Watching her classmate up in the air
There was another aerial artist as a guest to teach the students a few things about stretching properly
Darla watches another performer up on the silks
Darla shows them how it’s done!
Practicing
Hangin’ in there
She waits her turn
They’re up really high!
Stretching for the evening’s performance
Rehearsal
Owners Dan and Jon
Prepping wigs for the performance
Sharing laughs while getting ready
Putting on make up
Putting on make up