April Updates #1
SUMMER TRAINING AT NECCA
FOR ADULTS!
Make circus your focus for a few days, weeks, or the entire summer! Enjoy the amenities of our custom built Trapezium and all of the outdoor activities a Vermont summer provides. We understand if you’ve had to take a break from circus – come as you are and our individualized programs will take you to the next level.
Take a look below, mark your calendars, and get those vacation days ready!
Aerial Skills Week: June 14 – 18
Circus Skills Week: June 14 – 18
Summer Intensive: June 14 – July 18
Performance Boot Camp: July 19 – August
All of our programming is COVID safe. Check out our extensive safety protocols here. Vermont residents and anyone who has had their second COVID vaccine more than 14 days before entering the state may register. See you soon!
AERIAL SKILLS WEEK
JUNE 14 – 18
Do aerial all day, every day in beautiful Vermont with the coaches you love! Select from a main focus on trapeze, aerial fabric, lyra or rope, then pick from a variety of other aerial and circus skills for your other 2 training areas each day. The schedule includes a warm up, apparatus time split into skill levels, and workshops on injury prevention, rigging basics, and conditioning. For those who want the full Vermont experience we’ll add in a bonfire night, dinner at a restaurant on the river, and morning run/walk or meditation time along the river path.
COST: $925 (Financial aid is available – email us.)
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT: Get the special $900 early bird price if you register before May 14!
INSTRUCTORS: Elsie Smith, Serenity Smith Forchion, Aimee Hancock, Jenna Ciotta, and more!
AGES: 16 and up.
SCHEDULE: Monday – Thursday: 9 am – 5 pm. Friday: 9 am – 4 pm.
PREREQUISITES: Beginners are welcome, but a level of fitness is helpful as these are long days of activity! More advanced aerialists will work in more advanced groups. Vermont residents and anyone who has had their second COVID vaccine more than 14 days before entering the state may register.
CIRCUS SKILLS WEEK
JUNE 14 – 18
Circus camp for adults in beautiful Vermont! You’ll to select from a main focus area of trampoline/tramp wall, hand balancing or wheel arts, then pick from a variety of other circus skills for your other 2 training times each day, including trampoline/tramp wall, balancing, parkour/acrobatics, aerials, handstands, partner acrobatics, juggling, wheel arts and more. We’ll have a group warm up to start the day, and after lunch each day we’ll provide a workshop on injury prevention, self care, and/or conditioning.
COST: $925 (Financial aid is available – email us.)
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT: Get the special $900 early bird price if you register before May 14!
INSTRUCTORS: Alyk Fuller, Zeb Galipeau, and more!
AGES: 16 and up.
SCHEDULE: Monday – Thursday: 9 am – 5 pm. Friday: 9 am – 4 pm.
PREREQUISITES: Beginners are welcome, but a level of fitness is helpful as these are long days of activity! More advanced participants will work in more advanced groups. Vermont residents and anyone who has had their second COVID vaccine more than 14 days before entering the state may register.
SUMMER INTENSIVE
JUNE 14 – JULY 18
Push yourself physically while diving deep into the world of circus arts in this five week immersive training program. NECCA’s professional coaches will help you push harder, explore deeper, and fly higher to help you see where your circus journey can take you. Our custom built facility includes air conditioning, an in-ground foam pit and trampoline, as well as 40′ and 24′ rigging points. You can enjoy the fun and beauty of summer in Vermont with swimming, hiking, biking and water sports just steps away from NECCA’s front door.
Check out our website for full details on the 18 hours of coaching/week, private lessons, unlimited practice time, and so much more!
AGES: 18 and up – come with a circus arts background, or start circus for the first time!
COACHES: The program is directed by Elsie Smith, plus a variety of other coaches including Alyk Fuller, Zeb Galipeau, Jenna Ciotta, and Serenity Smith.
COST: $3,000. Deposit of $1000 due 2 weeks after acceptance, balance due June 1st.
PERFORMANCE BOOT CAMP
JULY 19 – AUGUST 6
MONDAY – FRIDAY | 9 AM – 5 PM
Live out your passion all day, every day in one of NECCA’s most intensive performance-centered programs. You’ll spend your days pushing your technical skills, artistry, and stage presence to the edge as you create your own individual act as well as through the collaborative development of a full ensemble show. The program is overseen by an internationally recognized artistic team of directors and coaches thrilled to challenge you to new heights in our amazing custom built facility surrounded by the picturesque Vermont summer.
Visit our website to learn more about what each day entails and all of the circus fun you’ll have strengthening your performance skills and making an act that will be performed at the end of the program.
AGES: Pre-professional circus students ages 14 and up.
COACHES: Aimée Hancock directs the program. Other coaches include Zeb Galipeau, Jenna Ciotta, and Elsie Smith.
COST: $1700. Deposit of $850 will secure your spot, and we can set up flexible installments with the final payment due July 5th.
