Aerial Spirit
Aerial Spirit at 115 W 25th Street, 115 W 25th Street, Suite F, Norfolk, VA 23517
About
Aerial Spirit offers training in aerial silks, lyra, hammock, pole, hoop dance, and other aerial dance and aerial arts. The program also includes circus and aerial arts classes, aerial master classes, specialty workshops, and group fitness options such as Vinyasa Yoga, prenatal and post-natal yoga, Total Barre Fitness, Zumba, TRX, Pilates Suspension Method, and Pilates. The program emphasizes that lessons can be both relaxed and intense as participants work toward personal goals, with a focus on fun, safety, self-expression, and the art of “play.”
• Ages: 5–18 years old
Founder Brande Lee Morrow created Aerial Spirit to “break the mold” and encourages self-expression in addition to learned technique within her curriculum, with a set standard of progressions at each level and an emphasis on student choice and autonomy in how they learn and express movements. Brande has been training and performing circus and aerial arts since 2009, beginning with Orange County Aerial Arts/Ruby Karen Project in September 2009, training in the 2013–2014 Intensive Training Program at the New England Center for Circus Arts, performing as an aerialist in the Cirque de la Mer show at Sea World San Diego from 2014–2016, participating in Aerial Arts America’s 2nd Annual West Coast Aerial Arts Festival in November 2014, and making her Chicago debut in the 10th annual Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival in September 2019. She has been teaching aerial arts since 2012 and has an award-winning background in aerial silks, lyra, hammock, pole, and hoop dance, including placing 1st in her tissu/silk professional category and 1st overall at the West Coast Aerial Arts Festival in 2014 and competing as a finalist in the silks category at the inaugural U.S. Aerial Championships in New York City in February 2015.
Brande is certified in group fitness through the Athletics and Fitness Association of America, is a registered Vinyasa Yoga instructor (RYT-200), and is certified in prenatal and post-natal yoga, Total Barre Fitness, Zumba, TRX, and the Pilates Suspension Method, and is comprehensively certified in Pilates through Dawn Pilates Studio under Director of Education Everlea Bryant, NCPT, CPT. She has worked with numerous aerial schools and programs around the country and internationally, teaching aerial and circus classes, aerial master classes, and specialty workshops at organizations including Studio 17 Dance, Old Dominion University, Sumeet Nagdev Dance Arts, AirCraft Aerial Arts, Circus Up!, Boston University, Salem State University, SHOW Circus Studio, Aerial Athlete, Bittersweet Studios, OCAA/RKP, and Circus Arts Institute. Brande is also a Gratathlete for Grata Designs, an activewear clothing line specializing in aerial, pole fitness, dance, and yoga wear.
Last updated January 20, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
Founder Brande Lee Morrow created Aerial Spirit to “break the mold” and encourages self-expression in addition to learned technique within her curriculum, with a set standard of progressions at each level and an emphasis on student choice and autonomy in how they learn and express movements. Brande has been training and performing circus and aerial arts since 2009, beginning with Orange County Aerial Arts/Ruby Karen Project in September 2009, training in the 2013–2014 Intensive Training Program at the New England Center for Circus Arts, performing as an aerialist in the Cirque de la Mer show at Sea World San Diego from 2014–2016, participating in Aerial Arts America’s 2nd Annual West Coast Aerial Arts Festival in November 2014, and making her Chicago debut in the 10th annual Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival in September 2019. She has been teaching aerial arts since 2012 and has an award-winning background in aerial silks, lyra, hammock, pole, and hoop dance, including placing 1st in her tissu/silk professional category and 1st overall at the West Coast Aerial Arts Festival in 2014 and competing as a finalist in the silks category at the inaugural U.S. Aerial Championships in New York City in February 2015.
Brande is certified in group fitness through the Athletics and Fitness Association of America, is a registered Vinyasa Yoga instructor (RYT-200), and is certified in prenatal and post-natal yoga, Total Barre Fitness, Zumba, TRX, and the Pilates Suspension Method, and is comprehensively certified in Pilates through Dawn Pilates Studio under Director of Education Everlea Bryant, NCPT, CPT. She has worked with numerous aerial schools and programs around the country and internationally, teaching aerial and circus classes, aerial master classes, and specialty workshops at organizations including Studio 17 Dance, Old Dominion University, Sumeet Nagdev Dance Arts, AirCraft Aerial Arts, Circus Up!, Boston University, Salem State University, SHOW Circus Studio, Aerial Athlete, Bittersweet Studios, OCAA/RKP, and Circus Arts Institute. Brande is also a Gratathlete for Grata Designs, an activewear clothing line specializing in aerial, pole fitness, dance, and yoga wear.
Last updated January 20, 2026.
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