BeTWIXT
Int/Adv Aerial Hoop Retreat
Mexico
be·twixt
/bəˈtwikst/ – in the space separating two people or things; in between.
w master teacher Brit Crumpton
May 14-21, 2023
Space is limited. Sign up now.
a WEEK in PARADISE
BeTWIXT Int/Adv Aerial Hoop/Lyra Retreat with new friends, the beach, delicious, fresh, local food, and great training.
be•twixt is an aerial hoop retreat for anyone ready to research and develop their own work, learn new skills, explore sequences and build confidence in movement quality. This retreat is about the moments that make us individual artists. The moments that allow us to tap into our movement styles and lay a foundation for longterm curiosity.
BeTwixt will give you tools to drive your creative work with heightened internal direction and methods to use for artistic growth. This retreat will encourage you to take up space and help you feel alive in your creative process.
BeTWIXT will guide you towards a deeper authority of your art and broaden your aerial hoop repertoire. It’s going to be an all out aerial hoop frenzy and everything I have to share is on the table. You’ll get as much as I can give you in a week’s time.
The purpose of this retreat – Explore your movement style, build confidence, connect to community, refine your relationship with the aerial hoop, dissect technique and learn new skills! GET CURIOUS.
BeTWIXT Aerial Hoop Retreat will have 2 daily classes.
Themes of morning classes include:
- Technique and sequencing- first day is about getting to know each other.
- Top bar, flipped hoop, roll ups and strappy skills- Building confidence in some advanced pathways and exploring above the hoop skills that incorporate the strap.
- Spinning + fluidity + flare pathways- smooth out, center and gain power in your spinning. We’ll string together skills while challenging your spin.
- Mounts, Rolls – Explore mounts with a spin and learn some of my favorite rolls. Yes, we will cover lion rolls.
- Split tricks, transitions + weight shifts, sequencing-
- We’ve made it to the end of the week and you have more than earned some flashy split tricks. Learn all of my favorite splits for claps.
Themes of afternoon classes include:
- Nervous system regulation for bar/sensation tolerance
- Flexibility- rolling and splits flexibility for hoop skills.
- Movement quality, improv + intuitive movement, breaking the rules- a combination of ground and air exercises to build confidence and curiosity in creative work.
- Artistry and how to explore it for act development- Part lecture, part physical exploration
- Flexibility, C-shaping- back flex night and understanding how c-shaping is relevant to our work in the air.
- Creative methods, explore the floor: learn some of my favorite methods for finding creativity in my work over and over again.
- Get all my tips on how to create your own unique sequences.
The rest of our time can be spent eating amazing, healthy food, swimming in the warm river and ocean, reading in hammocks, and breathing the tropical air.
Intermediate/Advanced Levels WELCOME!
You should consider or have an understanding of the following before you apply:
- at least 1-2 yeas of aerial hoop experience and a regular hoop practice-single point hoop experience
- ability to invert fully under the bar
- comfortable mounting your hoop in a spin-ability to pullover on the top bar (tagging the strap is okay)
- experience with strap and top bar work in some capacity
- some understanding of flare pathways is a plus but not required.
Please reach out to Brit directly if you have questions or need clarity on these prerequisites. She is very open to working with people who are actively working toward skills, even if they aren’t nailing them yet. You can contact her at aerialfirebird@gmail.com.
Space is limited. Sign up now.
Sample of daily schedule
(choose as many or few classes/activities as you like)
8-9:30am Coffee, Tea and Breakfast
9:30-12:30 Aerial Hoop Skills, Technique, Sequencing
1pm Lunch
1-5pm Pool-time, siesta, relaxing
4pm afternoon snack and ice coffee
5-6:30pm Aerial Hoop Creativity, Flexibility, & Artistry
7pm Dinner
8-10pm Evening Activities
We will take you to our favorite beach for swimming, surfing, snorkeling, and releasing baby turtles into the sea.
Together we will research:
Multiple aerial sequences developed by Brit
Top bar, flipped hoop and strappy skills
Brit’s favorite split tricks
Rolls. (yes, lion rolls too)
Slithery transitions Mounts. (old and new)
Technique and why it matters
Artistry and how to explore it for act development
What to do with our arms
Energy, weight shifts and points of contact
Movement quality
Improv and intuitive movement in the air
Spinning and fluidity
Flares and flare pathways
Floor work
Flexibility
Creative methods for developing your own work
Breaking the rules
Space is limited, so sign up now!
About your Coach
Brit is a movement artist fostering mental and physical empowerment through formative and inspired aerial coaching. The path she’s chosen in this life has always been about manipulating her body in artistic ways. For 19 years she trained and competed nationally in classical ballet and contemporary dance. In a rebellious turn of events around 2006, she traded her pointe shoes for circus props and gallivanted all over the country slinging fire on the streets for money. Those adventures cannon-balled her into the world of circus, and so began the wild love affair she has with aerial arts today.
She’s currently living in Hawaii where she coaches and mentors students 1-1 across the globe. As a way to connect with a wider range of artists geographically, Brit spends time cooking up virtual intermediate/advanced level aerial hoop workshops and virtual learning opportunities for the hoop community. She continues to fall in love with the process of being a student herself by seeking high level coaches and mentors in the industry to further develop her work. She’s studied extensively in aerial and flexibility with numerous coaches and has completed a plethora of anatomy, aerial movement, dance and coaching specific training programs from industry leading professionals.
Her approach as a coach is largely focused on deep diving into how individual humans execute movement in an effort to increase the scope of possibility for all bodies in the air. In addition to Brit’s infatuation with efficient training and creative development, she is unwavering in her quest for longevity in this art form. She’s passionate about chasing knowledge and uncomfortable situations where personal growth is imminent. Brit’s often looking for ways to share her work with the community on a deeper level and is actively contributing as a coach in The Parish, a virtual space for aerialists of all levels and disciplines—founded by Circus Mobility.
Connect with Brit here:
IG: @aerial_firebird
FB: Brit Crumpton Aerial Coaching
Website: www.aerialfirebird.com
Email: aerialfirebird@gmail.com
Rates for BeTWIXT Aerial Hoop Retreat
Click here for room descriptions.
Rates are listed in USD. A $500 deposit is required to save your spot. Payment is due in full by April 1, 2023. To get the early bird discounted price, you must pay in full by January 15, 2023.
| Room | Early Bird Price until Jan 15, 2023 | Full Price |
| Dorm (up to 4 people – mixed gender) | $1800 | $2100 |
| Private room w shared bathroom | $2200 | $2500 |
| Private room w private bathroom | $2500 | $2800 |
| Private room w private bathroom & air conditioning | $2800 | $3100 |
Rates refer to cost of one person’s tuition.
Couples/SO’s are welcome at an additional price.
Prices for BeTWIXT Int/Adv Aerial Hoop Retreat include:
- Ground transportation to/from the Puerto Escondido Airport (PXM) to our accommodations*
- Accommodations for the duration of the retreat
- Daily meals – breakfast, lunch, dinner, & snacks/smoothies!
- 2 Daily classes (3-4 hours total/day)
- Photo shoot
- End of retreat showcase performance
- Evening Activities
- Trip to baby turtle release!
- 24 hour use of Swimming Pool, wi-fi, and Community Space
- Homemade chocolates, popsicles, and other treats
- COVID safety compliance
Space is limited. Sign up now.
Links for more information:
- Accommodations – room descriptions
- Meals and Food
- How to get here. Info and advice on booking your travel
- COVID Policy
- Weather in Puerto Escondido
- Testimonials
- Excursions
Discounts
- Sign up early to get the Early Bird Discount
- Refer a friend and get a $100 referral discount.*
- Sign up on our mailing list to find out about more discounts.
Questions? Email us at SweetRetreatsDR@gmail.com.
*Food service begins with lunch on May 14, and ends with breakfast on May 21. The food is amazing!
** Arrive on May 14. Depart on May 21. Your taxi to/from the PXM airport is included if you arrive/depart on designated days. Click here for info about getting to Puerto Escondido.
**Referrals must be first time retreaters and not already have had communication or a relationship with Sweet Retreats.
Note about COVID 19
It is our first priority to make this retreat safe, fun and sustainable, and create a safe get-a-way for people to feel healthy and active during this time.
We have been running our programs throughout the entire pandemic, and we have established a safe and effective policy for safety without sacrificing fun.
Read more about out COVID Policy here.
Your responsibility before traveling to Casa Chango
- We ask everyone to quarantine as carefully as possible for 1 week before your trip to Mexico. This is to lessen the chances of bringing COVID or any other illness on the airplane and to our community in Mexico and at Sweet Retreats.
- Each participant is required to bring at least 1 home antigen test set (each set has 2 tests) to retreat. These help us identify whether or not a participant has covid if they show any symptoms of covid or if someone else tests positive. You can find at home antigen tests at most drug stores in the US or order then online.
- All participants are encouraged to get a COVID VACCINE before coming to this retreat.
- We may require each person to get a PCR test the day before traveling to Casa Chango.
Upon arrival
- During COVID times, our guests and teachers will be a pod and have limited interaction with the local community. We will take nature excursions, beach, river, and outings to local markets.
- Each participant is required to bring at least 2 home antigen tests to the retreat. These help us identify whether or not a participant has covid if they show any symptoms of covid or if someone else tests positive. You can find at home antigen tests at most drug stores in the US or order then online.
- Participants might be able to attend the retreat unmasked depending on the current state of global and local health.
- If a retreater begins to experience symptoms of COVID before or during the retreat, they will be required to get tested immediately and isolate from the group. If this occurs, extra financial investment may incur at the resident’s expense for isolation housing, medical, and/or transportation expenses. Sweet Retreats is not financially responsible for paying for alternative housing or medical expenses. We recommend research on travel and health insurance to help cover costs if that becomes necessary. Sweet Retreats staff will do everything in our power to take care of any sick participant.
- Once the retreat is over, all retreat services will end and participants will be on their own. If anyone tests positive and cannot travel back to their home country, they can book accommodations locally. We will provide them with our contacts for doctors and food services, but we will not be able to continue caring for the individual We encourage all participants to be prepared with funds, research, and a back up plan just in case they get delayed and/or sick after the retreat is over.
- These rules will update according to scientific evidence at any given time. Any participant who breaks this agreement during the retreat will be asked to leave with no refund.
Note: You may be required to get a COVID test before returning to your home country. We will schedule those tests for you, but participants must pay for their test ($40-$100 US). It is your responsibility to research your home country’s test requirements and request the appropriate test.
If a participant tests positive on their covid test at the end of the retreat, it is their responsibility to find housing once the retreat is over. Sweet Retreats cannot accommodate any retreater once the retreat has ended.