ACRO Provincial Training Camp

November 15, 2025

Ontario’s Technical Vice Chair, Suzie Owen is organizing a training camp for Acrobats and their coaches. The camp is scheduled on Saturday, November 15, 2024. We would like to formally invite you to take part in this great opportunity to enhance your athletes’ preparation for the upcoming season.

The camp will focus on:

• Development & improvement of partnership skills for Levels 5-Youth
• Work on choreography and routines
• Base and Top specific training
• Tumbling Skills
• Skill and Tarif review by a Brevet judge

Location:       Quinte Bay Gymnastics

                       14 Harder Dr, Belleville, ON K8P 1H2

Date & Time: Saturday November 15, 2025 

                       3pm – 7.30pm 

Clinicians: Ryan Stephenson - Choreography and Tumbling

                   Karyzza Guillermo- Partnership Skills, Base/Top Conditioning

                   Tammy Chow - Skill and Tariff Review

Please note:

• All coaches will be actively involved in the training workshop and will be responsible for providing supervision, both in and out of the gym, as well as transportation, for every athlete they register.
• All athletes must arrive in their raining attire ready to train.

Please make sure your athletes bring their own water bottle clearly marked with their name and club and a snack.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:

2:45PM – 3:00PM                    Arrival / Clinician Intro / Meet & Greet

3:00PM – 3:45PM                    Warm up

3:45PM – 4:45PM                    Skills and tariff review (Group 1)

                                                 Partnership skills –  (Group 2)

                                                 Tumbling (Group 3)

4:45PM – 5:45PM                    Skills and tariff review (Group 2)

                                                 Partnership skills –  (Group 3)

                                                 Tumbling (Group 1)

5:45PM - 6:45PM                     Skills and tariff review (Group 3)

                                                 Partnership skills –  (Group 1)

                                                 Tumbling (Group 2)

6:45PM – 7:30PM                    Group Choreography / Closing game and photo for athletes

About Camp Clinicians:

Ryan Stephenson 

Ryan Stephenson is a professional circus artist, co-creator, and director with 3 Creations. His career began with Cirque du Soleil, where he performed and collaborated on productions including Saltimbanco, Chemins Invisibles, and Axel, and later served as Artistic Director for the character performers in the Alegría VIP experience. Ryan also performed in Franco Dragone’s world-renowned production The House of Dancing Water in Macau.

A former Team Canada power tumbler, Ryan trained under Don Holmes and Niki Lavoie at the Oakville Gymnastics Club before transitioning his athletic foundation into the world of circus arts.

Ryan continues to create and perform in his own original shows, while also leading creative development workshops that help athletes and emerging performers explore their artistic voices. His work blends acting, dance, and emotional embodiment, encouraging performers to express themselves authentically and discover the artist within.

With a background in Social Service Work and certification as a yoga teacher, Ryan brings a holistic, heart-centered approach to his creative and directorial projects. He is currently studying Clown with Misha Usov, continuing to grow and evolve as an artist. Passionate about the transformative power of the arts, Ryan looks forward to sharing his knowledge and experience with the next generation of artists, inspiring them to create from a place of truth, curiosity, and joy.

Karyzza Guillermo

Karyzza  Guillermo is a former National Team member who represented Canada at multiple International Competitions. Her fondness of Gymnastics started when she was very young and by the age of 6, she was accepted into the Acro Program at her Gym. Over the next 14 years she trained and travelled with her Team and gained valuable experience in and out of the Gym. Karyzza retired from Competition after the 2024 World Championship in Portugal, to pursue her dream of becoming a Nurse. Her love of Acro and willingness to share her experience continues to inspire everyone she meets.

Tammy Chow