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‘Find Your Balance’ — Learn the ins and outs of balance with Dizzy in her hoop balance workshop. This workshop is super fun and accessible for all levels. We will cover hand and face balance basics and variations for absolute beginners. For those looking to level it up we will add some extra challenges for you. The class will end with some fun games to challenge your new skill.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Dizzy is a hoop performer and instructor coming all the way from Australia. Known for her high energy multi hooping, incredible face balance skills, passion for hoop community and silly stage smiles. Dizzy has been hooping for a decade now, kicking off her hooping career in 2020 spreading the hoop joy across regional NSW for the past 3 years, teaching at Australia's biggest hoop retreat - Hoopy Happenings in 2022 and now a interstate performer basing herself in Western Australia.
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‘Coinflip Confidence’ — Build your “Coinflip Confidence” with Mystic Chickpea! This workshop will begin with tips, tricks, and troubleshooting for horizontal and vertical neck coinflips, and expand into fun variations for all skill levels. We will focus on making our coinflips clean and consistent, and learn proper contact points and posture for beginner, intermediate, and advanced variations. Wether you’ve never tried a coinflip before, or you consider yourself a pro, this workshop is sure to expand your flow!
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McKayla is a multi-prop flow artist and performer based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Known for her single hoop manipulation, McKayla’s flow style is energetic and technical, with lots of eye-catching flips, folds, and illusions; playing with the planes of space between herself, her hoop, and the audience. Flow arts completely changed her life, and she is so excited to bite you with the coinflip bug!
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‘Captivating Choreo’ — In this workshop we will learn some showstopping hoopography, and how to add your own personal touches on it to really make it your own. We will be tapping into our stage presence, and connecting with the performer within us all. For this workshop, bring a hoop between the sizes of 27-33 inches (I will have extras) and wear an outfit that makes you feel confident. This workshop is for ALL levels, and it will challenge you to let go of self doubt and learn some cool new combinations of moves that you can take to the stage, the camera, or the mirror at home.
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Kylee is a dedicated hoop performer and teacher based in Detroit, Michigan. With 6 years of performing and teaching experience, she loves sharing the joy of hoop dance with others and helping other hoopers reach their goals. Kylee’s inspiration is drawn from many types of hula hooping, and her hooping style is a mixture of circus, tech, and dance. In 2022 Kylee won the World Hula Hoop Championships by GlobeFit, in the 16+ advanced single hoop category as well as with a troop in the group category.
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‘Glory Rollz’ — The glory of a roll can be vastly underestimated. In this class, we will bring the glory back to our rolls by going over a plethora of tips, tricks and variations of basic rolls, advanced rolls and even a few double rolls! Students will be challenged with using both hands, using different grips and executing various catches. This class is designed for ALL levels of hoopers and all hoop sizes! We will cover 10+ roll variations along with some tips for execution and continuation. Bring two hoops, a big smile and get ready to rock and roll!
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Brandin AKA Guapoh is a Detroit based flow artist who has been practicing and teaching for 8 years. He has taught and performed at local and international events as well working for a multitude of talent and circus agencies. The goal of his classes is for everyone to feel included and challenged at the same time. Teaching his dynamic moves, students are sure to walk away with some spicy new moves and a whole new attitude.
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‘Embodied Flow’ — Embodied Flow will guide you via a range of hooping techniques as a gateway to unlocking flow states. Taking you from your head down into awakening your flow body. We will flow through a series of embodiment and hoop techniques crafted to support you to express freely while connecting with your hoop, body and the moment. Immerse in the joy of sustained play and sensory exploration both in and out of your hoop.
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Deanne Love has ignited a global revolution of embodied flow inside a hoop. Hoopers around the globe tune in to learn from Deanne’s fresh and passionately positive style of hooping guidance. The creative founder of Hooplovers.tv shares high energy live and online classes, workshops and hoop teacher education. Strong in the art of streamlined instruction and intuitive facilitation, Deanne turns up the volume on the “feel-good-factor” as a source of embodied freedom for all level of hooper. She shares hooping as a delicious hot pot of tricks, transitions and technique. Harnessing both the flavours of individual style and collective energy, Deanne supports group diversity and the exploration of unique flow immersion in all of her facilitation.
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‘Floor Work’ — This workshop brings different hoop tricks to help you flow in the floor, including moves to go to the floor and to stand up again. We will combine popular hoop tricks with those "ups" and "downs" as well as learning some specific floor tricks, with advanced variations for those looking for a challenge.
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Brazilian circus and dance artist who enjoys researching the intersection of circus and other languages. She has been teaching hoop since 2010, focusing on creation, fire and floor movement research. On the past 15 years she teached at circus and hoop conventions around Brasil, Europe, and virtual events in Latin America, including Summer Hooping Mexico (2020), HoopFlow Argentina (2020), Eucima (Spain 2015), SpielPause Fire Festival (Germany 2012), Heart&Hoop Retreat (Netherlands 2017). She also produced herself many hoop events and workshops including III Brazilian Hoop Convention (2015), International & Virtual Hoop Fest (2020) and her own workshops in Europe and Brasil, including a hoop residency in 2018. She is currently directing Biolumini group and co-directing A Penca, Projeto Triskle and her painting hoops solo (TONS). With her shows and acts, she has been performing at circus festivals, music events, television shows and events like Boom Festival, Universo Paralello, Trapezi Festival, Festival de Circo do Brasil, Festival Internacional de Circo de São Paulo, VuuV Festival, and others.
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‘Cacao & Choreo’ — This class is all about hooping with a partner, because hooping is ALWAYS better with friends. In this workshop, we’ll be learning a partner hoop routine that will emphasize choreography dynamics such as levels, mirroring, canons and more. Before moving into our choreo, we’ll ground in with cacao to open our hearts and root into a sacred, playful space. Once we’re dropped in, we’ll pair up with a partner and move through a series of connection exercises that inspire trust and connection. Partner work isn’t just about learning moves together, it’s about getting into an authentic flow with your partner that can be felt by the audience. From this place of connection and playfulness, we’ll learn a choreographed partner hoop routine that will begin with a single hoop and evolve into two hoops. You’ll discover how you can stylize the routine based on musicality, theme, and overall vibe. You’ll walk away with a routine to weave into your performances, and a deepened connection with your partner!
The cacao we will be using for our workshop will be sourced from the indigenous Bribri tribe of southern Costa Rica. Cacao is not only an important source of income for the Bribi tribe, but it’s also a way for them to stay connected to their ancestral roots. It’s an honor to support this local tribe and the loving care they put into this medicine.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS
Amanda Lee aka Misshoopdidoo is a California-based performance artist and international hula hoop instructor. She’s traveled to over 10 different countries and traveled all over America sharing her passion for flow. Amanda’s teaching style is inspirational, upbeat and accessible, with a healthy dose of sass. She is also a trained dancer and loves to weave dance technique into her classes - there is nothing she loves more than inspiring people to feel confident in their bodies while truly dancing with their hula hoop.
Katie Rose aka Tippytoes_flows is a California-based movement artist, ceremonialist, and coach. She has been practicing flow arts for 10 years and has led mindfulness workshops and ceremonies throughout the country for the past 3 years. Her passion for creating spaces where folks can feel empowered to embody their true essence and take up space shines through her warm, playful, and inspiring teaching style. She loves combining mindfulness and flow into workshops to offer a unique flavor of deepened connection and sacred play.
Amanda and Katie have been flow friends - let’s be real soul sisters - for 7 years, creating together, exploring together, dreaming together and healing together. Together, along with the help of a core team of girlfriends, they started Wildfire Arts Collective, an entertainment company specializing in dance-focused fire & LED performances. This dynamic duo is bringing their shared passion for partner choreography and ceremonial practices to Oasis, which will surely be their greatest adventure yet.
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‘Let's Tech About It’ — Okay y’all, it’s TECH TIME! In this class we’re going to be covering some of Taylor’s favorite doubles tech! We will be covering some fun basic tech, hybrids, and 3-D movements to get you movin’ and groovin’ into two hoop tech! Let’s get technical!
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Taylor Duffrin, aka Taylor Flows, is a specialty performance artist and international flow arts instructor based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her flow arts career started back in 2014 when she purchased her first hula hoop. Upon starting, she began to realize that what was intended to be just a hobby had captivated her heart and was turning into something much, much bigger. Taylor has performed all over the United States at festivals, parades, and private parties ever since. What started off as performances with a single hula hoop began to evolve into a love of teaching and sharing hoop dance with others. Taylor has become a successful international instructor, teaching single hoop, double hoop, multiple hoops, and fan tech. She has taught all around the globe from The Hula Hoop Institute’s Hoop Dream Retreat Malaysia and Bali, to Rendez v’Hoop France, to Alpine Hoop Retreat Austria, to Hoop West Canada, SWHoop Bristol, Oasis Hoop Retreat Costa Rica to many retreats around the US. With the surge of COVID and wanting to connect with her students and friends around the globe more regularly, Taylor decided to create online classes and tutorials to keep her passion alive during the off season of retreats. Her online courses have been wildly successful to thousands of hoopers worldwide.
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‘Jaw-droppin' Jaw Breakers’ — This is a technical workshop that explores several ways to break the direction of the hoop with your jaw. The class will start and end with some gentle stretching, and together we’ll really dive deep on the mechanics and technique of my favorite jaw-breaker variations. Starting with basic chest-roll technique, we’ll learn how to incorporate different movements with our shoulder and jaw to interrupt the hoop on its path, and surprise our audience. We’ll also go over a few jawbreakers that stem from other familiar tricks. You’ll learn the appropriate speed, direction, and timing necessary to master these fun, jaw-dropping hoop tricks.
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Josh Philippi aka TechSwan, is a Florida-based instructor and performance artist. Known for infusing technical proficiency with smooth liquid-like movement, Josh brings a fresh and unique style to the scene. He strives to make waves in the hoop community with his passion for teaching. He discovered the hula hoop in 2015 while in college, and quickly became fascinated by its infinite possibilities, steering him onto a path he never expected. Over the years, he has been heavily influenced by traditional on-body techniques and fusing them into a flow with more modern off-body trick. Josh continually strives to push boundaries and inspire others with his unique expression.
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‘Two Hoops, One Hand’ —
In this workshop we will dive into the world of using two hoops in one hand and explore a variety of techniques that promise to challenge and inspire new possibilities.
A few of the tricks we will play with include: Isoflower, ocho grip scissor switches and same direction split time on the hand. We'll work through many drills and dexterity exercises that will help build control. I will also share several ways to enter and exit out of the isoflower, which will help integrate these moves into your twin hoop flow. If you are new to working with two hoops, having them both in the same hand can be a great way to get started! For those of you who are already comfortable working with two hoops in one hand, I will challenge you with variations and we will work on timing and posture to help build towards having two hoops in each hand to open up working with 4 hoops.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Caterina Suttin got her start hooping in 2009 and has been teaching and sharing her passion for hoop since 2010. She began teaching in Austin TX and started traveling all around the USA teaching at festivals, retreats and hoop/flow events. In 2012, she was invited to teach at her first international hoop convention and from there she has continued to teach and perform in more than 10 countries worldwide. Specializing in 1, 2 and 4 hoops, she has a passion for clean lines, smooth transitions and complex techniques.
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‘Alignment Based Yoga’ — Our morning yoga practice will be the perfect way to wake up and start your day. Each one hour sequence will be designed to warm the muscles of your body with a different anatomical focus each day. Expect breathwork, static and then active stretching woven into a flow, and closing with savasana to reset the body and mind
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Sarah discovered Yoga while working on a triple major in University. It stopped her in her tracks. Her love of Asana continued to grow as she found both physical and emotional empowerment within the practice. Her strong anatomy focused background as a High school Biology teacher and personal trainer allows her to cue alignment and refinement of each pose helping students reach their maximum physical success.Sarah’s energetic personality infused with her creative sequencing creates memorable classes every single time. She aims to create an inviting, caring space for students of all levels and inspire people to find hidden strength, grace and freedom within their bodies and minds.