February 23 – 27, 2026
Winter Circus Skills Retreat
Circus Camp for Adults
Play at circus all day long in beautiful Vermont with the coaches you love! Select from a main focus area that includes aerial fabric, pole, hand balancing, rope & hoop/lyra. Then pick from a variety of other circus and aerial skills during the afternoon rotation and try new things every day.
This is a great way to rediscover your love of circus, remember skills you might not have done for a while, and try out new things when you are ready.
Worried about the cold? We don’t, because NECCA has heated floors!
Details
When:
February 23 – 27, 2026
Daily Schedule:
8:30 am – 2:30 pm
This includes a 45 minute lunch break
Where:
The Trapezium
10 Town Crier Drive
Brattleboro, Vermont
Cost:
$950
Register By:
January 22, 2026
Ages:
16 & up or by permission of instructor
General Info
Select from a main focus area (see options below). Then pick from a variety of aerials and circus skills for your other training rotation each day. The schedule includes:
- A warm-up
- A main focus apparatus time: Chinese Pole (some experience); Aerial Fabric (intermediate); Hoop/Lyra (intermediate); hand balancing (some experience); Rope (intermediate)
- One rotating activity (options change daily): chinese pole, trampoline/tramp wall, german/cyr wheel, contortion, partner acrobatics, juggling, plus aerials including swinging trapeze, invented apparatus, and more.
- Conditioning and a cool-down
Prerequisites & Suggestions
This Retreat is designed for students with current practices in their focus areas.
- Chinese Pole (some experience): be able to invert in the air, and do two full-length monkey climbs up and down.
- Aerial Fabric (intermediate level): be able to invert frequently in the air without tagging the fabric, execute a ‘windmill’ to hip key on both sides, be comfortable with dive/salto/flippy and single star.
- Aerial Hoop/Lyra (intermediate level): be able to invert frequently from the ground without tagging the hoop, be comfortable with basic beats on the top bar, be able to hold a front balance, back balance and one knee hang for 30 seconds. Spin tolerance is useful, but not required.
- Hand balancing (some experience): be able to hold a handstand against the wall for 1 minute and a free handstand for 10 seconds. Working on jump and press entries.
- Rope (intermediate): be able to invert frequently in the air without tagging the rope, be able to execute a ‘windmill’ to hip key on both sides, be comfortable with dive/salto/flippy and single star.
