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Dallasites looking for an adventure appropriate for the whole family can sign up to fly through the air, without even buying a plane ticket.
“We were originally set up in downtown Dallas, which we tried for the first couple of years to come up with a different location in the Dallas metroplex to see what would work best for our customers and then we settled in Addison for at least the next year,” said Donovan Chandler, President of Skyline Trapeze.
Skyline Trapeze is in a new location, but it is still offering the same classes catered to all skill levels.
“The first 10 or 15 minutes is an on the ground introduction and then we spend about an hour and a half letting people take turns on the trapeze practicing their tricks,” Donovan said.
“Students learn a basic beginner trick,” said instructor Jason English. “You bring your legs up and hook your knees just like you did when you were a kid on the monkey bars of the playground.”
Students have the opportunity to train with professionals, which makes this trapeze school unique from others.
“Most schools have a set staff and that’s the same people that teach year round,” Chandler said. “Whereas we have a rotating staff, people come in they’ll work here for a couple months and then they’ll get a professional job and they’ll go somewhere else.”
The instructors genuinely care about the progress of the students, making class rewarding for both the student and instructor.
“My favorite part about teaching is seeing someone actually think that they can’t do it and then realizing, oh it’s actually not as hard as everyone else makes it look,” English said.
Students might be scared at first, but the feeling of flying is incomparable.
“I guess at first it’s really just kind of weightlessness especially when you get to the end of the kick, it’s almost like exactly like being on a swing,” said student Cody Slape.
Whether you’re training for the circus or simply looking for an adrenaline rush, Skyline Trapeze has a class for you.
