Teaching & Directing

Acrobatics Art has many years of professional experience, since the beginning of the 90`s masterclasses and teaching have been given all over the world:

National coach of the Swiss sports acrobatics team.
Circulus circusschool in Gossau (CH)
Dutch State Circus School ACaPA in Tilburg (NL)
Ecole de Cirque Zaltimbanq `in Luxembourg (LUX)
International Acrobatics Convention in Bordeaux (F) and Stockholm (SE)
Masterclass Tehran Iranian Gymnastics Federation (IRN)
European Juggling Convention in Munich (D)
Youth Circus Dornbirn (A)
Danish acrobatics convention in Köng (DK)
etc.

We offer classes for beginners and further education in acrobatics, trapeze, juggling or balancing. We provide circus workshops and courses for children, adolescents and adults. Duration and topics of the workshops are set according to your wishes. Available for individuals, private groups and companies.
Acrobats and artists may use our service for individual artistic development and directing work.
For companies, we offer corporate trainingsessions or a circus event for your staff party.

Team

Paul - `the swiss army knife of acro´ -Griffioen

Paul is the creator of Ravioli Circus. Performing since 1989 and giving workshops worldwide. Paul specializes in teaching icarian acrobatics, and has a special love for basing kurbets, cascades and one arm handstands. He teaches from his experiences both as base and flyer. Paul's classes are always full of happy students, bouncing, throwing, catching and smiling with the challenges of Paul's instructions.

Wybren - `the serious skill supervisor´ - Wouda

Wybren is one of the best known teachers in Europe, currently teaching at Codarts Circus Arts, Rotterdam. He has been involved in Sports- and Circus Acrobatics alike since he was a child, and has become world-renown for analyzing dynamic skills, his demanding drills and attention to minute detail. He has the ability to break down the most complex tricks and instruct students step-by-step in the pre-exercises that lead up to it. The rumor goes he sometimes even gives compliments.

Fons - `the friendly veteran´ - Bennink

Fons is one of the most experienced acrobatic teachers with 30 years of experience and has been teaching for the last 25 years. He is the veteran of many international workshops all over the world. His classes cover from complete beginners up to advanced performers. Fons trained and performed with 'The Como Brothers' in Amsterdam for 5 years and 'The Osmani's' also in Amsterdam for 3 years.

Trudi - 'Albatros' - Albert

Trudi is the flyer in the team. She has been teaching the acro group of the Munich University for over 15 years. Also she gives workshops on acro conventions, specializing in handstand and preparatory workshops for hand to hand and tempo tricks. She has been performing in aerial silks and as part of 'Traumfänger' acrobatics all over Europe.

Bart - 'Acro' - Venne

Bart, originally from Holland is organizer of many conventions and a travelling acro teacher, offering his skills all over world. He's specializing in standing dynamic tricks without flight, crocodiles and creative, complicated transitions (not only with hand- and foot stands) both in duo and trio acrobatics.

Workshops
A workshop is a lesson where the main goal is having fun during the activity. For example a workshop can take place at a wedding, a school project, a birthday party or a staff party.

Courses
A course is a series of lessons.

Further education
For (semi-) professional acrobats we offer individually tailored training. Artists who are developing their number or want to create a new number may want to use our directing service. Together with the artists theatrical / choreographic sequences, costume choice, music and lighting are designed and implemented.

Training
A training is a lesson connected with a company or staff training. By means of a training topics, connected with a corporate training will be accentuated. Possible topics might be: cooperation, trust, communication, setting realistic goals, tresspassing boundaries, etc.

To the workshops:

The circus, traditionally is the stage of those who do things that normal people simply cannot. No one however must be super strong, flexible, young or brave to be able to participate in our traveling circus school. In small groups, under competent guidance of our trainers, the participants try to cope with balls, plates, diabolos, walking globes, and even unicycles. Furthermore, together they are building acrobatic figures from 2 to? people. For a moment you will be an acrobat or a juggler. Training, learning together and proudly presenting are enormous impulses for cooperation and making new contacts. On top of that our workshops are just a lot of fun. They fit very well in a team building program, a staff party, a class project or even a party evening. The circus is and will be a challenge for everyone.
Among our instructors are professional performers and sports acrobatics champions. Due to their great expertise and experience they can take care of all participants competently and at their own level and motivate them to get the most out of themselves. In this way the workshop will remain a memorable experience for all participants
After a brief introduction from the workshop leader, a short common warm-up follows; the groups are divided and then off you go.

A quick overview of the workshops:

Acrobatics
Even ordinary people can perform beautiful and amazing feats. By trusting each other, being sensitive and using each other`s power, we create two-and three-person figures. Even great pyramids with (almost) any number of people are possible. It is the most physical activity of our program.
* Features: communication, physical contact, trust.

Juggling
Not only with 3 balls. In this workshop, anything that challenges the interaction of hands and eyes will be tried. And that is more varied than one might think at first glance: except balls, also plates, clubs, diabolos, devil sticks, etc. are manipulated. Easier than you think, if you only know how, and keep an eye on everything.
* Features: discipline, self-confidence, attention, skill

Balancing
The short-term defeat of gravity. Balancing on walking globes, stilts and even riding on a unicycle, you will feel as if weightless. Only for a short while, until you become inattentive, Newton's laws can be forgotten.
* Features: balance, persistence, self-control, creativity.

Trapeze / Tissue
High up under the big top, a dream of many people. Let this dream of flying become reality. Hanging on hands and feet, swinging at knees, balancing on stomach, much can be tried safely above a thick mat.
* Features: no fear of heights, resilience ,courage.

N.B.! We recommend a maximum of 12 students per teacher, considering safety and quality of guidance