Debbie Collis also grew up on the west coast and started her movement training through a homeschool gymnastics program.  She was later introduced to acro by Jacob.  She liked how acro was similar to gymnastics but also more creative, more free form, and most importantly, more fun.  It was not long before she fell entirely into the grip of acro which is the world’s most wholesome addiction.  Debbie’s long legs and confident movement style make her a beautiful flyer.  Her keen eye for points of form make her an excellent teacher.  In her spare time she enjoys other hobbies such as games, art projects, and setting up scavenger hunts.  She loves nothing more than working on new moves and playing with her friends.  

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Icarians, Whips and Whippops

Pri and Jen are both Acro Revolution certified teachers. When they started practicing together, Pri and Jenny directly felt a strong connection and a shared vision focused on the investigation of new and fluid dynamic movements. They love all kinds of whipping movements, and especially its momentum to create fluidity. They are always looking for new combinations and new synergetic movements. They are Whips, Whip-pops, and Icarians fanatics. Since she was a child, Jennifer has been in love with movement. She’s explored all types of activities such as dancing, climbing, yoga, and so on, before settling her heart on acro. Pri has more than 7 years of experience in acro and since the beginning, he focused on dynamic transitions. All this time he has organized intensive and advanced acroyoga workshops, as well as taken part in retreats, festivals, and meetings. Their latest workshops are part of a successful tour that is taking them to the main European cities to share their passion and knowledge on fluid dynamic transitions.

Tobias Bader & Marieke Drent are two very experienced acrobatics teachers from the Netherlands and long time acro training partners. Together they will be teaching various workshops on … levels in partner acrobatics and dynamic “Rock ‘n’ Roll and Lindy Hop tricks” & Dance Acro….

Tobias has an enormous and detailed knowledge about Partneracrobatics & Acrobalance tricks and training techniques, as well as dynamic “Rock ‘n’ Roll and Lindy Hop tricks” & Dance Acro. He has a yearlong teaching background and knows how to break down a trick and how to provide the necessary cues for both base and flyer. Apart from that he’s a singer-songwriter and has a super nice and sweet personality and you definitely don’t want to miss the opportunity to train with him and a fun group of acrobats! 😉

 Marieke is a playful acrobat, clown and fysical performer. She performs with Dutch Acrobats, VanPlan, The Crowd and is a member of Clownsperspectief.
Marieke is an insightful teacher with the uncanny ability to stop mid-trick in order to explain the flyer’s perspective in detail.

Joe and Orin from Israel are going to teach Icarians and Standing Acrobatics.

Joe currently living in Tel Aviv, is originally from the United States. Joe has a successful studio in Israel teaching all levels of acro from l-basing, icarian, to standing and H2H. Joe has a tremendous passion for Acroyoga, and is dedicated to helping his students succeed and also do it in a way that keeps everyone safe. Joe is an expert at breaking down difficult skills into progressions to help build skills to completion. Joe has a fun, energetic personality, and has a good sense of humor as well, which he bring along with to his classes and workshops!

Joe also is the founder of the “BestOfIcarian, BestofH2H, BestofAcroFails” Instagram Pages, which collects the best videos from around the world.

Orin is an acro teacher from Tel Aviv, Israel. She has been doing acro since childhood being part of her family circus show which travelled the world. She is also a yoga and handstand teacher, plus a tai massuese. She practices all disciplines in acro including flows, Icarian pops, h2h and standing Dynamics. Orin is set on sharing this beautiful practice and is very passionate about teaching, analyzing and breaking complicated skills into easy to understand moves.

Saar Wouters and Ruslan North are founders and teachers at AcroYoga Antwerp since April 2014 and since summer 2015 they became certified AcroYoga Montreal teachers (Level 1 and 2).

In the run of their AcroYoga process, they have established strong connections with the whole AcroYoga Montreal team, which led to organisation of first AcroYoga Montreal Immersions in Europe. Another longlasting collaboration grew forth with Tatjana t’Felt from Copenhagen, which led to creation of acro festival – Belgium Kula, since 2015.

A rich movement history of Saar and Ruslan, before they have ever started with AcroYoga, gave a unique color to their practice. With a deep going authentic Yoga fundament from Saar and a versatile Aikido based movement integration from Ruslan, AcroYoga Antwerp practice is more than a base, a flyer and a spotter role. It is an interaction coming forth from a strong experience oriented approach, strengthened with technical knowledge, which allows participants to enrich their skills within any role.

Next to AcroYoga Antwerp, Saar and Ruslan are founders of Moving Fire Arts – a performance production, wherein they combine fire with dance, theater and AcroYoga. The artistic part has a strong influence at presentation of their acro material during their classes, workshops and intensives.

Saar and Ruslan teach various forms of AcroYoga to beginner, intermediate and advanced practitioners.

Amitai Haberman
From my passion and connection to acro I practice non-stop and from there strive to bring tips and instruction that is accessible and accurate.
I have taught and participated in conventions in Israel and around the world and teach in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem regularly. I completed my 200 hr yoga teacher training at Prana Yoga College and will soon finish another 300 hrs.

I’m super excited to be a part of the convention to facilitate connection to the magic of acro and to help participants discover their hidden strengths and abilities.

I believe that acro is a powerful tool for creating human connection, trust and joy together.

Oriane Attali fell in love with yoga while living on a remote beach in Panama. Up until then, yoga was simply a physical practice to get the heart beating and the sweat flowing. Once discovering a refined inner acceptance and a more peaceful mind through the practice, it was clear yoga was here to stay. She decided to put her degree in Biology aside and continue on to the beautiful lands of Guatemala to become a certified yoga teacher. Ever since then Oriane has been sharing her energy through teaching and encouraging others to challenge their limits both physically and mentally. Focused on alignment-based vinyasa approaches with a combination of dynamic movements, fluid transitions and attention to breath she guides students to strengthen their inner and outer selves. Teaching in various studios, hostels, hotels, workshops, festivals and retreats, Oriane thrives from simply connecting to others and providing a non-judgmental space where each being can feel confident and safe to be as they are.

Together, Amitai and Oriane will be teaching in a structured and organized style incorporating progressions, exciting transitions, and creating amazing energy, good vibes, joy and fun. They are super excited to bring all this energy and be a part of this special gathering!

Katia Gargiulo and Alessandro Amici 
They are passionate about Yoga and Acrobatics and since 2015 they have been managing their Yoga Center in Rome. They teach different disciplines including Hatha Yoga, Anukalana Yoga, YogaTube, Feet up, Aerial Yoga and Acroyoga California, Montreal and Anukalana inspired styles.

They are both Thai massage operators that they use also a lot during the teaching of Acroyoga. Alessandro is a very good massage therapist and is always available to donate a de-contracting maneuver to his students! Katia is at the same time a sensitive and strict teacher, she urges her students to do better and gets upset if the spotter is distracted! They are both enthusiastic teachers of Acroyoga, handstand and hand-to-hand, for which they regularly hold weekly courses and weekends workshops in Rome. In their practice and teaching there is never a shortage of pops, whips and above all, hand to hand!

What makes this couple truly exceptional is their ability to pass on to their students the passion for the depth of Yoga and the playfulness of Acrobatics. Physically not exactly proportionate, they immediately communicate that there is no limit to what can be achieved with commitment and a positive attitude. Together they create a playful, supportive and energetic environment in which to learn the beautiful figures and sequences of Acroyoga in a natural and safe way.

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As we are both quite active people, way back when we met in 2016, we started exploring the world of standing and L-based acrobatics. With previous experience in rather different sports (basketball, figure skating, ballet and latin dance) it was no easy transition, but that was what made it fun and made us learn all the ways you could fail before succeeding. After developing our practice we started holding workshops and as interest grew we formed NS Acrobalance with regular classes held weekly and a community growing around it. Since then we held workshops in our region (Serbia, Croatia, Greece) and performed in different venues and festivals (Exit Festival, Piano City, Cirko Balkana) and even landed interviews on local TV shows.

Our goal is to develop a sense of freedom, playing with different shapes and connecting them to music while transitioning from L-basing to standing tricks and back. In other words, to have fun

 Oriane Attali fell in love with yoga while living on a remote beach in Panama. Up until then, yoga was simply a physical practice to get the heart beating and the sweat flowing. Once discovering a refined inner acceptance and a more peaceful mind through the practice, it was clear yoga was here to stay. She decided to put her degree in Biology aside and continue on to the beautiful lands of Guatemala to become a certified yoga teacher. Ever since then Oriane has been sharing her energy through teaching and encouraging others to challenge their limits both physically and mentally. Focused on alignment-based vinyasa approaches with a combination of dynamic movements, fluid transitions and attention to breath she guides students to strengthen their inner and outer selves. Teaching in various studios, hostels, hotels, workshops, festivals and retreats, Oriane thrives from simply connecting to others and providing a non-judgmental space where each being can feel confident and safe to be as they are.

Howdy Tio is Awareness in motion a concept of experience yourself through movement, structure and breath. Mainly he teaches and gives Thai massage Pichest style throughout the Netherlands. Next to that he is a WDP internal martial arts advanced instructor which held his school for 7 years. Became 3 times national Taiji champion. Since 2003 his life changed into what now his life’s mission to spread change in people’s lives. His unique way of teaching is a constant evolving fusion of teachers, philosophies and self realization Teaching since 2011 throughout the Netherlands(and abroad) and now has an extensive education program in Thai massage, Thai chair massage, Thai table massage and (private)coaching. If you see me just say hello and im happy to share Thai massage questions.

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Samuella Barkmeijer
In 2017 I started acroyoga. In the beginning it was a challenge, but after a while I started looking forward to the classes and I realized that it brought me much more than just a physical challenge. After a few years of doing acroyoga I did the Acroyoga Teacher Training in September 2019. Now I teach workshops and weekly classes and I am so happy and feel privileged that I can do that.

I love it, that when I am doing and teaching acroyoga, I feel my inner child growing and I can’t think about other things like work or ‘to do’ lists. It helps me to come back in the here and now.

I wish everyone the same feeling that I got through acroyoga in their own journey of life and I love to spread this through acroyoga with you!

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Jos de  Koster
About 5 years ago while travelling through South-America he got first tried acroyoga and  ever since he wanted to learn more and more.

In 2018 he did his teachertraining with Acroyoga International.

Now based in Gouda he started teaching regular classes and teaches at acro-conventions.

As a kid he was already fascinated by movement and liked trying handstands and practised sports like skating, windsurfing etc. 

What he likes most about acroyoga are washingmachines, handtohands, whips and (Icarian) pops and sharing these skills with others.

Lennert Stevens and Yvonne Gravemaker are the founders of Dutch AcroYoga Festival. Few years back, in 2017, Lennert and Yvonne practiced AcroYoga in the park on their first date. Lennert practiced only for few months, Yvonne once did a workshop with Jason Nemer and Jenny Sauer-Klein years back, but never since. Lennert and Yvonne fell both in love with AcroYoga, and… with each other.

Ever since they practice together as much as possible, and after attending several AcroYoga workshops, festivals, and immersion, they felt the desire to spread their love for AcroYoga with the world.

In spring 2018 they taught their first AcroYoga Lunar Workshop, which was a big success, and the following Summer, they participated in the AcroYoga International Teacher Training in Berlin. Since then, they’re unstoppable and teach weekly AcroYoga Classes in Leiden, The Hague and Haarlem, organise workshops, got invited for to teach at team-building and team-outing events, and teach and organise the Dutch AcroYoga Festival since 2019.

Their motto: spread the love of AcroYoga with as many people as possible and get them hooked as themselves.

They love the playfulness, togetherness, and connections AcroYoga brings, and have a strong love for flowy side star flows and washingmachines, as well as icarians and whip-pops. They both taught AcroYoga over 500 hours already.

Lennert

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Yvonne

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AcroYoga Moves (Lennert & Yvonne)

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Renée Sunbird was first introduced to Yoga by her father.
Some years later she studied Indology (Sanskrit) and Philosophy at the University of Vienna and started to practice Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga.
She went to India several times to deepen her Yoga practice and started to study Indian music, Mantra and Bhajan singing.

Mantras are the sound of the Universe. Some say that they have always existed and that we can actually hear them when we start listening to Silence.
When we start chanting Mantras, we can enter a deep state of meditation and feel who we really are.

For many years, Renée and her husband Boris have been leading soundhealing concerts
Renée has released four albums with Mantra music and there is a Kirtan almost every month in their Yogacenter Ganesha in Vienna (ashtanga.at).

listen to some of her music here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUxj-qgKi34
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8ejuF4WhSM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmqGRkBq12U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHlE2__Gulc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW05kJHUJ9w

Aylish (The Netherlands)

Adrian Bouguet (France), aka Acrofroggy, is an ashtangi who fell in love with acroyoga on his first try.
For several years, he has wondered about movement through his practice of several disciplines, such as capoeira or climbing.
He learned about pedagogy through the human sciences (history, art history) as well as the applied arts (sculpture, painting, etc.) or the craft (bakery, forge, etc.).
Few years ago, he discovered Acroyoga with VanCity Acro and then with Acrofusion. For him, it has been a revelation, and he never stopped since.

Today he teach regular classes of Acroyoga in Paris and organises international events ( Paris Acroyoga Festival )
and workshops. He also wrote some books about acroyoga.

In his classes, he particularly take care to create a safe environment, for everyone to feel safe to devellop their creativity. He likes to understand
personal way of moving, the deep meaning of a motion, and encourage his students to create their own.
In acrobatics, he loves to be able to truly work in connection with his partner, finding the link that connect two individuals to create a unique flow.

Veronica Cruz (Mexico / Belgium)

Anouk is a Belgian flyer. She has explored different sport activities (gymnastics, tennis, dance, horse driving,…). Her first acroyoga classes were a revelation. From that day on, she would focus on that discipline. Feeling alone in her previous activities, she got hooked by the cooperation involved in acro. Thanks to verbal and corporal communication, washing machines are performed with confidence. With F2H and H2H, movement gives space for balance. Still a subtile communication plays its role.

She likes to share her vision of acro while teaching and partying every victory with her learners. Gratitude to Veronica and Paulo, her coteachers.

Marysia Gawlik & Julian Wash. We define our work as icarian acrobatics. We have been intensively cooperating for 2 years, during which we developed our skills by training ourselves, as well as participating in various types of circus and acroyoga festivals. We are lovers of dynamic elements that require a lot of cooperation and trust in pair. Our shows are a combination of icarian games, acroyoga washing machines and partner acrobatics.

In 2019 we’ve participated in Poland’s Got Talent which motivated us to create three new shows and let us won the program.

So far, we have had the opportunity to share our knowledge in several workshops in Poland, including Krakow, Warsaw, Ostróda, Wroclaw and AcroFever Retreat organized in Burdąg.

Besides their duo, Marysia is an aerialist and instructor of aerial acrobatics for children and adults for 4 years. Julian is a circus artist, he is doing a german wheel and juggling act.

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Lennert and Yvonne met in 2017 and they played some acroyoga the first time. They’re both quite new to the practice, but both got an active background in sports and yoga. Ever since that day, they’re highly  addicted to the practice. You’ll find them often at festivals, conventions and workshops to improve their skills, connect with others, and get inspired for their own classes and workshops. In 2018 they both graduated from the AcroYoga Teacher Training (AYI). They have a huge love for flowy washing machines, whips, whippops and of course icarians.

Besides teaching at festivals and teaching regular classes and workshops, they’re the founders of Dutch AcroYoga Festival, which is held since 2019 in different Dutch cities, several times a year. For the local community, they created AcroYoga Moves, active mainly in The Hague and Leiden.

Recently they got their own AcroYoga temple, a beautiful space in the centre of Leiden where they will organise regular classes, jams, and workshops by both themselves and guest teachers as soon as it’s allowed again!

They’re looking forward to meeting you!

Lennert

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Yvonne

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AcroYoga Moves (Lennert & Yvonne)

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Tobias Bader & Marieke Drent are two very experienced acrobatics teachers from the Netherlands and long time acro training partners. Together they will be teaching various workshops on … levels in partner acrobatics and dynamic “Rock ‘n’ Roll and Lindy Hop tricks” & Dance Acro….

Tobias has an enormous and detailed knowledge about Partneracrobatics & Acrobalance tricks and training techniques, as well as dynamic “Rock ‘n’ Roll and Lindy Hop tricks” & Dance Acro. He has a yearlong teaching background and knows how to break down a trick and how to provide the necessary cues for both base and flyer. Apart from that he’s a singer-songwriter and has a super nice and sweet personality and you definitely don’t want to miss the opportunity to train with him and a fun group of acrobats! 😉

Marieke is a playful acrobat, clown and fysical performer. She performs with Dutch Acrobats, VanPlan, The Crowd and is a member of Clownsperspectief.
Marieke is an insightful teacher with the uncanny ability to stop mid-trick in order to explain the flyer’s perspective in detail.

Maxime Kroot & Karel Salet

Maxime Kroot has her roots in modern dance. She loves to create her own movememts combining dance, yoga and acrobatics.

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Karel Salet is a dedicated acrobat and has been teaching over the last 6 years in weekly classes, national and international conventions.

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Combined they will bring you smooth dancy flows with dynamic acro lifts.

Johan.

At 22 years old, out of great excitement for Circus arts, I started my path as an acrobat. 
And a few years later I was certified as a Holistic Massage practitioner.
 Then I found AcroYoga, which blends all three disciplines, so I felt right at home!
 By now, I’ve been teaching AcroYoga for over ten years, and I’m still learning new things every day.
 I see myself as a teacher and coach in the broadest sense of the word.
Because I love inspiring and challenging people to step into their next level of being, whatever that looks like for them.
 I do this both in individual coaching and in AcroYoga.
I love the beauty of meeting others in the depth of their being, and also the fun of playing together and soaring to the skies.
 Life is our playground: it’s up to us how amazing and full of love we want to make it.
And that’s possible for every one of us. Let’s play!

Samuella Barkmeijer
In 2017 I started acroyoga. In the beginning it was a challenge, but after a while I started looking forward to the classes and I realized that it brought me much more than just a physical challenge. After a few years of doing acroyoga I did the Acroyoga Teacher Training in September 2019. Now I teach workshops and weekly classes and I am so happy and feel privileged that I can do that.

I love it, that when I am doing and teaching acroyoga, I feel my inner child growing and I can’t think about other things like work or ‘to do’ lists. It helps me to come back in the here and now.

I wish everyone the same feeling that I got through acroyoga in their own journey of life and I love to spread this through acroyoga with you!

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Mornings are for slowly waking up the body and mind. Connecting with yourself, gently starting to switch on each and every part of your system. Building the strength to conquer the day with vision and grace. In this slow morning vinyasa practice you will notice how valuable it is to start the day with dedicated time just for ‘you’. 

💁🏽‍♀️ Jana’s curiosity for life, while optimizing her own health, both physically and mentally, led her to exploring all kinds of healing methods. With lots of trial and error she experienced the importance of coming out of the mind, into the body. In particular through yoga.

First yoga was a physical activity for her, coming from a strong sports background. Always challenging her limits and pushing further. Over time yoga became a mental space to ground, process, stretch, relax and go inwards. After practising for years she started facilitating spaces for others to explore this as well. Using free movement to connect with the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. Accepting what is. Switching perspective from the outer- to the inner world. Focussing on what feels good instead of ‘what is supposed to be’ or ‘how it should look like’.

Jana loves connecting people to themselves and the world around them, bringing a calm and peaceful vibe to her classes. Whether teaching on festivals, in studios, in offices, in privates or workshops, she is always encouraging students to trust in their unique flow, to embrace whatever is present and to find their own way.

Aylish (The Netherlands)

Adrian Bouguet (France), aka Acrofroggy, is an ashtangi who fell in love with acroyoga on his first try.
For several years, he has wondered about movement through his practice of several disciplines, such as capoeira or climbing.
He learned about pedagogy through the human sciences (history, art history) as well as the applied arts (sculpture, painting, etc.) or the craft (bakery, forge, etc.).
Few years ago, he discovered Acroyoga with VanCity Acro and then with Acrofusion. For him, it has been a revelation, and he never stopped since.

Today he teach regular classes of Acroyoga in Paris and organises international events ( Paris Acroyoga Festival )
and workshops. He also wrote some books about acroyoga.

In his classes, he particularly take care to create a safe environment, for everyone to feel safe to devellop their creativity. He likes to understand
personal way of moving, the deep meaning of a motion, and encourage his students to create their own.
In acrobatics, he loves to be able to truly work in connection with his partner, finding the link that connect two individuals to create a unique flow.

Food is included in your ticket price! We’re super happy that our lovely cook Eveline Delnooz will take care of our tummies! Eveline is an awesome cook who’s used to cook for big groups of AcroYogi’s and acrobats that do not only need a full plate of deliciousness, but also need it to be rich in nutritions. And that’s exactly what Eveline will take care of. She will be supported by a group of amazing Karma Yogi’s that will cut our veggies with love! Shout out to the cook and the Karma Yogi’s!

André is a videographer from the Netherlands and likes to capture all kinds of projects and definitely awesome acro-tricks with his camera. He will be filming during the festival to create a short aftermovie. André is practicing Calisthenics and is pretty new to the acro scene but eager to learn and always in to have some fun and play with different flyers. Whenever you have some cool tricks to be captured on film; search for the guy with long blond hair walking around with his video camera (or he may be laying on the floor in the L-base position).

Astrid is an enthousiast photographer who’s always in for new challenges. Looking forward to shoot amazing tricks and the ambiance of this festival.

ALFONSO SABAIDEE, aka the Icarian Prime Minister, is a passionate and tireless learner of Acroyoga and Acrobatics since the first moment he discovered it. Partner Acrobatics teacher and Cofounder of AcroWings, project with which Alfonso and Céline have been travelling and teaching around Europe sharing their love for Pops, Whips, Balance and Standing Acro in numerous workshops and conventions. Also working and teaching with many teachers around Europe including Alberto with whom he also performs all around the world.
Humour, challenges and technique are the pillars of his teaching practice. Let yourself be encouraged by his energy and enthusiasm to face your limits in a safe and fun environment.

ALBERTO BETSINLAO is a multidisciplinary mexican artist. His path in Circus arts started in 2003, and developed at the same time as his interest in dancing. In the field of theater he has carried out: La Formation du l’acteur à Theater 2 l’acte and the Master of Arts in Physical Theater at the Accademia Teatro Dimitri in Switzerland.
At the circus school “CRAC”. he developed an artistic and acrobatic gesture in his personal research called “Acro-contact partnering”.
His axes of creation and transmission are based in physicality, work based in relationship, communication and subtlety between partners and collectives through body language.

Marysia Gawlik & Julian Wash. We define our work as icarian acrobatics. We have been intensively cooperating for 2 years, during which we developed our skills by training ourselves, as well as participating in various types of circus and acroyoga festivals. We are lovers of dynamic elements that require a lot of cooperation and trust in pair. Our shows are a combination of icarian games, acroyoga washing machines and partner acrobatics.

In 2019 we’ve participated in Poland’s Got Talent which motivated us to create three new shows and let us won the program.

So far, we have had the opportunity to share our knowledge in several workshops in Poland, including Krakow, Warsaw, Ostróda, Wroclaw and AcroFever Retreat organized in Burdąg.

Besides their duo, Marysia is an aerialist and instructor of aerial acrobatics for children and adults for 4 years. Julian is a circus artist, he is doing a german wheel and juggling act.

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Mira and Bencho have been teaching Acro for the last 7 years. Bencho has been practicing it for over a decade! He is Based in Israel, but Acro-travels often. Mira, an Israeli based in France, has a dominant part in the Israeli Acro events, organizing & teaching team. They both have been teaching in conventions, retreats & workshops around the world, but also weekly classes and privates. They are extremely excited to pass on their knowledge. Mira has been a gymnast for 30 years now! Gym teacher, Circus teacher, Thai massage Therapist & Acrobatics teacher she is very resourceful and creative. And Bencho much like superman wears a Tie when he’s not flying people in the air.

Mira & Bencho met 3 years ago in the amazing Israeli Jams and have been teaching and flying together, on every occasion they had. It is important to them, that their classes hold a professional and safe space, but at the same time are filled with joy and laughter. both Mira and Bencho love to change rolls (with similar size flyer/base to their own) and therefor have a deeper understanding of each other’s roll. They are Pro’s of Icarian Games but also love Standing Acro, H2H’s & 3-4 people’s Machines.
In their classes all skills are broken down into small digestible steps to accommodate fast and safe learning. A constant emphasis on positive communication, techniques and on beeing secure emotionally and physically, makes their classes stand out, brining the learning experience to a higher level, literally. 🙂

Amir and Yska, both graduated from different circus schools. They acquired most of the abilities and knowledge from practicing independently, mostly by attending workshops or jams and through exploring theirs bodies and learning to flow together.

As long as our connection is getting deeper, we find new ways to explore more moves without words, and we discover methods how to put less effort and get better results.

Acro for us is much more than just a physical practice. It is also a great opportunity to meet new amazing people. From time to time it happens that the people we practice with, become a big part of our lives. On the other side, acro is also a space where we can deal with our fears, insecurities, and self judgement. When we connect with our bodies for a practice it’s almost impossible to hide our feelings, therefore we have no other option but to stay sincere with each other.

Our approach for practice itself is to try to use our bodies’ natural gifts. We believe this what makes the practice more authentic and fluent. Each of us has a one unique body of his, with special features and very different needs. We want to listen to those needs and work with them.

We are inspired by various methods of bodywork and movement such as Acrodance, Ido Portal Method and classic acrobatics. We like to combine it to our practice, to make it more holistic to the body and soul.

Trevor started his acrobatic journey as a ballroom dance instructor specializing in dance with lifts. Over time, he came to love acrobatics with or without dance involved. He trains and teaches many styles of partner acrobatics: Standing, L-basing, Icarian, group builds, dynamic, and static tricks. He loves to understand the deeper reasons certain movements work and to find those “aha!” moments both in his own practice as well as for his students. 

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Sytske trains and teaches both in her hometown Nijmegen, NL, and in international events. In her teaching she strives to create a safe space, encourages creativity,  and likes to give personal attention. In acrobatics she loves to be able to truly work together, refining the details to create effortless and smooth movements. In her practice, she likes to explore Hand to Hand balances, fluid dance acrobatics and dynamic pops. 

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Sytske and Trevor met while attending Pitch Catch Circus in spring 2019, and they have been training together ever since. They currently teach together in Nijmegen, Netherlands. They both love to discover and work on the refinements and details that make a skill look effortless and calm. They enjoy breaking down complicated skills into accessible progressions to help their students reach new heights. They train most styles of partner acrobatics together and love teaching Hand to hand, Icarian, and Dance Acro. 

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Maxime Kroot & Karel Salet.

Maxime Kroot has her roots in modern dance. She loves to create her own movememts combining dance, yoga and acrobatics.

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Karel Salet is a dedicated acrobat and has been teaching over the last 6 years in weekly classes, national and international conventions.

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Combined they will bring you smooth dancy flows with dynamic acro lifts.

Natalia & Joshua met on the 28th of January 2016, it was love at first acro. Ever since they have cultivated an acro practice that focuses on: in depth technical analysis and understanding of the acro system, mindful and controlled movement with emphasis on smooth execution and impeccable technique. What does all this mean? It means they make acro feel good, and they believe it is an exercise in effortlessness

You know the feeling when you love something so much you want to share it with the entire world, well that was our biggest motivation to learn not only how to do acro but also teach it and explain it in a way that is comprehensible to everyone while being fun. We wanted everyone who comes to learn from us to leave with a positive mind set and a feeling of victory for that day. Our goal is not only to teach our students but also for them to develop a desire to be better and advance in their knowledge and skill.

As we are both quite active people, way back when we met in 2016, we started exploring the world of standing and L-based acrobatics. With previous experience in rather different sports (basketball, figure skating, ballet and latin dance) it was no easy transition, but that was what made it fun and made us learn all the ways you could fail before succeeding. After developing our practice we started holding workshops and as interest grew we formed NS Acrobalance with regular classes held weekly and a community growing around it. Since then we held workshops in our region (Serbia, Croatia, Greece) and performed in different venues and festivals (Exit Festival, Piano City, Cirko Balkana) and even landed interviews on local TV shows.

Our goal is to develop a sense of freedom, playing with different shapes and connecting them to music while transitioning from L-basing to standing tricks and back. In other words, to have fun

Food is included in your ticket price! We’re super happy that our lovely cook Eveline Delnooz will take care of our tummies! Eveline is an awesome cook who’s used to cook for big groups of AcroYogi’s and acrobats that do not only need a full plate of deliciousness, but also need it to be rich in nutritions. And that’s exactly what Eveline will take care of. She will be supported by a group of amazing Karma Yogi’s that will cut our veggies with love! Shout out to the cook and the Karma Yogi’s!

Gertjan and DAYF care a lot about your safety. Gertjan will try to keep you going strong the whole festival long! He will help you with small and bigger injuries.