MOMENTOM COLLECTIVE & MADAMN BURNZ
WITH THOMAS MANGIN OF CIRQUE DU SOLEIL
POST-ENVISION AERIAL INTENSIVE TRAINING
AIRBORNE ARTS, COSTA RICA
MARCH 5 - 12, 2019 | $2200
POST-ENVISION AERIAL INTENSIVE TRAINING
AIRBORNE ARTS, COSTA RICA
MARCH 5 - 12, 2019 | $2200
Join Momentom Collective in the jungle of Costa Rica after Envision Festival 2019 for aerial intensive focused on performance development. We are teaming up with Madamn Burnz, studio owner and performer from California, and Thomas Mangin of Cirque du Soleil to bring you a high intensity aerial silks training.
For 7 days, Momentom immerses you in an a high-level, choreography-focused intensive to bring your aerial performances to the next level. We show you how to truly engage your audience to leave them with their jaws wide open, begging for more.
This intensive has been designed for you put together your most inspiring aerial routine to-date while evoking audience engagement like never before. Your experience includes personal coaches alongside the signature touch of Momentom's Authentic Relating. This intensive is not for the faint of heart. We take you right out of your comfort zone to shine bright like a diamond.
WHAT YOU WALK AWAY WITH
Refinement of a truly unique, ready-to-use routine that can be sold to any venue, festival or event.
Wild sequencing inspired by cirque du Soleil performance arts.
Personal coaching sessions.
Intermediate to Advanced aerial silks sequencing & drops.
WHAT IT INCLUDES
Accommodations in an aerial wonderland in the jungle of Costa Rica.
Daily classes in aerials, yoga, meditation.
All vegan and vegetarian meals.
All you can drink jungle tea.
Transfer to and from the airport.
4-5 hours of daily coaching and training.
EXTRAS
Professional Photography & portfolio building (optional)
Flying Trapeze (optional)
THE SCHEDULE
CHOREO PROGRESSIONS
Smooth Transitions & Phrases Madamn Burnz Transitions are how to make an aerial performance look like more than a collection of tricks, and a way of creating original and authentic movement. In this series of classes, we will explore the basic locks and the variety of pathways that exist in between. The goals of the workshop series are to develop the aerial “eye” for similar movements, and be able to connect these positions with unique, fluid and dancelike transitions. |
FLASHY FLYING
Fancy Skills to Thrill Audiences Madamn Burnz What are the moves that will drive your crowd wild? Have people standing in their seats with ecstatic applause? Applying over a decade of professional aerial performing, Madamn Burnz shares some of her favorite advanced crowd pleasing moves. Expect to learn how to add momentum to basic drops, original variations on traditional moves, and flashy drops. |
ACTIVE FLEXIBILITY
Thomas Mangin Your regular stretching moves don't get you the results you expect? Probably because you forgot an important aspect of flexibility, which requires an active part of the antagonist's muscles. In this workshop, we dive into the fundamentals, and often counter-intuitive exercises, to get us to the flexibility we are capable of. |
INVERSION MASTERY
Thomas Mangin Handstand is a great practice to raise our body awareness, strengthen our core and keep our body balance when performing aerial arts. After deep understanding of the biomecanical principles supporting a healthy practice that I will share with you, we will feel stronger, awake, and more balanced. |
BASIC AERIAL
Thomas Mangin A class where we go over the main aerial climbs, and descent, with "clean" technique, transforming the "default" behaviors to a more precise, aware, and beautiful movement. |
DROPS FOR DAYS
Thomas Mangin Get ready to work on your drops and master the "indémodable" double-star drop, triple star, front flip-triple star, double back, frog drop, and more... |
PARTNER STRETCH
Thomas Mangin Learn how to apply perfect pressure on your aerial partner, releasing tensions and deepening stretches in a loving, kind, and playful way. |
DIVINE TOUCH
Thomas Mangin I will introduce to you the basis of therapeutic massage through sensitive and intuitive touch, bringing relaxation and deep well-being. |
ABOUT MADAMN BURNZ
The Only Known Fire Eating Rope Aerialist , Madamn Burnz’s life and art embody the spirit of a reincarnated dragon. By invoking the element of fire, themes of creation and destruction envelope her risqué & macabre art form. Madamn has spent over a decade full time in the air, combining self teaching & coaching from some the industry’s top aerialists & fire eaters- Sarah Romanowsky, Christian Sanchez, Emiliano Ron, Jordann Baker, Womack & Bowman, Adam Lobo, Billy Tempest, Miss MolTov & Shadeflamewater. With a background in gymnastics, yoga, belly dance, fire arts and Master’s degree in formal education, her original style combines technical innovation, drama, & sheer athleticism. Burnz has eaten fire in the air, performed aerial silks, rope, Lyra & trapeze, taught workshops, and produced circus events across North America, Mexico & Southeast Asia in English, Spanish & Mandarin, creating opportunities for existing communities while developing new artists. Evolving her performance art with modern technological advancements, 2017 launched the “Aliencantations,” a dark ambient album with her original music videos, visuals and herbal potion production, and has been featured at part of the Global Eclipse & Dark Ambient Soundbath. As half of electronic music duo Cerebellum Project, Madamn spent 2014 - 2017 touring the west coast festival scene, bringing circus to music and inspiration to aspiring performers. Known internationally as “La Dragonesa,” her production and circus performances have been featured on stage and in music videos “Guilliao” and “El Deseo” by Alex el Veterano, reaching over 1M views.
Rooting in the CA bay for a decade, Madamn Burnz is a local entrepreneur and runs aerial school and multimedia production company, Skyhigh Odditorium.
@Madamn.Burnz
www.SkyhighOdditorium.com
www.MadamnBurnz.com
www.youtube.com/c/MadamnBurnz
ABOUT THOMAS MANGIN
Thomas Mangin is a French Aerial Artist specialising in aerial performances. He has been Performing on stage for the past 7 years with some of the leaders in the entertainment world such as Cirque Du Soleil, Franco Dragone, and Disneyland Paris.
These experiences have led him to develop strong skills and knowledge on how to “dance” through the air, delivering a high quality performance to touch the audience. Thomas' background of Gymnastic (multiple times french champion, solo and team) allows him to go beyond what seems “possible” for the eye of the general public and even some pros.
Thomas had the opportunity to perform on Straps (Festival du Cirque de Demain, Franco Dragone and Disneyland Paris), Lyra (show “O”), Bungee Straps (« Love, The Beatles »), Silks (Disneyland Paris), and Rope (« Love, The Beatles » and « Robin des Bois ») and is experienced in both solo and duo work. He recently started creating his unique style of movement on aerial Straps in a way that inspire lightness and grace, reflecting his personal approach for a more masterful Life.
A Bachelor Degree in Physical Education and Life Coaching, allows him to become skilful in taking great care of his physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual preparation. Thomas also has rigging certification, leading him to understand and rig safely his own material.
In other words, his goal is to inspire people to live their life at their maximum potential, their highest level of fitness in all dimensions and planes, to make them realise their dreams in the glimpse of an instant of magic, focusing on what is possible in life, right now.
@tom_aerial_magic