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Circus Summer Camp

Future Stars Circus Arts Camp at Purchase College is a unique and challenging learning experience. Circus and performance skills are taught by professional educators in an energetic team-oriented atmosphere.

The Circus Arts campers have several securely rigged aerial activities including triple trapeze and silk.

Their floor activities have ample matted areas. Additonally, activities include rola bola, juggling, unicycling, diabolos, clowning, and much more!

Circus Arts Camp

Ages: 6-16

Dates:  July 1 - July 12
2 Weekly Sessions

Times: 9am - 4pm
Extended Hours Available

 

TYPICAL DAY

9am Orientation/Warm up

9:30 am Circus Arts Skills 1

11am Swimming

12pm Lunch

1pm Performing Skills

2:15 pm Field Play / Snack

3pm Circus showcase prep

3:45pm Wrap Up

Typical Day activities, sports & times are subject to change

HIGHLIGHTS

  • trapeze
  • clowning
  • unicycling
  • balancing skills
  • trampoline
  • equilibristics
  • spanish web
  • juggling
  • rola bola
  • tight wire
  • stilt walking
  • floor acrobatics

FACILITIES

  • air conditioned gym matted areas
  • Training stations include static trapeze
  • triple trapeze
  • silk
  • unicyle area
  • juggling and clowning space
  • tightwire
  • mini trampoline
  • rolling globes

Director: Viveca Gardiner

Viveca is president of Playful Productions, which produces shows and provides performers and instructors for events, corporate training, and education programs. She has performed as a juggler, ringmistress, aerialist, clown, stilt walker, and skater and worked in almost every backstage role. She has taught circus skills to thousands of children and adults. Viveca founded CircusNYC.com and Juggle NYC.com. She has written two study guides on circus (one published by the Big Apple Circus and one by the Brooklyn Academy of Music) and worked for Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, Circus Talk, the Big Apple Circus, Circus of the Kids, Cirque du Soleil, the International Jugglers Association, JUGGLE magazine, and the American Youth Circus Organization. She might have sawdust in her veins.

 

 

FACILITIES

Our state-of-the-art facilities include a brand-new lighted turf baseball complex, new lighted turf football/soccer field, NCAA regulation softball field, and several full-size soccer fields. Additionally, there are acres of training fields expertly maintained. 14 deco tennis courts (6 lighted) for our tennis camp, 3 full indoor and 3 outdoor basketball courts.

The indoor facilities utilized include the swimming pool, diving well with 3 meter and 1-meter boards, aerobics studios, locker rooms, performance center, analysis rooms, 3 air conditioned gymnasiums, racquetball/squash courts, and more! 

In addition to the grounds, we utilize program specific training equipment for each program (i.e. trampolines with harnesses, batting cages and pitching machines, sport specific target training, radar gun, video, and much more).

LEADERSHIP

Jordan Snider 

Director of Operations and Director for Purchase College since 1993

Jordan has also seen the camps from the perspective of being a camper when growing up. He graduated from Rollins College with a BA in Psychology, and also has an MBA from the Stern School of Business, NYU. Jordan’s college tennis team won an NCAA National Tennis Championship during his tenure and was always top 4 in the nation.
Currently Jordan is Head Tennis Coach at Purchase College where he was named 2019 Conference Co-Coach of the Year. Additionally, he is President of Briarcliff Youth Soccer Club and has coached youth soccer, basketball, and baseball. Jordan met his wife Julie at Future Stars many years ago. Now their children, Emily and Eli, join Jordan at camp each summer soaking up all that the camp has to offer. 

James Oates

Assistant Site Director

James played collegiate soccer at Rutgers University before moving back to England and graduating from York St. John University with a degree in Sports Studies and Psychology. Shortly thereafter he completed a Post Graduate Certificate in Education from Durham University and became a qualified Physical Education teacher. James worked for 7 years as Head of Physical Education at Durham Sports College & Sixth Form Centre before moving to New York with his wife Erica. He then spent 6 years in NYC working at the Hewitt School as Chair of the PE department.

James has coached numerous soccer teams throughout Westchester and is currently the Assistant Womens Soccer Coach at Purchase College. 

 

 


Group Leaders


Group Leaders, typically post graduate educators, are responsible for supervision, instruction and implementation of everyday activities on and off the field, court, classroom, etc.

Head Counselors 


Head Counselors, usually post graduate or collegiate student athletes, assist the Group Leader in making sure campers are engaged, following curriculum and program directives, interacting, interrelating, and having a great summer experience enjoying personal growth!

General Counselors 


General Counselors, normally college age former campers, work under the supervision of the Group Leaders. They assist in direction, supervision and organization of everyday activities.

Leaders in Training 


Our Youth Leadership Program is designed to teach and provide the appropriate skills to develop our oldest campers into future counselors. Youth Leaders will be working under the supervision of their program director as well as the Group Leaders. Assisting in everyday activities and learning the importance of camper safety and development. At no time will campers be alone with a Leader in Training.


Behind the Scenes

Camp Administration


The Camp Office is your place for all camper questions, weekly changes, program changes, billing questions, payments, arrival & departure nuances. Reema operates the "command center" for all camp operations!

Health Office


A registered EMT or Athletic Trainer is on-site at all times. Camper medications should be labeled and given to the Health Office Director where they will then pack a program specific med bag for each program.

Pool Staff


The Pool Staff is composed of swim coaches, certified lifeguards and water safety instructors monitoring campers during their recreational swim and training campers during instructional and work out sessions.

FAQ

How long is the camp day? Do you have early drop off or extended day options? 

Camp runs Monday through Friday from 9 am to 4 pm. We do offer early drop off starting at 8 am and extended day going till 5:30 pm for an additional fee. 

What is the camper to counselor ratio?

7:1

How do I make changes to my campers’ schedule?

Changes can be made by calling the camp office, 914-273-8500.

How are campers grouped?

All campers are grouped based on age. After the Monday morning assessment, campers will be moved around based on skill level, so they are in a comfortable social environment as well as skilled.

DIRECTIONS

SUNY Purchase is a sprawling 500 acre campus in the heart of Westchester County with state of the art facilities. Just minutes from the Greenwich border and 23 miles from Manhattan the campus is easily accessible from all major highways.

Address to this location is:
735 Anderson Hill Rd, Purchase NY 10577



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Transportation

We do offer door-to-door transportation to Westchester, Greenwich and most of Manhattan. Buses are all air-conditioned and labeled with Future Stars insignia. Drivers are certified by the bus company and a camp counselor will be monitoring campers at all times.

Typical pick-up/drop-off times vary depending on your spot on the route. We will call the week before with your bus times, as the times change weekly. For campers that are spending an extended time on the bus, we do the best we can to reverse the route and make it fair to all and still efficient (in some cases this is not a possibility).

Local Transportation:
Pick-up times vary between 8:15 am and 8:45 am.
Drop-off times vary between 4:15 pm and 5:00 pm.

NYC Transportation:
Pick-up times vary between 7:30 am and 8:00 am (all buses should leave city by 8:00 am).

Drop-off times vary between 4:45 pm and 5:30 pm.

Swim

The SUNY Purchase College Pool is an indoor pool, fully staffed with certified lifeguards. Campers will have the option of recreational swim each week. 

Campers will be given a Deep-Water Test overseen by a Water Safety Instructor. This test is done at the beginning of each session, campers don’t need to take it more than once unless they wish to try and move up a level.

Bands are given to each camper to signify where they are able to go in the pool. Campers are monitored by lifeguards as well as counselors actively in the water.

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