Teaching trapeze tricks, twirls, basics at Fly Studios
Suzi Ziebell teaches trapeze tricks to a student. Photo by Alene Tchekmedyian Suzi Ziebell, clad in a black tank top and yoga pants, hung upside down on a trapeze, demonstrating a sit-up-like move to a handful of bright-eyed kids. Colorful pieces of silk hung from the ceiling, among a long shelf of bright yoga balls. Ziebell hopped off the trapeze and onto a soft mat, prompting the three-year-old girl sitting cross-legged on the mat to jump her feet. It was Fun Friday at Fly Studios, Manhattan Beach’s training ground for aspiring aerial artists, and Ziebell was going back to the basics. “Yes, pointed toes, you look beautiful!” Ziebell said, as the nimble girl swung back and forth on the trapeze. If you told Ziebell a decade ago what she’d be doing for a living, she would’ve laughed in disbelief. She’d watched Cirque du Soleil growing up, but “never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d be doing it,” she said. But for the Santa Monica-resident, teaching kids is natural. Ziebell spent eight years as a preschool teacher in Wisconsin, and later spent three years teaching Pilates. “It’s a lot of having to make sure you know exactly how to describe how to do a trick so they’re doing it…
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