Yuri Marmerstein 

Artist/Athlete/Teacher

 

I am an acrobat and movement teacher based out of Las Vegas.

I was not too active as a kid and only found my passion for movement as an adult.  For the most part, I taught myself the skills I currently teach and perform.  
I have performed across the US, including on the Vegas Strip and on Broadway.  
I currently travel the world to teach my perspective on learning acrobatic skills as an adult.  
I offer seminars, workshops, and other in-personal educational experiences for all levels. 

Upcoming Workshops

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Washington, DC
Sep 15
Washington, DC
Vancouver, BC
Sep 22
Vancouver, BC
Dublin, Ireland
Oct 13
Dublin, Ireland
Vilnius, Lithuania
Oct 20
Vilnius, Lithuania
Stockholm, Sweden
Oct 27
Stockholm, Sweden
Random fleeting thought about the power of experience and perception: I remember very well what I consider the worst workshop I've ever taken(shall not be named). It was on the expensive side, not too favorable teacher/student ratio, almost no actual instruction, moved through exercises so fast no one had time to get anything, most of the exercises themselves were overly convoluted and not that useful, seminar was trying to peddle a product rather than focus on the experience, etc. Really, I considered the whole thing a self-centered masturbation fest. The instructor talked about themselves for the whole first hour of what seemed to be a rehearsed speech(and seemed to enjoy the sound of their own voice). After lunch, the assistant talked about himself for a good 45 minutes. Granted, I took the seminar out of my own curiosity as an outsider to the community it was geared towards. Most of the people in attendance seemed to really enjoy the event. Were they that far indoctrinated within their community? Or maybe they attended for much different reasons than I. Anyway, this seminar made me think a lot about peoples' motivation and reasoning and how it could differ greatly from my own. Lastly, this seminar gave me a lot of motivation to try to better with my own teaching that I try to deliver(by my standards anyway). The lessons I learned from this day were all negative, but they have stuck with me. I'm not saying I do better than this; but I try my best to uphold my own standards. No doubt(just by statistics if anything) that there are at least a couple people who consider my workshop the worst they've ever taken. So I pose this question: was it really the worst seminar I ever attended? I may have learned something very different than the other attendees, but I still learned a lot. Every experience has something to offer, It's just in how you perceive it. Photo by @ardourofficial
Done with the weekend of teaching in Houston. Thanks to everyone who attended and to @fit_factor_houston for bringing me out and hosting. we had small group so it allowed us to get very deep into the technique. My wrists and my brain were both thoroughly challenged over these couple days. The first clip describes my physical and mental state after getting done with a weekend of teaching. I was going for the dead press at the end of day 2; this is a move I haven’t tried in about six months and I’ve had a wrist injury to deal with in that time so I wasn’t sure what would happen. The result made me laugh at myself even more😂😂😂 next workshop for me is coming up this Friday in Orange County. Also in other news, if you are planning to attend my Vancouver event September 22-23, I still need a few more sign-ups in the next couple days in order to reach minimums to be able to confirm the event. If you know you are interested, sign up soon to make sure the event will actually happen.
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How the worst seminar I ever attended made me a better teacher
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