Aerial Residency Mexico
Spring/Summer 2021
Creative & Technical Development in Aerial Arts
at Casa Chango Mexico
1 spot left for 4 week Aerial Teacher Training
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3 month program is sold out.
Course Program
4 week Aerial Teacher Training July 5-August 1 – 1 spot left1 month program – May 8-June 5 Sold out
2 month program – May 8-July 3 Sold outFull 3 month program May 8-August 1 Sold out
Aerial Teacher Training Module
3 month course program includes an optional focus on Aerial Teacher Training.
Come quaran-train with us.
Spend 3 months immersing yourself in aerial arts at our safe, tropical paradise retreat center by the beach. Advance your skills, meet your goals, and develop yourself as an artist. Eat delicious, fresh food, learn Spanish, and absorb the warm, climate. In this Aerial Residency Mexico, all meals, accommodations, and classes are included.
Working from home? Work from here!
Culture
Experience Mexican culture in a safe, friendly environment. Learn Spanish too!
Creative Development
Explore the creative process and develop yourself as an aerial artist.
Physical Development
Advance your technical skills, strength & flexibility.
Nature
Swim, surf, waterfalls, hot springs, baby turtles, bioluminescence, and more.
Immersion
Live with like-minded people. Work/study remotely. Eat better than ever!
Accommodations, meals, and classes
We have everything we need inside our Casa Chango Retreat & Training Center facility located 4 blocks from the beach. Accommodations options include a large shared house or a 2 bedroom casita. Classes are held in our beautiful open air gym. All meals are included, and you will never eat so well as when you are here. There is plenty of time to relax, work/study remotely, and enjoy the swimming pool. Spanish classes anyone? We are never in a rush, and we have all the time we need to reach our goals.
1 spot left in Aerial Teacher Training July 5-Aug 1!
Note about COVID 19
Read our full COVID Policy here.
It is our first priority to make the aerial residency program Mexico safe, fun and sustainable, and create a haven for people to feel healthy, active, and productive during this time. We are taking this global situation very seriously, and are enforcing extra safety policies for residency.
- As long as COVID is an issue, our residency program is a ‘Quarantine in Paradise’ experience. This means residents will not leave the complex except for social distancing walks to the beach, trips to the river, and a few safe outings.
- All meals and food will be provided.
- Our gym and community areas are open air, so we have plenty of air flow, space and sunshine. We have nature on our side, and a swimming pool!
- These rules will update according to the state of the pandemic at any given time.
New arrivals
- Upon arrival residents will go through a 2 week period of social distancing quarantine from the rest of the residents and staff.
- During this time we will all act as if one of the residents has been exposed to the virus. You may be asked to wear a mask during community gatherings and classes.
- Meals will be served in the quarantine in paradise social distancing eating location around the swimming pool outside. It’s awesome!
- The new arrivals must keep 6 feet distance from each other at all times during this 2 weeks.
- Any participant who breaks this agreement will be asked to leave or find alternative housing.
- During the first week, there will be small group classes designed to ease students back into the aerial training safely. We will focus on conditioning and flexibility.
- We will assign one apparatus to 2-3 people to prevent sharing with the whole group. We will wipe down and air out shared apparatuses. Students are required to wear a mask to all classes during this time..
- Arrival dates. Everyone must arrive on May 8, 2021 so that we can social distance together. It is of utmost importance that we provide a safe, healthy space for our residents to live, train, and thrive.
After Initial 2 week quarantine
- After the 2 weeks, providing there are no signs of coronavirus, full course curriculum class schedule will begin, and all residents can feel free to interact normally.
- During the complete duration of the residency program, all residents are required to agree to our COVID safety policies. These include:
- Wearing a mask and keeping 6 feet distance from every person who is not in our POD at all times.
- Social distant walks to the beach are permitted, but you must wear a mask. You may take off the mask when you are at an isolated spot on the beach.
- Trips to the ATM or outdoor markets are scheduled. Masks are required.
- No Taxi rides will be permitted. We will schedule outings in our vehicles..
- Any participant who breaks these agreements will be asked to do another 2 week mask/social distance from the POD quarantine and/or find alternative housing.
Aerials. My main driving force to get here—I knew without aerials I would struggle physically and mentally in lockdown. Kerri is the most amazing coach—She encourages everyone to live in their own body, and recognises the strengths and limitations of each person, with no judgement, and a clear focus of how to help you meet your goals. Teaching here is not one-size-fits-all: Kerri tailors training to the individual.
Sallie Chedburn – June 2020
I have already made so much progress in my aerial practice.
I feel confident in exploring new pathways and movements with my body.
I am developing a sense of musicality and performance.
I am starting to break bad habits.
I feel as though I am on the pathway to becoming an artist .
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Sample Schedule for May/June 2021
Wed/Fri/Sun
7-9:30am Self Serve Coffee, Tea and Breakfast
10-11am Open Gym
11-12:30pm Flexibility Class (Wed & Fri)
1pm Lunch
1:30-4pm Siesta/Pool/Study
4:30-7pm Course Program Technical Development/Skills Classes
7:30pm Dinner
Thurs/Saturday
7-9:30am Self Serve Coffee, Tea and Breakfast
8:30-10:30am – Open Gym
10:30am-12:30pm Course Program Creative Development/Artistry Class
1pm Lunch
1:30-4pm Siesta/Pool/Study
4-7pm – Open gym
7:30pm – Dinner
Schedule is subject to changes.
During the last 4 weeks of the Course Program, there weekly classes will be as follows: 2 technical classes, 2 flexibility classes, 1 Act Creation focused class, and 3 Teacher Training classes. Click here to see the schedule for July.
During the Aerial Residency Mexico Program, open training is available whenever there are no other classes in session. The course program has 2 days off per week for resting, open training and exploring! We will bring you to local beaches, nature adventures, hot springs, bioluminescence lagoon, markets, and release baby turtles into the sea!
About the Aerial Residency Program Mexico
Creative and Technical Development Course Program
1 month program – May 8-June 5 – Technical and Creative Development – Sold Out
2 month program – May 8-July 3 – Technical and Creative Development – Sold Out
3 month program – May 8-Aug 1 – Includes Teacher Training Module or Act Creation Module
Residents must all arrive on one May 8.
Technical classes include aerial silks/tissu and rope w supplementary work on hoop/lyra, trapeze, and sling.
Read more about our Aerial Teacher Training Program here.
Technical Development
Strong Beginner to High Intermediate Level Aerial Students
Course Program
Classes in
Tissu & Lyra
This program is for people who want to dive into aerial training in a welcoming environment. Learn technique and skills, work on goals of strength, flexibility, and skills and have lots of fun! Learn how to train safely and efficiently, make improvements, and take ownership of your aerial practice. This is a time to hone in on your training and love for aerial arts!
We are body positive! Circus and aerial arts can be applied to any body type. Some bodies adapt to the physical challenges differently than others. This program supports all bodies to build strength and flexibility, and execute tricks with excellent technique for injury free training.
The course includes 3 group aerial skills classes and 1-2 flexibility classes per week. Apparatuses include silks/rope and Lyra with supplemental work on sling and trapeze. Open gym training is available every day.
Students can also book private lessons with instructors in contortion, pilates, choreography, etc.
Our 3 month course program includes a personalized, specific module. During the 3rd month , students are invited to join the Aerial Teacher Training Module or continue to focus on their own personal development.
Creative Development
Strong Beginner to High Intermediate Level Aerial Students
Course Program
Apparatuses include Tissu, Lyra, Trapeze & Hammock
This program is designed for people who want to experience the creative process, develop their personal style, potentially create an act act and be challenged outside of the typical class structure.
Transform your technical skills, and develop yourself as an artist. Learn how to make tricks look different, unpredictable, and dynamic. Work on choreography, transitions, movement pathways, musicality, character, emotion, connection to your audience and your apparatus, impulse, dynamics, personal style, and refinement.
The course includes 1-2 group classes per week in artistic creative development. Aerial apparatuses include silks, sling, dance trapeze, rope, straps, and lyra.
During the first 2 months of the program, we will focus on creative tools, developing personal style, and fluidity, musicality, and improvisation. For students who want to build an act, they will be supported during the 3rd month.
Students will be invited to perform in our online public shows and other video performance opportunities.
Professional Artist Residency
Advanced to Professional Level Aerialists
Open Gym Only
No Classes
Professionals may bring their own apparatus or use ours.
This program is for professional and pre-professional aerial artists who wish to further develop their craft in a supportive and immersive environment. Artists must be self motivated and directed.
Each artist can train in our aerial gym/studio (when classes are not in session). There will be peer support, and the opportunity to show their work in a public setting.
This program does not include classes, but residents are encouraged to motivate and support each other. Professional residents can request private and group classes at an additional cost.
As part of community connection with the other residents ,all professional residents are required to teach one weekly supplementary class in one of their personal specialties. Some examples may include pilates, gyrokinesis, flexibility, dance, choreography, performance, etc.
Participants will be invited to perform in our online public shows and other video performance opportunities..
Total Course Program includes 6 weekly classes (3 technical, 2 creative, and 1 flexibility), applied anatomy and injury prevention workshops, and other supplementary workshops and events.
As part of the program, each resident will be required to do 1 hour of community service per week including helping with meal clean up and keeping the living, eating, and training areas clean.
Students in the 3 month program are invited to complete a video project showing the work they created during the Aerial Residency Program. There will be performance opportunities throughout the residency to show work.
The course program is best suited for aerialists at the intermediate level wishing to advance their skills. You will leave the program with a better understanding of how to train to get results, create a unique act, develop your own training practice.
Aerial Teacher Training
The students in our 3 month full course program have the option to join our Aerial Teacher Training as well as continuing to develop technical skills. This July Aerial Teacher Training will focus on aerial silks/tissu skills progressions, intro to aerial skills, conditioning, injury prevention, anatomy, cross training, basic rigging, and includes plenty of time for teaching practice. Read more about our Aerial Teacher Training Program here.
Sweet Retreats is always an amazing experience- I’ve been to multiple retreats. I was part of the Fall 2020 Aerial Residency Program which was an amazing experience. I was very nervous about traveling given the pandemic but the COVID protocols Kerri and her team had in place made me feel very safe – social distance and mask wearing where constants the first few weeks. Once we were out of quarantine, we continued to wear masks whenever we left the property/went out into the world.
Sarah Hluchan – Arlington, VA 2020
The residency program was wonderful – the food was amazing, the people were great and the training was wonderful. All of the coaches are great at what they do and provide incredibly supportive classes. Kerri creates a great space for artistic growth and development – I produced a short film during my time there which was a huge achievement for me.
Space is limited. Sign up now!
1 spot left in Aerial Teacher Training July 5-Aug 1!
Aerial Residency Mexico Program
About your teachers
Kerri Kresinski has been performing and teaching acrobatics, dance, and aerial arts for over 20 years. Her life’s work, as an artist and teacher, has been to develop and deepen her study of the body—physically, emotionally and spiritually. She has learned that anything is possible with patience, discipline and a positive attitude. She is truly a unique performer, engaging, thrilling, and moving audiences with her skills, style, and heart.
Kerri teaches her students how to own their practice. Focusing on fundamental elements of technique, anatomy, and the physics of movement, her students learn how to train. Kerri goes beyond teaching skills and sequences. She teaches how to identify, alter, and create your own skills and sequences, and best of all how to fully embody the movement of each skill in the most satisfying way for the doer and the viewer. Technique, balance, stability, mobility, movement pathways, creativity, 360 degree movement, musicality, originality, intentional movement, elements of surprise and awe, and a deep connection to humanity is what you will get if you work with Kerri. She is truly one of a kind.
Kerri’s technical expertise comes from working with students of all ages, shapes, sizes, and challenges. Kerri’s knowledge of anatomy, physics, injury prevention, creative problem solving, and realistic goal setting makes her one of the most masterful coaches of her time.
You can find Kerri’s performance videos here and Circus Fit free online tutorial videos here. Find Kerri on Instagram @SweetCircusKerri.
Dwoira Galilea will be teaching flexibility, Pilates and Lyra at our residency.
“Kerri imbues her classes with a really sweet combination of focused work, zany playfulness, and an earthy and body-positive sensuality. I walked away from my time as Kerri’s student more capable, skilled, and excited not just about aerial, but about the journey to reaching my goals. I typically have given myself a hard time about a number of things in life. Kerri is skilled and optimistic, is genuinely there for you, and 100% rooting for you. She knows the value of the hard or ugly work, but she knows how to do it in a way that is fun and full of compassion for yourself and your journey. I truly appreciate this woman and friend, and I now know that my time was a workshop on many levels.”
Elizabeth Ferretti – 2019
1 spot left in Aerial Teacher Training July 5-Aug 1!
Tuition for Aerial Residency Program Mexico Course Program– May 8-Aug 1, 2021
Minimum 1 month stay is required.
For Strong Beginner to Strong Intermediate Level Aerial Students
Rates refer to cost of one person’s tuition. Listed in USD.
$1000 deposit is required to secure your spot.
Arrival day for spring/summer residency program is May 8.
We strongly recommend the 3 month course program for students who want to transform their training and become aerial artists.
Prices listed are Early Bird Prices.
To get the early bird price, you must pay in full by Feb 1, 2021.
After Feb 1, the price increases by $300.
note: One and 2 month programs are limited to a shared room or private cabana.
| Accommodation | 3 months – Early bird | 3 months regular price |
| Shared Room (2-3 people) in large shared house | ||
| Single Occupancy w less privacy and shared bathroom* | $6900 | |
| Single Occupancy room w shared bathroom in large shared house | ||
| Private Room w shared bathroom in 2 bedroom apartment/casita | $7860 | |
| Private room w private bathroom in large shared house | ||
| Private Studio Apartment / cabana | $8300 |
*Single Occupancy w less privacy clarification. You sleep in your own room (with individual size bed), but the person in the room next to you has to walk through your room to get to your shared bathroom.
Ask us about our significant other and family prices. Space is limited.
Prices for the Course Program include:
- Ground transportation to/from the Puerto Escondido Airport (PXM) to our accommodations
- Accommodations for 3 months in a shared house or 2 bedroom casita
- Daily meals
- Breakfast – We stock the kitchen with breakfast essentials for you to make what you like.
- Lunch & Dinner – Simple, healthy, and delicious food is prepared for you to enjoy without having to cook.
- Residents can purchase specific food/drink items to be delivered for them (beer, wine, special snacks, toiletries, medicines, etc.).
- 6-7 weekly classes
- unlimited daily open gym
- anatomy and injury prevention workshops
- Monthly check in with coaches
- Open Gym/Studio (when classes are not in session)
- 3 month program includes Act Creation Module or Aerial Teacher Training Module
- Photo shoot (w free access to all photos)
- Adventures to local beaches, nature excursions, and markets.
- 24 hour use of Swimming Pool and wi-fi
- Invitation to participate/perform in virtual public shows and events.
- Opportunity to create video art projects
- Impromptu dance parties, pool parties, and hanging out with new friends.
Extras:
- Spanish Classes – daily and weekly packages available
- Massage and Acupuncture – $25-$60/hour
- Various nature excursions – $20-$80
- Surfing – packages available
The residency program at Sweet Retreats has given me dear new friends and many fond memories. I have learned so much from the coaches and felt supported and seen. Sweet Retreats offers more than just a training opportunity, it is a community and a family. I couldn’t recommend it more.
Erin Bratkovich – 2020
Professional Artist Residency
If you are a professional and wish to come for the Aerial Artist Residency to develop your own work, you can read more about that here.
Please email us at SweetRetreatsdr@gmail.com for information.
Professional Residency is offered May 8-August 1, 2021.
This aerial residency program Mexico is limited to 12 participants.
1 spot left in Aerial Teacher Training July 5-Aug 1!
Upcoming Residency Programs 2021
- Fall 2021
- More Aerial Residency Program Mexico Teacher Trainings
Links for more information
- Accommodations
- Meals and Food
- Travel info – our advice on booking your travel
- COVID Policy
- Internet Quirks (for people planning to work/study online)
- Testimonials
- Excursions
- Aerial Teacher Training
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Kerri’s aerial artistry workshop was soooooo rewarding! Kerri creates a welcoming, encouraging environment just by being herself, and in turn I was able to let myself be more free, more silly, more open, more EVERYTHING. Just MORE.
Angela Jackson – Halifax, NS. 2017