👉 Fun Bridge Variations For Your Junior Acro Dancers

Once your junior dancers have a strong bridge with good technique, it's time to start adding variations to keep them engaged and challenge their bodies AND brains.

Here are 3 fun bridge variations to play with in class:

✅ Circular Bridge

✅ Kneeling Bridge & Recover

✅ Monkey Puzzle Bridge

✅ Circular Bridge

Creates beautiful movement that looks great on stage. Perform with or without the recover to standing depending on your dancers' level.

📌 Tip: Train both sides.

Kneeling Bridge & Recover:

This one doubles as a drill - it teaches your dancers to roll up through their spine one vertebra at a time without sinking into their low backs.

Once they've got it, try it on one leg.

Monkey Puzzle Bridge:

A challenge for the body AND the brain. Tell your dancers where to place their hands and feet BEFORE they go upside down - it gets tricky once inverted.

How it works:

Start by replacing the hand with the foot and twisting into a circular bridge
Pick up the opposite hand and foot to face the back
Continue the same motion — always opposite hand to leg, staying in a perfect square

📌 Tip: Train both directions. Start on their dominant side first.

Bridge variations keep your dancers excited about a skill they already know - and give them a clear path to progress beyond the basics.

Let me know which one you try first in your classes!

5 comments