Acro with Jacob Brown and Debbie Collis

Event Details

Jacob Brown and Debbie Collis are coming to Geneva on September 21st and 22nd! They will give 12 hours of workshops with fun and challenging acro material.

There are 20 spots left for a price of 180CHF. You can register using the Google form below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeSLCrf1e4S1esaNdl_KPnca9sRxuUvr0zCmj4JrC0jANjvDg/viewform?usp=sf_link

IMPORTANT : Make sure you confirm your application in the last page of the form !

*** Location

Ecole Hugo de Senge
Rue Dizerens 26
1205 Geneva, Switzerland

****** Program and prerequisites

Session 1: Washing Machines
Prerequisites: High Barrel Rolls, Barrel Rolls, Ninja Stars
https://youtu.be/Hz49xyPPyZY
Must know side stars
https://youtu.be/t0774LZuFjQ

Description: You will learn washing machines made by Jacob and Debbie. Washing machines are the type of acro that made Jacob and Debbie fall in love with acro and with each other. Washing machines are so varied that they are the best way to boost your movement vocabulary. Often Washing Machines are overlooked, as if they are only for people at the beginning of their acro practice, but they range in difficulty from easy to nearly impossible, so there is something for everyone. They can be short or long, circular or symmetrical, we teach them all.

Session 2: Group Washing Machines
Prerequisites: Side Stars, Foot to Hand, Throne Pops, Bird Pops

Description: Group Washing Machines require at least three people, but can have any number or combinations. Group machines take the practice of acro, which is already good at bringing people together for the sake of exercise and problem solving, and takes them to new heights of complexity. We will teach you our original group machines, which we are sure you will be practicing for years to come.

Session 3: Icarian
Prerequisites: Must know Bird Pops (https://youtu.be/EhJNkkc1rmE),
Throne Pops (https://youtu.be/1gbFi-kMOgo), Bird Throne Bird Pops with or without hands (https://youtu.be/fh5MQaprG7M)

Description: Jacob and Debbie have been learning a lot of icarian lately. Icarian has been around for centuries, but it is newer to the recreational acro world because of its relative difficulty. Usually defined as tempo pops, or full release pops, Icarian is both challenging and exhilarating.

Session 4: Dance Lifts
Prerequisites: Must be comfortable with 2 High (https://youtu.be/i532d4C5mzM)
Must be able to do partner cartwheels: base or fly (https://youtu.be/NacjkohCpfg )
Must be able to do high bird (https://youtu.be/gVQSJlF6wXc)

Description: Jacob and Debbie have poured through the internet and learned from many teachers to find all the best dance lifts! This is an entirely different kind of acro. In standing acro there are a lot of static holds. The flyer moves up and down in ways similar to how a weightlifter does a power clean. Dance lifts are different because they use momentum to lift the flyer up and down in more graceful movement, similar to ballet. In this class you will first practice individual dance lifts and later put them together into a flow.

******** Who are Jacob and Debbie ?

-> https://www.jacobanddebbieacro.com/

On Instagram: @debbiecollis and @jacobbrownacro

On Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/jacobbrownacrobatics
https://www.facebook.com/debbiecollisacro

Jacob’s Bio:
Jacob got into gymnastics when he was sixteen and ended up teaching for ten years. In 2010 a friend introduced him to acro and he fell in love with this art form right away. He loved how all acrobatics moves are like puzzles which you work out with your friends. Jacob is known for making dozens of washing machines and for putting hundreds of videos on acrobatics on his YouTube channel. In 2014 Jacob became a certified Acro Revolution Teacher in the first ever class of 2014 and in 2017 he helped to teach the 7th Acro Revolution Training. Jacob and Debbie have been doing acro since 2012, teaching together since 2014, and have been a couple since 2015. They have taught all over the world, from Divine Play to South America to the Israeli Acro Convention.

Debbie Bio
Debbie Collis started taking gymnastics when she was a kid. Thanks to her training in her youth, she has the strength, balance, and poise to make partner acrobatics very beautiful. Debbie’s long straight legs and pointed toes are the envy of the acro world. Debbie loves the connection and flow she can find with a partner. She can forget about the whole world while flowing in complex acrobatic movements. She has a talent for teaching. Students say that she is sweet and has a good eye for form. She loves practicing until she gets a move perfectly and she has made many of her own new washing machines. In 2017 Debbie became a certified Acro Revolution Teacher. Jacob and Debbie both live in Springfield, Oregon, USA.

For more info:
– contact Hamza (https://www.facebook.com/hamza.hjiyej)
[email protected]
– 076 488 97 57 (Xavier)

Hamza et Xavier pour GE-Fly