The Movement Creative is internationally recognized as a leader in physical education and play-space design. Our team combines decades of coaching experience with modern approaches to supporting student development through movement and play.
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What’s Camp Like?
Check out this video recap of some of our favorite moments from last year.
Who is Camp For?
All kids ages 6-13* who want to grow through play and spend time outdoors this summer. No previous parkour or gymnastics experience is necessary!
*CIT opportunities are available for ages 13+
Please email parkouradventure@themovementcreative.com to learn more
Where are your camps?
We meet at Columbus Circle in Central Park and travel to both Riverside and Central Park throughout the week.
What can my child expect during camp?
The Movement Creative focuses on three core principles when designing the programming for our weeks of summer camp.
Physical - Parkour is a discipline of effort rather than physical ability or strength. One of the driving ideas behind our approach to coaching is “Start Together, Finish Together,” which creates a culture of teamwork and collaboration when it comes to learning new skills, conditioning to strengthen our bodies, or even playing a movement game. We also design our classes to provide a challenge to movers of all ages, sizes, and experience levels by scaling difficulty.
Mental - We use the mantra “embrace challenge” to describe our approach to training. We encourage our movers to expand their comfort zones and engage with fear in a healthy way, whether that’s breaking a new jump, trying a new technique, or even moving in a brand new space. Some skills cannot be taught in a lecture, and we believe that risky play, when coached responsibly, is a key component to understanding ones body and forming a healthy relationship to movement.
Social - Developing a bond of trust with the people we train with is one of the best ways for us to stay safe during parkour. To foster skills like altruism and collaboration, we use games and team challenges. Working together in this way also helps reinforce the concept of collective effort rather than competition, and will strengthen communication skills.
What are your camp policies?
To help us keep coaches on staff, we are asking for payment upfront, either in full or on a payment plan. This helps us continue to support our team by offering benefits such as Paid Time Off, Retirement Plans, and Paid Training, and it gives us the funds to build new curriculum.
We will only cancel camp in the event of weather that is dangerous to campers (e.g., severe thunderstorms, flooding). For more information about rainy camp days, please visit this page. For more information about our cancellation policy, please visit this page.
All payments are non-refundable and non-transferrable.
Do you offer financial assistance or scholarships?
For those in need of financial assistance, we have a limited number of spots available at a reduced price to improve community access. Our camp prices are set to ensure we can offer competitive salaries and benefits to our team as well as establish a community fund that can help create scholarship opportunities for those of limited means.
If you would like to apply or inquire about financial assistance, you can send an email to Ruby for more information.
“The skills he learned and developed have really helped him with his competitive soccer - balance, proprioception, coordination and agility. He built a lot of confidence taking risks and showing himself his capabilities, when the mind says “I can’t” but you try anyway and succeed. It’s really powerful.”
Manda (Parent)