Adult Pre-professional Training Program
Portland’s Adult Aerial Training Program
Please email Angela Bryant at flyco@awoldance.org if you have any questions.
FlyCo is A-WOL’s adult pre-professional training company which started in 2012. FlyCo students train, dance and perform together. It is a unique program that offers training with a host of performance opportunities throughout the year. Many of our FlyCo members feed directly into our Circus Rose and Company members.
““After 11 months of training in aerial arts through Awol’s FlyCo program I sit here in absolute awe and gratitude for what a profound and powerful year this has been. I have truly been transformed in body and spirit. I feel stronger and more capable than I have ever felt before. I have worked through my patterns of self doubt and sabotage. And I am left feeling unafraid. I have finally allowed myself to step into my power as an artist. And the journey has only just begun.
My heart is full of such deep gratitude for all the teachers who have supported and inspired my growth this past year. This program has been an invaluable experience and has left me so equipped to create and perform aerial art. I truly cannot even believe the amount of progress I made in only one year. Thank you from the bottom of my heart Awol FlyCo!””
Members (2026-2027)
Continuum Members
Brian Albrecht
Violet Brown
Lauren Marro
Mac Miller
Megan Norton
Maddi Thompson
Lisa Whyatt
Cay Wiggins
Foundation Members
Lauren Cress
Aviel Forster
Lucky George
Alexis Perteka
Natalie Zglobicki
Coaches
Angela Bryant (Director)
Kraig Mead
Caitlin Wallace
Jessie Orf
Ashley Zagst
Each week FlyCo comes together for full group rehearsals which will include aerial technique classes, conditioning, flexibility training, dance, physical theater, ground acrobatics, and show creation:
*Schedule is subject to change slightly from year to year to better fit the training times available in the cohort.
FlyCo has performance opportunities each year, they typically perform next to the Aeros, A-WOL’s youth performance training company, Circus Rose & Company members. Potential performance opportunities:
Involvement in Winter Gala (mid-December)
Adult Aerial Student Showcase (beginning of May)
Full Length Show (mid to late May) - if 8 or more students enrolled in the Continuum program
Open Air Show (1st or 2nd Weekend of June))
Solo Soiree (mid-July)
To supplement our usual training routine, we will also offer special workshops like injury prevention, building your choreography toolbox, stage make-up application, audition prep, self-promotion and marketing and many more.
In addition to our FlyCo group rehearsals, each member will have access to our virtual offerings of flexibility, dance, conditioning, and special guest classes. The students also attend open gym times to hone the skills they are learning in class. There are several tuition options, as well as add-ons for even more independent training times so that you can up your intensity if you're ready for more.
FlyCo is an audition-based program that runs 3 terms. 2025/26 terms are currently set as follows:
FlyCo Continuum
Aerial technique and choreography classes. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday Classes are required. Continuum students also choose from a daytime program or an evening program:
Students attend 3 terms running from Sept 7 through July 12 (exact schedule to be released after auditions)
Program tuition is around $5,700 - $6,000 split into a deposit and 11 payments
FlyCo Foundations
Foundation students choose either 2 or 3 of the weekly FlyCo classes
Aerial technique classes only no choreography.
Aerical technique skills include: conditioning, flexibility, bar apparatus, and vertical/fabric apparatus
Students attend 3 terms running from Sept 7 through July 12 (exact schedule to be released after auditions)
Program tuition is around $2,100 - $2,300 split into a deposit and 11 payments
“Beautiful and unexpected performance at the park tonight. Thank you so much for brightening my evening.”