CirqueTrainCation Costa Rica

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Past Events

Jan 24-Feb 4, 2024 - Costa Rica

May 8-15, 2023 - Bali

Jan 7-14, 2023 - Costa Rica

April 2-9, 2022 - Costa Rica

Jan 23-30, 2021 - Costa Rica

What is CirqueTrainCation

We are a circus retreat, gathering with like minded people who have a strong desire and drive to up level themselves as circus artists in multiple different disciplines. We train daily, for many hours a day, while still enjoying excursions and experiencing the beautiful tropical environment of Costa Rica & Bali. It’s truly the ultimate circus dream vacation and training immersion. We connect with an international community, eat healthy organic food, learn from world class instructors and offer a variety of Cirque workshops. Feeling a lack of motivation or just need to get away but still desire to train and learn a lot of new material? CirqueTrainCation will offer just that! Reignite that inspiration for your discipline! Say YES to your passion and come soak in the beauty of our locations, in a high quality environment and experience the sweet joys of life while training and learning with our CirqueTrainCation Community

Workshops offered during the week

AM Movement Practice
Act Creation & Choreography
Aerial Silks, Straps & Hoop
Business Development & Marketing for Performers
Casting & Creating a Performer Profile
Dance, Character & Quality of Movement
Functional Flexibility for Full Range of Motion
Fire Dance Workshops and Jams
Hand Balancing
Skill Shares & Open Jams
Strength Training
More TBA

Sample Schedule

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Our Locations

CirqueTrainCation is worldwide! Our headquarters is based in Las Vegas with our retreat venues in Costa Rica & Bali.

Costa Rica

Bali

Las Vegas

Anamaya Resort

Anamaya Resort rests on a hill top of MonteZuma, each room is uniquely decorated with either an exquisite ocean or jungle view, open outdoor showers, jungle living and plenty of wildlife to swing with the monkeys or crawl with the iguanas.

The front of the resort opens to an exquisite ocean view and the backyard is on top of the famous MonteZuma waterfall with our own private access gate and a 15min jungle hike to the falls and swimming holes.

There is an infinity pool overlooking the ocean next to the upper yoga/training deck and a second shala cradled in the jungle with an incredible ocean view with all our aerial rigging points.

The food is AMAZING at Anamaya, most of it is farm to table, grown at the sister property Rancho Delicioso (where are also host our TrainCations.

Rancho Delicioso

Rancho Delicioso rests on an 100acre permaculture farm, 10 minutes down the road from its sister property Anamaya. Most of the food that is provided at the Resort is grown at the Farm. Rancho also has its own farm to table restaurant called Wonderland, where we will have our meals, during our TrainCation when located here.

The Farm consists of a community area where we have the permaculture farm, aerial shala, tree house, bamboo house, river palace (where we stay) farm to table restaurant, 3 full veggie gardens, chicken coupe, and so much more.

Rancho also has a community where lots are sold within the farm and people live year round and are a part of the Rancho Delicioso family. Including myself where the homebase headquarters of CirqueTrainCation will eventually develop.

Upcoming TrainCation's

COMING SOON

Dates & Applications opening soon

Bali, Indonesia June 2025

Previous CirqueTrainCation Facilitators

Your host and Guide through all Workshops!

Tammy FireFly

BIO

Your CirqueTrainCation host and facilitator! Tammy is an International Fire and Aerial Artist. What makes her work so unique is combining the two elements of aerial & fire in a dynamic, unique, technically & tastefully way. She spent years training under world renowned Cirque Du Soleil Coaches and present her acts for multiple TV episodes as well as Cirque Du Soleil’s One Night for One Drop Now currently based in Las Vegas, she’s touring the world teaching and performing & hosting CirqueTrainCation Immersions.

Artistic and Creative Choreographer

Sandi Croft

BIO

Creative director, artistic director, collaborator and educator specializing in dance, circus, physical acting and character work for live theater, film and T.V. Some of Sandi’s credits as a director include: Cirque du Soleil as Artistic Director for Mystere, ‘O’ and Zumanity and Director of Creation for Cirque du Soleil’s foundation One Drop. Sandi’s highlights as a dancer include: working as an artist with Franco Dragon creating the show “A New Day” with Celine Dion, working with Kenny Ortega creating Gloria Estefan show “Unwrapped” and sharing the stage with Shania Twain in “A Touch of Broadway”. Sandi currently enjoys traveling across North America sharing her experience on how the creative process works when putting a show together or when creating a character or an act for a show. Most recently, Sandi created a live show from concept to premier with over 40 of the top artists from the Las Vegas Strip for an outdoor festival called Ignite.

Casting, Auditions and Business for performers

Stacy Clark

BIO

A former gymnast and professional circus performer, Stacy worked in marketing and communications before leaving it all behind to perform and teach circus around the world on stage, at festivals and on screen. Today Stacy is CEO of CircusTalk.com, the international career marketplace for circus and performing arts. She is also a freelance consultant specializing in casting, coaching and creation. Until 2020, Stacy was the Director of Casting at Cirque du Soleil, leading a team of international talent scouts and advisors. Stacy teaches career and act development to the next generation of circus artists, and is a yoga instructor and career coach.

Brazilian circus artist

Gustavo Ollitta

BIO

Gustavo Ollitta is a Brazilian circus artist specialized on Buugeng, Poi, Slack Rope, Flow Dragon and Balance techniques since 2007. On 2010 he released his first research of Buugeng with Malabarize-se on YouTube video “Flow”. Since then, he became a world reference on Buugeng, with more than 2.5million views, bringing Buugeng to the world! On 2011, Gustavo has participated at the Contemporary Circus course of Scuola di Cirko Vertigo-Italy (2011-2013) to Combine his experience of more than 10 years of Flowarts to the world of Circus! Since then, Gustavo has been Teaching and Performing Flow/Circus Arts in more than 30 countries in South/Central/North America, Europe, Asia & Africa around Tv Show as Italias got Talent, Conferences as Ted Talks and Music/Circus Festivals and Retreats.

Dance, show & Act
Development

Alexis Ochin & Arnaud Boursain

BIO

Alexis Ochin and Arnaud Boursain are polymorphe performers who draw their inspiration from nature and constantly strive to create avenues where expression is boundless through physical theater, dance and poetry. These two remarkable artistic directors and choreographers have come together to form the A&A creative duet known for its ability to work with different types of bodies and performers, from contemporary dancers to more ballet-trained dancers, to acrobats and aerialists.

Their amazing approach has earned them top positions in different projects and causes. Some of the companies they have been featured in include Cirque du Soleil (Zumanity, One Night for One Drop, ACS,..), Nevada Ballet Theatre, Louis Vuitton, Mugler, H&M, Britain’s Got Talent, Rupaul’s Drag Race USA, Samsung, Lido of Paris, Luc Petit Creation, Feu! Chatterton...

Rope Dart, Fire, Social Media for performers

-Sam Tobey-
Flow Mayhem

BIO

Sam Tobey (Flow Mayhem) has been addicted to fire dance for over six years. The Los Angeles-based performer specializes in an ancient Kung Fu weapon called a rope dart. Sam began training in 2015 and has since performed and taught at a wide variety of festivals and events, both nationally and globally. She has worked with prestigious entertainment companies such as Quixotic and Zen Arts, and has blown away her audiences at events like Lightning in a Bottle, Envision, and Burning Man. Sam's style incorporates ballet pirouettes with martial-arts stances, and her priority is to showcase the rope dart as a dance tool as well as a weapon. Check out her YouTube channel and online courses to learn more about rope dart as well as digital marketing strategies for performers!

Fire & Costume Queen

Phoenix

BIO

Phoenix is a California based fire performer, burlesque and belly dancer. Devoted to living an adventurous life dedicated to self expression, art, creativity, community and sustainable living; she is a devoted multi-prop fire dancer of 11 years, not only wielding over 13 types of tools but is also a professional fire eater, breather and most recently renowned for her unique Fire Bubbles Burlesque. She creates her dazzling costumes by hand and tailors each piece to different event themes. Phoenix has worked both independently and collaboratively all over the world at many world renowned events and music festivals such as Coachella, Envision Festival Costa Rica, Lightning in a Bottle, Electric Daisy Carnival, Exit Festival in Serbia, Fit for Service’s w/ @aubreymarcus, Edinburgh Fringe in Scotland, & Sonic Bloom Festival, just to name a few.

How to be a bad ass on stage, Flexibility, hula hoops, bendy and handstand things!

Kevin DeMaro

BIO

Kevin DeMaro grew up in the state of Connecticut, and was a competitive gymnast since the age of 7. After discovering aerial, and circus arts Kevin decided to leave the competitive world in pursuit of a career as a professional acrobat. Since then Kevin has performed in over 45 countries, for companies such as Royal Caribbean, Disney, and more! Kevin has trained in aerial under Luba Kazantseva, and Hula Hoop under Elena Lev. He has fused the two together to develop a unique style of straps hula hoop combination. Kevin strives to constantly develop his skillset, style, and he hopes to do the same for you!

Dancer Babe of all things spicy with flow props and on the pole

Taylor Jayne

BIO

Taylor Jayne is a professional dancer and specialty artist in Las Vegas and LA. With a full ride scholarship BFA in Dance and many years of ballet and modern under her belt she was thrilled when she booked her first big job as a Detroit Pistons NBA dancer. Now at age 32 she is a certified fire performer/eater, sway pole aerialist, pole dance baddie and rollerskater with the LA Rollergirls.

Ballet and Movement Coach

Stephy Rose

BIO

Stephy Rose has been dancing through life since she was only 3, studying classical ballet, modern, jazz, tap & aerial arts. She has incorporated her passion for creative movement into every aspect of life as a Dance & Mental Health Specialist, Yoga & Pilates Instructor, Personal Fitness Trainer, and Special Education Public School Educator for over 15 years. She’s had the honor of performing with The Royal Ballet of London with her former dance company SA Metropolitan Ballet, the privilege of studying under renowned teachers through Regional Dance America, & the joy of working alongside Tammy Firefly worldwide on her epic circus adventures. Spreading her love of dance therapy & choreography across different movement genres such as acro, aerial & flow arts from Costa Rica to Bali is a burning passion she’s ecstatic to bring for the 4th time with Cirquetraincation!

Your host and Guide through all Workshops!

Tammy FireFly

BIO

Brazilian circus artist

Gustavo Ollitta

BIO

Dancer Babe of all things spicy with flow props and on the pole

Taylor Jayne

BIO

How to be a bad ass on stage, Flexibility, hula hoops, bendy and handstand things!

Kevin DeMaro

BIO

Fire & Costume Queen

Phoenix

BIO

Ballet and Movement Coach

Stephy Rose

BIO

Artistic and Creative Choreographer

Sandi Croft

BIO

Dance, show & Act
Development

Alexis Ochin & Arnaud Boursain

BIO

Casting, Auditions and Business for performers

Stacy Clark

BIO

Rope Dart, Fire, Social Media for performers

-Sam Tobey-
Flow Mayhem

BIO

Your TrainCation Host

Tammy Firefly is an internationally acclaimed innovative performing artist who has enthralled audiences across the globe with the marvels of Cirque Du Soleil, Americas Got Talent, Telemundo TV as well as performances and event productions catered to Porsche, Mercedes-Benz and Audi. She also worked as a performance coordinator for luxury hotels and resorts including Club Med, Hilton and the Marriott, as well as multinationals such as Heineken and Cass for commercials being filmed at the Olympic Stadium in Seoul, Korea. For over 10 years, Tammy has enthralled stages with her breath-taking creations which have helped her transform from an esteemed solo performer to a successful event producer and now passionate about sharing her knowledge by creating educational programs for other aspiring artists.

Tammy offers her expertise through fun and engaging trainings by offering retreats, online courses, intimate residency programs and deep dive intensive workshops, both in person and online. Her all inclusive, week long training program is CirqueTrainCation, currently based in Costa Rica, with existing plans to take world wide.

Tammy is a certified yoga instructor, aerial yoga practitioner, NASM Studied fitness trainer, health and nutrition mentor. Her teaching style is rooted from her advanced education and based off her 10years of personal experience in the performance world. Her passion is to deliver this knowledge to our global circus community while being surrounded in an incredible thriving natural environment in order to focus and really feel the effects of advancing the mind, body, spirit.

Tammy Firefly

What People Say

"I fully enjoyed all aspects of this retreat; training hard, having fun, and nourishing ourselves with amazing farm to table meals! The training was amazing and transformational for me. I learned so much about my body, strengthening, and walked away with so much knowledge to integrate into my home practice. I also really enjoyed the excursions. They were the perfect balance, to relax and experience the local pura vida!"

“CirqueTrainCation has been a magical place that I return to every time, where I continue to meet talented and inspirational individuals who have become my friends. Tammy is an inspirational individual who works very hard to make sure we all have the best time while gaining new skills and connections within the community. Montezuma is an incredible place where you can really get back to the root of who you are and awaken your senses.”

“What an honor and privilege it is to learn from Tammy FireFly and receive these amazing experiences that will forever have the most profound positive impact on my life. You inspire so many, You handpicked each one of us. You manifested the best group This experience improved my spirituality. I am addicted to Anamaya Retreat Center and everything this trip has offered. You have opened up the door to so much for me. This journey has only begun, and it’s all because of you."

“I had a great experience in Costa Rica during the Traincation! The setting was beautiful, I enjoyed meeting all of my campmates, and there was plenty of opportunity to learn! I came home empowered and focused!”

"I’ve now attended two Circus TrainCations, and had the time of my life at each. My body always feels INCREDIBLE after these retreats. The combination of training, sightseeing, enjoying the heat is paralleled by amazing connections with others and deeper understanding of my own emotional journey as an artist. My body feels amazing after these stays in Costa Rica and I cannot wait to be back for more.”