ACROCAMP
Join us for a long weekend of Acro fun at Rock Glen camp in western Ontario, surrounded by nature, rivers and waterfalls. AcroTO will be teaming up with Jessalyn 'Cirquefairy" Oxford & Glen 'Acro' Saunders and some of Toronto and New York's best Acroyoga instructors for a 3 day Acro intensive in the great outdoors. All levels are welcome for the 2 day pass as we will be offering both beginner and intermediate workshops to choose from. For the friday intensive, please check the pre-requisites below. No partner required, come make new Acro friends & meet new monkeys in your community to play with all year round. Workshops will vary from L-basing flows, washing machines, pops, whips, trio flows, group acro, SUP Acro, slacro, dance lifts, hand to hand, etc. Friday's optional intensive will be a full day of Standing Acrobatics with the Jes & Glen. We will also be offering yoga, thai massage and you will have free time to play around on the camp and the surrounding national park to explore the trails, waterfalls and activities the camp has to offer (volleyball, lawn bowling, swimming, etc).
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:
DATE: AUG 18th - 20th, 2017 (optional 2 day pass or 3 day pass)
LOCATION: ROCK GLEN CAMPGROUND
8659 Rock Glen Rd, Arkona, ON N0M 1B0
ACCOMMODATION:
We will be staying in cabins so be prepared to bunk up with new friends. We will try to accommodate any requests to group people together, just let us know if you’re coming with a group. If you prefer a private trailer for 1 or 2 people, they can be rented for an additional fee while quantities last. Please contact us directly to enquire. Linen will not provided, please bring your own sheet and towels. There will be camp style non-gender specific eco-toilets and showers.
FOOD:
Lunch and dinner are included, starting from from Friday dinner-Sunday lunch. We will be eating delicious, healthy, family style meals prepared by a local chef. There are kitchens and fridges provided so that you can store any additional food and cook your own breakfast. We will be emailing you closer to the date to find out if you have any dietary requirements and/or allergies.
There will be some drinks and snacks for sale on site, but feel free to bring whatever you might crave.
TICKETS:
***Camp is all SOLD OUT*** If you are still interested in attending, camping is still an option if you provide your own tent. Email us directly to find out more.
*3 day pass includes an intensive standing acrobatics workshop on Friday August 18th with Glen 'Acro' Saunders & Jessalyn "Cirquefairy' Oxford*
Tickets include lunch & dinner and all activities. Prices do not include transportation, however we will try and arrange carpools for anyone who needs a ride.
EARLY BIRD (sign up by May 1st)
3 DAY: $325 | 2 DAY: $250
REGULAR
2 DAY: $325 (SOLD OUT) | 3 DAY: $425
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER (sign up after August 4st)
2 DAY: $375 (SOLD OUT) | 3 DAY: $475
* All prices are in CAD and are subject to HST. These prices include lunch and dinner from Friday dinner-Sunday lunch. There is rain cover for certain workshops and activities, however some will be entirely weather dependent (i.e. SUP Acro & slacklining).
**If you are a certified Acroyoga teacher, please contact us directly for special pricing.
WORKSHOPS
ALL LEVEL
GROUP ACROBATICS
INSTRUCTORS: Jessalyn 'Cirquefairy" Oxford & Glen 'Acro' Saunders
ACRO SUP
PRE-REQUISITES: Solid 30 sec candlestick
INSTRUCTOR: John Fortin
Learn how to maneuver on a paddleboard with a partner. Challenge your balance and bring your acro to the next level. Getting wet is pretty much guaranteed.
ICARIAN POPS
PRE-REQUISITES: TBD
INSTRUCTORS: Jessalyn 'Cirquefairy" Oxford & Glen 'Acro' Saunders
POP IT LIKE IT'S HOT
INSTRUCTOR: David Ung
BEG WASHING MACHINES
INSTRUCTORS: MoeJo Flow
THAI MASSAGE
INSTRUCTOR: Melissa Stewart & Nathan Angeles
MORNING YOGA
INSTRUCTOR: Ashley Monaghan
INTERMEDIATE
STANDING ACROBATICS
PRE-REQUISITES: solid 2 high, 30 sec handstand against a wall, 30 sec foot to hand (L-basing)
INSTRUCTORS: Jessalyn 'Cirquefairy" Oxford & Glen 'Acro' Saunders
DANCE LIFTS
INSTRUCTORS: Jessalyn 'Cirquefairy" Oxford & Glen 'Acro' Saunders
TRIO FLOW
PRE-REQUISITES: TBD
INSTRUCTORS: David Ung, Anya, Sandra & Alice Lau
WHIPS
PRE-REQUISITES: TBD
INSTRUCTOR: David Ung
INT WASHING MACHINES
INSTRUCTORS: Joanne Wu
POP IT LIKE IT'S HOTTER
PRE-REQUISITES: TBD
INSTRUCTOR: David Ung
SCHEDULE
DAY 1 | FRIDAY AUG 18
10:00 AM - Check in begins for the 3 day pass
Take the morning to settle in and enjoy a little free time on the camp.
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM - Standing Acrobatics Intensive
7:30 PM - Dinner
8:30 PM - Campfire jam
Come hangout by the fire, acro if you have any energy left or just roast some marshmallows. Instruments and angelic voices welcome.
DAY 2 | SATURDAY AUG 19
8:00 AM - Check in for 2 day pass begins
9:00 -9:45 AM - Yoga Flow w/ Ashley
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Workshop #1 | Group Acro Games
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM - L-basing foundations w/ Sandra | Icarian Pops w/ Glen & Jess
12:30 PM- 1:30 PM - Lunch
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM - Workshop #3 Dance lifts w/ Glen & Jess | Whips w/ SuperDave
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM - Workshop #4 | Beg Hand to Hand w/ Joanne | Intermediate SUP Acro w/ John Fortin
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM - Workshop #5 | Beg SUP Acro w/ John Fortin | Int Hand to Hand w/ Glen & Jess
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM - Thai Massage & Acropeutics
Get a little R&R. We are hard on each others’ bodies, let’s share a little love and leaner how to help each other recover quickly for more acro fun tomorrow.
7:00 PM - 8PM - Free Time
Enjoy a little free time on the camp to do whatever activities interest you. There’s everything from slacklining, hiking, swimming, lawn bowling to napping in a hammock.
8:00 PM - Dinner
9:00 PM - Talent Show
Time to show off! Show us what you are most excited about to have learned over the weekend, or maybe you have a secret talent you want to share. All performances welcome & encouraged. Do you play an instrument? Hula hoop? Tumbling? Magic? Here’s your chance to amaze us with your tricks.
DAY 3 | Sunday Aug 20
8:00 AM - Yoga flow
9:00 AM -10:30 AM - Workshop #6 | Beg Washing Machine w/ MoeJo Flow | Trio Flow w/ SuperDave, Anya, Sandra & Alice
10:30 AM -12:00 PM - Workshop #7 | Beginner Pops w/ SuperDave | Int Washing Machine w/ Joanne
12:00 PM - Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:30PM - Workshop #8 | TBD w/ Berkeley & Anya | Int Pops w/ SuperDave
3:00 PM -6:00 PM - Acro Beach Jam & Photo shoot at the beach
After checking out, we will convoy to the beach, 15 minutes away. Then we will jam at the beach and take pics to commemorate the incredible weekend and all the fun new things we learned and the new friends we made. All high res images will be provided to the participants via dropbox at the end of the weekend.
PACKING LIST
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TEACHERS
ANYA TARABOULSY | FOUNDER
Since discovering Acroyoga in 2015, while admiring it on the green at the Original Muscle beach in Santa Monica, it has become an integral part of her life and happiness. Anya's greatest passion is to share hers with others and introduce new people to acro.
Her biggest regret was never going to summer camp as a child, but one thing acro has taught her, is that it's never too late to play like a kid, so she decided to organize Acrocamp to make all her childhood dreams come true.
DAVID UNG
David Aka Super Dave is a full time yoga and acroyoga teacher in Toronto. He loves movement of all forms, especially partner and group movements. He is the founder of Acroyoga360.com where he offers yoga and acroyoga classes, playshops, and teacher trainings. David is a big proponent of making movement practices fun and accessible to all. When he's not teaching he performs duo acrobatics, operates playshops worldwide, and takes long siestas.
ASHLEY MONAGHAN
Ashley is currently pursing a Bachelor of Health Sciences at Queen’s University and has a passion for anatomy and physiology. She is a certified Yoga and CrossFit instructor who values movement and mobility as a means to a healthy, independent life. Working closely with each client to make sure all movements are executed safely and with integrity, she values an educated approach to fitness and always allocates time for mobility, rehabilitation and injury prevention. Ashley incorporates yoga, gymnastics, strength training, kettlebell and high intensity interval training into her own regime and finds this combination of movements to be a solid and necessary foundation. Ashley believes there is no “one size fits all” when it comes to fitness as every personality and body is different, therefore each client requires a customized program. Her diverse background makes her training approach unique.
SANDRA ZIMMERMAN | RYT 200, Pilates Mat Certificate
Having fun while discovering one’s full potential, has always been at the heart of Sandra’s public classes as well as her personal practice. Since completing her teacher training in May of 2011, she has been teaching yoga and acroyoga to kids, teens and adults across the greater Toronto area. Sandra was first introduced to acroyoga during teacher training and soon discovered that this specialized form of partner yoga really fulfilled her need to interact and connect with people on a deeper level as well as nurture them and witness their personal growth. Sandra is very involved in the developing acroyoga community, practicing frequently with other teachers in the area and collaborating with them to spread the joy of this unique and rewarding practice.
JESSALYN LEEAN OXFORD & GLEN SAUNDERS
Glen and Jessalyn enjoy delighting audiences and finding creative ways to drop jaws by performing and teaching partner acrobatics all around the world. They met in early 2016 at Pitch Catch Circus School and made it a mission to continue training together. They have since traveled internationally teaching, training, and performing from San Diego to Israel to the Dutch Acrobatics Convention. Glen and Jessalyn have a combined 13 years of acrobatics experience (including Acro Revolution Teacher Training), and they specialize in the partner acrobatic disciplines of hand to hand, Icarian, and AcroYoga. They are currently based in New York City.
Additional Instructors: Joanne Wu, MoeJo Flow, John Fortin, Alice Lau, Berkley Staite and more.