One week circus day camp for youth ages 7-12. No experience necessary! Before care options available. Tuition assistance is available! Please apply at this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdqZmTMF22VjVHHL1k19iw_4E6kdOfW12WfdoMskVfYHbs2OQ/viewform
Campamento de dia de una semana para ninos 7 a 12 anos de edad. Ningun experiencia necesaria. Tuition Assistance and payment plans available.

June 19-23rd 2022
Wee Kids camp is a half-day camp for youth 5-7 years old.

July 3rd - 14th. 9am - 3:30pm.
Email kristen@wisefoolnm.org to get on the waitlist.
Day camp for kids 7-12 years old, suitable for all levels--no experience necessary! Campamento de dia para ninos de 7 a 12 anos, ningun experiencia necesaria.

July 17th - 28th from 9am - 3:30pm
Circus day camp for kids ages 8-13 who have previous circus experience. With before care (8:30 - 9am) option. Campamento de circo de dia para ninos de 7 a 12 anos quienes ya tienen experiencia con Wise Fool. Con la opcion de quedarse hasta 5pm.

June 19th - June 30th. 1:30 - 5pm Monday - Friday. 1:30 - 5pm daily
Wise Fool's newest camp for youth entering 7th - 12th grades. No experience necessary, but suitable for all levels! Students will get to explore all the circus arts and then pick a couple of disciplines to focus on to perform in a showcase for friends and family at the end of the two weeks. The camp will also include a focus on conditioning, flexibility and performance skills.

2018 BUST runs May 19th - July 8th - Fees are on an Equity Scale of $200 to $1000
BUST! seeks to be a socially engaged circus intensive for people who self identify as women or gender- non conforming. All shapes, sizes, ages, backgrounds and ability levels are welcome. In order to make the course as accessible as possible, we have from a fee and scholarship basis to an equity based system - meaning each participant will pay according to their ability/income. To register, please pay the $200 deposit. If the $200 deposit is a barrier to participation, please email studio@wisefoolnm.org. Once you are registered we will send you a questionaire about you, your goals, and your financial situation to determine where you fall on the scale.

Deepen your skills in trapeze. This class is suited for students working on sequences 6 and up on trapeze and lyra. Email studio@wisefoolnm.org if you have questions about the right level for you.

Introduction to Teaching Aerials

This is a 5 day overview to the art of teaching trapeze and aerial fabric, with a focus on spotting techniques, injury prevention, psychology of teaching, basic rigging concepts and class management. This in depth and holistic approach to teaching is appropriate for new teachers and those with experience, and for those who work with youth or adults in a variety of educational environments including circus schools, gymnastics programs, summer camps, fitness studios and more. This workshop is required for application to the Nimble Arts™ Certification Course, a multi level program guiding participants to become safe and capable circus arts teachers for both the hearts and bodies of their students. (please link to our web site http://nimblearts.org/aerialteachertrain/ )

Tuesdays 10-11:30am. Circus jam where parents and children (ages 2-6) play in the circus together! Families get to try stilt-walking, juggling, tumbling, partner acrobatics, hoola hoops, aerial fabric, and trapeze in a safe and supportive environment. This class is an open studio format where Wise Fool coaches will be on hand to support family play and experimentation.

Want to get a well-rounded circus experience? This drop-in, donation-based class is for you! This class will include stilt-walking, Rolla bolla, walking globe, juggling, basic tumbling and partner acro. Absolutely no experience necessary, suitable for folks ages 10 and up. Suggested donation $5 - $15 but no one turned away for lack of funds.

Camps are designed to safely comply with NMDOH COVID-19 regulations. Camps end with a social distance parking lot parade to show off skills to parents. We will enjoy the following fun circus activities:
Tumbling
Art
Unicycle
Clown
Object Manipulation

Classes are taught in three hour time slots three days in a row, for a total of 9 hours of class. Each class meets at the same time always on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, either from 8-11am or 12-3pm.

Classes are $175 per student with lots of sliding scale options so everyone can participate.

Online class with Wise Fool will have juggling, art, acrobatics, flex and clown. We will be meting for 4 hours a day over Zoom M-Th.

A weekly class running from September 16th -October 21st. Circus kids ages 7-12 engage in a variety of skills. COVID safe practices are a priority.

Students engage in a series of creative and movement exercises to learn about their movement style and generate and explore ideas.

In this class adults get a chance to try all of the circus disciplines, including object manipulation, stilts, clowning, Acro, unicycling, as well as conditioning and flexibility, on top of deep diving into aerial fabrics! Students should come prepared to try new circus disciplines, gain strength, build community and play!

We will create from scratch a small work-in-progress performance through the exploration of the elements of live performance - space and architecture, movement and gesture, sound, light, text, tension and rhythm. We’ll explore a creative performance process that follows several premises, namely: Form informs content and content informs form; All the elements of the stage have equal value in telling a story; and, community and collaboration are key to artistic development. Come with or without a plan or prompt!

Dive into the vast complexity of spinning poi. A class offering the fundamentals to give you the confidence to dance with fire, and support the experienced poi spinner in developing an intricate, and technical style that is their own. We will explore tricks with one to four poi, juggling, contact, and how to put everything you've learned together into a beautiful flow.

Slacklining All Levels:No matter your experience in slacklining this class will offer you the next steps to progress in the direction you want to. You can learn the basics of sitting and standing on a line, dynamic and static tricks, and all the fundamentals you need to be able to highline. We will also explore surfing on rodeo lines, and using props on a line, ex: juggling, hoops, poi, anything you could imagine. Strengthen your core and mind through the art of slacklining. A multidimensional slackline class to have fun and get creative with balance.

Explore the countless ways that you can “drag” the “slack” of a piece of fabric or rope to create new and interesting ways into your standard wraps. By the end of this workshop, you'll be thinking in loops and circles!

In this intermediate workshop we will focus on three major components of mastering the art of slinging…momentum work, creative transitions, and of course, spinning.

Burlesque is a performance art of sensual, theatrically exaggerated storytelling.

This is a safe space for a queer-centric deconstruction of burlesque. It's a movement class, and also a gender studies, burlesque theory, queer theory class mixed with self-confidence bootcamp. To reclaim the striptease, you'll learn the fundamentals of the stripping, teasing, performance art, gender performativity, and storytelling in the most theoretical way possible. Then we'll apply that theory to reconstruct those elements into Queerlesque: an artform that tells your story for a community that gets it.

This class is drop-in accessible, but each class synergizes with the next and the prior. Each week teaches a different tool, then applies all the tools collected thus far; the more tools you have, the easier. For stripping, bring a loose fitting tank top, crop top, or short sleeved shirt. Also bring something that opens from the front, like a button down or a jacket. If you've taken Queer Burlesque before, consider this the 201 version of that 101 class.

A great chance for kids with a passion for aerials to try or develop further skills in trapeze and aerial fabric. Suitable for kids ages 7 - 12 of all experience levels. Drop-ins allowed! Please email studio@wisefoolnm.org if you are planning to drop in.

An exploration into clown, comedy, and physical theatre.


In this class we will explore breath, stillness, presence, relationship, objects, and the human condition.



Sarah-Jane Moody has been working with Wise Fool since 1996 primarily as a clown but also loves to write, direct, make music, and disrupt the military industrial complex whenever possible. She is a graduate from the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre in Blue Lake, CA and has studied red nose clown with Avner Eisenberg, Giovanni Fusetti, and Ronlin Foreman to name a flattering few. The world of the clown and the journey that it proposes is quite profound and beautiful, and is a deep passion and constant source of inspiration and fascination.

Learn or further develop the fundamentals of aerial fabric, sometimes called "silks". This course will include climbing, wraps, foot locks, drops, and poses. From conditioning and basic skills to explorations in choreography, fabrics are a fun way to build core strength and flexibility while defying gravity! Beginner/Intermediate: designed for total beginners or students who are working up through sequence 5.

Learn or further develop the fundamentals of aerial fabric, sometimes called "silks". This course will include climbing, wraps, foot locks, drops, and poses. From conditioning and basic skills to explorations in choreography, fabrics are a fun way to build core strength and flexibility while defying gravity! Pre-registration is encouraged as classes fill up fast! Sign up for one or more classes per week. Mixed Level Fabric: suitable for complete beginners all the way through advanced students.

For folks ages 7-77+. You'll have the opportunity to learn and practice juggling and unicycling. No experience necessary!

Also known as "acroyoga", Partner Acro involves sharing weight and balancing between two or more people. We'll explore acrobal­ance from the circus per­spec­tives, blending trust and con­nec­tion with dynamic play, flex­i­bil­ity for mind and body, and phys­i­cal con­di­tion­ing. Acrobalance will lit­er­ally turn you upside down and give you a whole new per­spec­tive on your poten­tial to be both strong and sup­ported from the ground up into the air. No partner and no experience necessary!

Aerial rope, also known as corde lisse, is a challenging but exciting aerial apparatus. Students will learn to climb, hold themselves in various positions, wrap for and perform drops and explore movement quality. Beginner/Intermediate: Suitable for students with no experience through to students who are working on beats, inversions and multiple climbs.

Aerial rope, also known as corde lisse, is a challenging but exciting aerial apparatus. Students will learn to climb, hold themselves in various positions, wrap for and perform drops and explore movement quality. Intermediate/Advanced: For students with previous experience on rope or fabric who are comfortable with beats and can invert multiple times in the air.

Learn or deepen your skills in either trapeze or lyra or both! Class includes a dynamic warm-up, floor exercises and aerial vocabulary, technique, and conditioning on static trapeze & lyra/aerial hoop in a supportive, non-competitive environment. Trapeze and Lyra are hung low at 3' to 7' high. This class is suitable for folks with no experience all the way through students working on level 6.

For students ages 11 - 15, this class will offer instruction on trapeze, lyra, fabric and rope--students may choose which they'd like to focus on, or try them all! Suitable for brand new beginners all the way through advanced students.

For those that have been signed off for open training or for teachers to pay for shared space private rentals.

How do we work with a partner in the air?

This class will explore how to interact in the magical space above the ground with someone else, on trapeze, hoop or fabric.

We will look at ways to share weight, move together and create choreography together.

This is a beginning partner class, but is meant for people who already are comfortable on an aerial apparatus.

This class is open to participants 10 and up.

January 3rd - 15th.

ELEVATE is a “circus boot-camp” for adults of all ages (16-70+), genders, and skill levels. This two-week camp takes place at Wise Fool Studio in Santa Fe. We will be wearing masks and social distancing in all classes.

Perfect for those with a 9-5 job, the focus of ELEVATE is personal fitness through circus skills in a supportive, challenging, and gender equal environment. By the end of the two weeks you'll become familiar with: Aerial Fabric, Trapeze, Mindfulness, Stilts, Object manipulation, Clowning and Conditioning. Raise your perceptions of what’s possible and get your workout off the ground at ELEVATE! Students receive 30 hours of conditioning and circus skills instruction. No previous experience required! All levels welcome! Cost is $300 for registration. Work Trade and Partial Scholarships are available. Click here to apply.

Runs Monday through Friday, from 9:00am to 3:30 pm, with before and aftercare options (before care is 8:30 - 9:00, after care is 3:30 to 5:15).
Camp week 1 is December 18-22. Week 2 is December 26-29 (only four days). Each camp is its own camp, but families are welcome to register for both.
Students age 7 - 13 learn stilt-walking, unicycling, aerial fabric, trapeze, juggling, puppet-making, clowning and more! All in a safe, non-competitive environment. No experience necessary.

Spring 2024 runs January 15 - April 26, with a break for Spring Break from March 25-29. The class will end with a show and try for students and families on Saturday, April 27. No experience necessary! For students in 2nd - 6th grade; ages 7-12.

Spring 2024. Wednesdays 3:45 - 5:15pm. Spring 2024 runs January 15 - April 26, with a break for Spring Break from March 25-29. The class will end with a show and try for students and families on Saturday, April 27. No experience necessary! For students 7-12 years old.

Spring 2024 runs January 15 - April 26, with a break for Spring Break from March 25-29. The class will end with a show and try for students and families on Saturday, April 27.

Tuesday and Thursday 3:45-5:15pm.

For students in 8-12 years old. Experience of at least one session of Circus Exploration and/or a Summer Camp session.

Spring 2024 Session runs January 23 - April 28, with a break for Spring Break from March 20-24.The class will end with a show and try for students and families on April 28.

Mondays 3:45-4:45.

No experience necessary! For kiddos in Pre-K-1st grade or ages 4-6.

Spring 2024. Wednesdays 3:34 - 4:45pm. Spring 2024 Session runs January 16 - April 26, with a break for Spring Break from March 25-29. The class will end with a show and try for students and families on Saturday, April 27. No experience necessary! For kiddos in Pre-K-1st and/or ages 4-6 years old.

Join us for a Circus jam where parents and children (ages 4-10) play in the circus together! Families get to try stilt-walking, juggling, tumbling, partner acrobatics, hoola hoops, aerial fabric, and trapeze in a safe and supportive environment. This class is an open studio format where Wise Fool coaches will be on hand to support family play and experimentation.

Our beloved coach is back in town and is offering a workshop in Aerial Fabrics. Come learn some of the stunning news tricks and skills Elise has offered to share with the Wise Fool community!

FLAIRIAL DYNAMITE: An Aerial Silks Workshop (2 Hrs including warm up & cool down)
Do you want to put your own personal signature on a move that everyone else can do? Are you at the point with your silks training where you watch yourself and it doesn’t look as exciting as it feels? Through learning new sequences as well as working with positions you are already
familiar with, we will incorporate new silk manipulation, body positioning, and spinning to give you the tools to develop unique and dynamic work. Let’s show that silk who’s boss!
Prereq: 1 Straddle up in the air, Hip Key in the air
Maximum: 8 students

Elise Southwick is an award winning circus artist based in San Francisco, CA. She performed aerial harness in the Broadway Play “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” and was a principal aerialist on AIDA Cruise Lines for 3 years. She received her training at The New England Center for Circus Arts in the Professional Track Program and has a foundational dance and figure skating background. Wise Fool New Mexico is where her circus journey began in 2010, and will always hold a special place in her heart.