Aerial Playground Retreats:
Australia’s first destination aerial retreat, created for aerialists who want to train, travel and experience more.
We believe aerial can be a reason to see the world, to train somewhere extraordinary, try different apparatuses, meet people who speak the same slightly strange aerial language, and come home with stories, friendships and experiences that stay with you long after the bruises fade.
Our retreats bring together aerial, travel, movement, adventure and beautiful places to create experiences that feel a little different from your average traincation aerial intensive.
Think destination training, choreography and creative movement, unforgettable locations, slow mornings, long lunches, local adventures and the occasional “wait… we actually get to train HERE?” moment.
We curate retreats around the experience as a whole, not simply a schedule of classes.
That might mean learning choreography beneath a tropical sunset, exploring a new destination between training sessions, discovering incredible food and culture, or spending an evening laughing with a group of aerialists you met only days before.
Our instructors are chosen for their artistry, teaching style and ability to create memorable movement experiences. Our destinations are chosen with just as much care.
Because we don't want you to simply attend a retreat.
We want you to want to travel for it.
FOR AERIALISTS WHO WANT TO SEE MORE
Aerial Playground is for the person who has ever thought:
I want to travel, but I don't really want to travel alone.
I want to train, but I also want to actually experience the place I'm in.
I want to learn choreography and movement, not just collect another 47 tricks.
I want beautiful surroundings, good food, adventure and people I actually connect with.
I want the kind of trip I'll still be talking about next year.
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Whether you're joining us from Australia or flying halfway around the world, you're invited to come exactly as you are.
No pressure to be the strongest person in the room.
No expectation to spend every waking hour training.
Just a shared love of aerial, movement, travel and saying yes to something a little different.
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somewhere Beautiful
Meet NYX
Your experience curator, professional traveller & resident aerialist.
Hi, I'm NYX.
I'm an Australian aerialist, lifelong lover of beautiful places (33 countries & counting) and the person behind the experiences at Aerial Playground Retreats.
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I've spent 16 years working in travel, so creating incredible journeys is very much my thing. I know how to obsess over the details, find the beautiful little places, build an itinerary that actually flows and make a trip feel effortless once you're there.
My world revolves around lollipop lyra, aerial hoop, trapeze and chains, with a particular love for choreography, musicality and movement pieces over simply collecting tricks for the sake of collecting them.
I'm probably just as interested in how a piece makes you feel as I am in how impressive the trick looks.
And that's a big part of what I wanted Aerial Playground Retreats to become.
I'm not your instructor.
I'm the person making sure the whole experience is worth travelling for.
I'll be the one thinking about where we're staying, what we're eating, what we're doing between sessions, which sunset we need to catch, where we should explore, how the days flow and all those tiny details that turn a trip into that trip.
I'm a little whimsical. I love beautiful aesthetics, thoughtful details and places that make you stop and take a photo.
I believe travel should feel exciting without feeling chaotic, and a retreat should give you enough structure to feel inspired while still leaving room to wander.
So if you're the kind of aerialist who would happily trade a generic hotel conference room for a tropical studio, a bucket-list destination or a beautiful little corner of the world...
I think we're going to get along very well.
Welcome to Aerial Playground Retreats.
Come for aerial.
Stay for the adventure.
Leave with a story.