WILLIAMSBURG — There's a new way to take flight in Williamsburg.
An aerial, dance and circus studio called Brooklyn Airspace offers about 30 classes a week — including lessons on how to dance in the air with either silks or suspended steel hoops.
Founders Jennifer Kovacs, Kyla Ernst-Alper and Shalva Wise opened the studio in performance space Immersive Gallery at 132 Bedford Ave., hoping to have a place that supports professional dancers, circus performers and beginners.
Aerial acrobatics, dance and activities like the German Wheel are art forms, but the classes will be great for locals looking for an unusual workout too, the founders said.
"Basically every class here is fitness," Ernst-Alper said. "You're going to get stronger and you're going to get more flexible and balanced and coordinated."
All three women have backgrounds in aerial acrobatics and dance.
Kovacs, director of the aerial program, was a resident aerialist at Galapagos Art Space before it closed and has performed at functions like Ariana Grande's grandfather's birthday and a surprise birthday party for Usher.
Ernst-Alper, director of "ground" classes, has been with several dance companies in New York, including Elisa Monte Dance and Battery Dance Company, while Wise has been practicing aerial arts for several years and will be handling operations at the space.
Beginners and professionals alike will be able to learn how to spin, climb and turn upside down in the air with silks.
For people looking to stay on the ground, classes like ballet, modern dance and even a dance class set to house music will be offered.
"All of our classes have an edge to them," Kovacs said.
Ground classes are $16 for a 60-minute class, $18 for a 90-minute class and $20 for a 120-minute class.
Aerial classes cost $30 for a 60-minute class or $40 for a 90-minute class, and Cyr Wheel classes — which involve acrobats spinning inside a wheel that moves on the ground — cost $40.
Members who pay a $10 monthly fee get access to open studio time on Wednesdays between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. and $3 off all ground classes except Cyr Wheel. Aerialists can use the studio during a two-hour supervised training time for $20.
In other local business news:
► A Filipino and American restaurant will open in Williamsburg in February at 2 Hope St.
Manila Social Club, run by Bjorn DelaCruz and his siblings, will serve food inspired by DelaCruz's childhood in the Philippines and travels across the United States, Europe and the Caribbean, according to the Village Voice.
► Bushwick bar and restaurant Forrest Point is launching brunch service this weekend.
For $14, the spot at 970 Flushing Ave. will offer an entree with home fries, coffee or tea and a brunch cocktail. Dishes include a Reuben Benedict with corned beef and sauerkraut, quinoa oatmeal with blueberry, figs and coconut milk and an open-faced omelette with spicy feta, cauliflower and kale.
Dishes range between $6 and $13. Brunch will be available on Saturdays and Sundays between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.
