saturday 18 april 2020
We are looking forward to Birmingham Hoop Fest 2020!
We are proud to host Kay Pink Hoop, See Ying Yip and Michela Hoops as workshop leaders + a great aerial workshop with CircusMash (aerial hoop, trapeze and silk).
Plenty of playtime during the day and Hoop Jam + Roller DIsco will follow the workshops for those who would like to hang around and carry on hooping and having fun!!
Free snacks and refreshment will be available throughout the day.
Stall and merchandise by Unicorn Hooper.
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
Kay Pink Hoop - Back to the Hoop
In this workshop you will learn on and off body moves that go behind your back or around your body. We will go through: foot pass variations, behind the back throw and jump, snake pass, round the body circus move and round the butt pass, butt hooping and behind the back foot pass.Go ready to learn cool, fun and fancy tricks!
From Bristol UK, Kay has been a professional hoop instructor since 2011. She taught for Emma Kenna's company Hooping Mad for several years, then taught solo tours around the UK, Europe, USA, Australia and Asia as well as hooping festivals world wide including Spin summit (USA), New Zealand Hoop Fest, German Hoop Convention, SWHOOP, Manchester Hoop Convention, Birmingham Hoop Fest and the European Juggling Convention. Kay now runs her own hooping festival Unicorn Hoop Fest and clothing line Unicorn Hooper which launched in 2017! Growing up struggling with Dyslexia and Dyspraxia, Kay found different ways around her coordination and learning issues which hugely influenced her teaching style, breaking down tricks in the simplest ways so anyone can understand and grasp them. A finalist in the first ever Hooping Idol, Kay is known for her foot hooping, twins, flow and her award winning Hoop burlesque performances.
See Ying Yip - Brain Scrambling Wall Plane Tech
Learn mind-bending hoop tech that will frazzle your brain. We will begin by going through the theory behind wall plane twins and hybrids. Starting with the combination of a linear isolation and one-handed coin flip fold, we will build onto this move to create lots of different patterns and combinations. We will add twists, folds, turns, flips, iso-whips, linear isolations, swings, slides, use different hand grips, to explore all the different possibilities and add variety to your twins. We will learn how to move dynamically whilst doing wall plane twins, and how to connect the moves together and incorporate them into your existing twins flow. You do not need to have previous experience of twins to do this workshop, but it would help if you have some experience of moving two hoops at the same time. Everything will be explained from the basics up, but it would be helpful if you already know how to do a basic isolation and horizontal linear isolation. If you are already an experienced doubles hooper, this workshop will add to your skill set, and inspire you to build your own combinations. By the time you have finished the workshop your brain will be slightly scrambled! Please bring 2 x medium to small lightweight hoops.
See Ying Yip (HoopSpirit) discovered hooping in the summer of 2010 and has been smitten ever since. See Ying is best known in the hoop community for her seamless doubles and mind-bending twin hoop tech. She has taught at Play (2017, 2018), Phoenix Fire Convention 2017, Bath UpChuck 2018, Brighton Flow Festival Summer 2018, Lestival 2018, Catch 2018, Hoop Sesh 2018, London Circus Symposium 2018, Belfast Juggling Convention 2019, and has taught her own workshops in Manchester and London. She has taught and performed at Whoop-C – the Welsh Hoop Convention 2018, the British Juggling Convention 2018, York Hoop Spree 2018, and has performed at Brighton Xmas Hooping Party 2018, Spinning@ Xmas Party 2018, Dia de Muertos Hoop Retreat 2018 in Mexico, and the Italian Hoop Connection 2019. See Ying is currently expanding into circus hooping, quad hooping, hoop juggling and is training in capoeira, flexibility and acrobatics. She is heavily involved in the larger spinning community, and looks at ways to combine hoop tech, dance and acrobatics, and is heavily influenced by other circus props.
Michela Hoops
Fabric and movement exploration
This workshop will challenge you with a new prop and will invite you to explore your own movement and to find new ways to move. How many shapes can we create just by playing with a piece of fabric? You will be utterly surprised :) Building on hoop dance moves and tricks, we will explore how we can create flow and use hula hooping technique to generate a brand new range of moves which will help you to expand the concept of dance and to explore the infinite possibilities available with this prop. All materials will be provided.
Michela has been teaching hoop dance since 2013 and runs regular classes and workshops in Birmingham and throughout the UK. She has been teaching at Brighton Flow Fest, CircusMash, Birmingham Hoop Fest, and countless events and festivals. She is a registered Dance and Movement Therapist (ADMP UK) and she facilitates sessions and workshops using movement, dance and several props with a wide audience which includes people of all needs and abilities.
Hoop tricks and leg work
In this workshop we will go through a series of tricks and variations around knee hooping, foot hooping and pass from leg hooping to other parts of the body, and vice-versa to incorporate flow and tricks.
Aerial workshop with CircusMash
Have a go on the aerial hoop, trapeze and silk with our brilliant CircusMash instructors! And yes, we can try to hoop at the same time!
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We are proud to host Kay Pink Hoop, See Ying Yip and Michela Hoops as workshop leaders + a great aerial workshop with CircusMash (aerial hoop, trapeze and silk).
Plenty of playtime during the day and Hoop Jam + Roller DIsco will follow the workshops for those who would like to hang around and carry on hooping and having fun!!
Free snacks and refreshment will be available throughout the day.
Stall and merchandise by Unicorn Hooper.
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
Kay Pink Hoop - Back to the Hoop
In this workshop you will learn on and off body moves that go behind your back or around your body. We will go through: foot pass variations, behind the back throw and jump, snake pass, round the body circus move and round the butt pass, butt hooping and behind the back foot pass.Go ready to learn cool, fun and fancy tricks!
From Bristol UK, Kay has been a professional hoop instructor since 2011. She taught for Emma Kenna's company Hooping Mad for several years, then taught solo tours around the UK, Europe, USA, Australia and Asia as well as hooping festivals world wide including Spin summit (USA), New Zealand Hoop Fest, German Hoop Convention, SWHOOP, Manchester Hoop Convention, Birmingham Hoop Fest and the European Juggling Convention. Kay now runs her own hooping festival Unicorn Hoop Fest and clothing line Unicorn Hooper which launched in 2017! Growing up struggling with Dyslexia and Dyspraxia, Kay found different ways around her coordination and learning issues which hugely influenced her teaching style, breaking down tricks in the simplest ways so anyone can understand and grasp them. A finalist in the first ever Hooping Idol, Kay is known for her foot hooping, twins, flow and her award winning Hoop burlesque performances.
See Ying Yip - Brain Scrambling Wall Plane Tech
Learn mind-bending hoop tech that will frazzle your brain. We will begin by going through the theory behind wall plane twins and hybrids. Starting with the combination of a linear isolation and one-handed coin flip fold, we will build onto this move to create lots of different patterns and combinations. We will add twists, folds, turns, flips, iso-whips, linear isolations, swings, slides, use different hand grips, to explore all the different possibilities and add variety to your twins. We will learn how to move dynamically whilst doing wall plane twins, and how to connect the moves together and incorporate them into your existing twins flow. You do not need to have previous experience of twins to do this workshop, but it would help if you have some experience of moving two hoops at the same time. Everything will be explained from the basics up, but it would be helpful if you already know how to do a basic isolation and horizontal linear isolation. If you are already an experienced doubles hooper, this workshop will add to your skill set, and inspire you to build your own combinations. By the time you have finished the workshop your brain will be slightly scrambled! Please bring 2 x medium to small lightweight hoops.
See Ying Yip (HoopSpirit) discovered hooping in the summer of 2010 and has been smitten ever since. See Ying is best known in the hoop community for her seamless doubles and mind-bending twin hoop tech. She has taught at Play (2017, 2018), Phoenix Fire Convention 2017, Bath UpChuck 2018, Brighton Flow Festival Summer 2018, Lestival 2018, Catch 2018, Hoop Sesh 2018, London Circus Symposium 2018, Belfast Juggling Convention 2019, and has taught her own workshops in Manchester and London. She has taught and performed at Whoop-C – the Welsh Hoop Convention 2018, the British Juggling Convention 2018, York Hoop Spree 2018, and has performed at Brighton Xmas Hooping Party 2018, Spinning@ Xmas Party 2018, Dia de Muertos Hoop Retreat 2018 in Mexico, and the Italian Hoop Connection 2019. See Ying is currently expanding into circus hooping, quad hooping, hoop juggling and is training in capoeira, flexibility and acrobatics. She is heavily involved in the larger spinning community, and looks at ways to combine hoop tech, dance and acrobatics, and is heavily influenced by other circus props.
Michela Hoops
Fabric and movement exploration
This workshop will challenge you with a new prop and will invite you to explore your own movement and to find new ways to move. How many shapes can we create just by playing with a piece of fabric? You will be utterly surprised :) Building on hoop dance moves and tricks, we will explore how we can create flow and use hula hooping technique to generate a brand new range of moves which will help you to expand the concept of dance and to explore the infinite possibilities available with this prop. All materials will be provided.
Michela has been teaching hoop dance since 2013 and runs regular classes and workshops in Birmingham and throughout the UK. She has been teaching at Brighton Flow Fest, CircusMash, Birmingham Hoop Fest, and countless events and festivals. She is a registered Dance and Movement Therapist (ADMP UK) and she facilitates sessions and workshops using movement, dance and several props with a wide audience which includes people of all needs and abilities.
Hoop tricks and leg work
In this workshop we will go through a series of tricks and variations around knee hooping, foot hooping and pass from leg hooping to other parts of the body, and vice-versa to incorporate flow and tricks.
Aerial workshop with CircusMash
Have a go on the aerial hoop, trapeze and silk with our brilliant CircusMash instructors! And yes, we can try to hoop at the same time!
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