Ive been going to Buffalo Aerial Dance for over 2 years now. I started as a complete beginner and now Ive gotten to push myself on trapeze (my favorite!), lyra, silks, rope and a few other specialty aerial apparatuses. The student showcases have let me work on choreography and build my confidence until I eventually moved into public performances and teaching childrens classes and parties. The group we have here is such a supportive, creative, strong presence in my gym life. I cant recommend B.A.D. highly enough!

Amazing instructors that help you soar to new heights in both skills and confidence. Not only it was it the first studio in Buffalo, but it’s also the only studio to put safety before everything else. Highly recommended

Lovely studio! I trained here while visiting Buffalo, and Erica was so accommodating and welcoming. Will definitely be going back the next time I am in the area.

The studio that brought aerial arts to Buffalo! High standards for safety, technique, and fun. Great community of people, and incredible talent. B.A.D. offers awesome classes in a unique space.

Fantastic studio! I love this place and so happy that I found it when I moved here after college.

She’s hanging in thereErica Cope has trained throughout the country and in Canada to become an authority on all these aerial apparatus, and then she learned to teach others through the New England Center for Circus Arts. Ariel Dance involves executing a variety of acrobatic stunts and moves while suspended in the air in one of several devices. It can be graceful, or dramatic, often both. The sport—and we’ll call it a sport in the athletic sense of the word—is wildly popular in Montreal, where Cirque de Soleil is based. Many world class aerialists are also based in our neighbor to the north, Toronto. Seattle, Chicago, Atlanta, and Pittsburgh all have thriving aerial arts scenes, but until Erica Cope brought the skill to Buffalo in 2014, this city was left (not) hanging.For the past several years, Cope has been performing and teaching the suspension arts. She teachers a variety of classes for students eight and up that emphasize fitness and skill. Some integrate yoga. She even does birthday parties. And Cope is constantly improving, searching for new techniques.

Best place ever! Great instructor and friendly students.

Erica and her staff are nothing short of amazing. They work with every clients strengths and weaknesses individually and get them up and flying in no time!

Erica is amazing! I have seen her and her passion shows for what she does!!!!