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  • Episode 14 – Valentina Martin: Fusion in Life and Love

    Date: 2015.10.11 | Category: PODCAST! | Response: 0

    Belly Fusion Workshop

    Belly Fusion Workshop

    Recorded in March 2015 in San Francisco before her performance at the DNA Lounge, Valentina Martin caught me up on her life – a fusion of her talents and passions.

    Hooping with Nicole Wong in Dolores Park

    Hooping with Nicole Wong in Dolores Park

    I happened to be in town spending time with my husband (we eloped in January 2015!). I timed it just right so I could take Valentina’s Belly Fusion workshop that combines belly dancing and hooping. She’s an amazing teacher and I continue to say that I want to be her when I grow up.

     

    Imitation is supposedly the sincerest form of flattery. I made a run at imitating Valentina when I went to the Rose City School of Burlesque and combined my hooping with a couple of acts. That lasted about 6 months basically because 1) I accomplished my goal and 2) it’s hard to come up with a new act and costume every couple of weeks! My hat – and bra! – off to this lady. She has created spectacular performances and shows with her hoop troupe, The Hoop Unit, her belly dancing and burlesque talents and now in Twisted Orbit, her partnership with her husband, Steve Bags. Fusion.

    Partner Possibilities

    Partner Possibilities Workshop at Hoopcamp 2015

     

    Lucky for me Valentina and Bags were teaching a Partner Possibilities workshop at Hoopcamp this fall. Now even I can juggle and partner hoop! Looking forward to teaching those new skills to my hoop friends and maybe even my husband.

    Enjoy the interview and please explore the many, many links to her work.

    Happy Hooping!

     

    Video Goodness
    Unity YouTube Channel
    Twisted Orbit YouTube Channel
    Circling the Infinite – Twisted Orbit

    Twisted Orbit Manipulation Theater June 2015

    Unity Hoops Website
    Unity Hoops Facebook Page
    Twisted Orbit Facebook Page

    Performers Without Borders
    https://vimeo.com/135901309
    https://pwbblog.wordpress.com/2014/02/14/sombra-2/

    Hoopcamp Retreats
    DNA Lounge

    Music by the dawn machine
    https://soundcloud.com/thedawnmachine/sets

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  • Episode 10 – Antonio Gomez and 10 Years of the Bay Area Hoopers

    Date: 2013.12.31 | Category: PODCAST! | Response: 0

    Hello hoopers, hoopers in the making and hooper lovers!HulaHooplaPodcast_Large

    I met my goal!!! I got my tenth episode done before the new year!! My next goal is to make this podcast professional. What does that mean? It means a simple and redesigned website, sponsors, advertisers, maybe even some fun prizes. I want to bring hoopers from around the world to your ears and hearts. If you’re interested in helping me make this a reality and bring it to the masses in a more polished formed, you can reach me at hoopanista (at) hulahoopla (dot) com. Thanks!

    On this episode – EPISODE 10!! – I talk with Antonio Gomez of the San Francisco Bay Area Hoopers, or BAH. And I saved this one, my 10th episode to honor BAH’s 10th Anniversary! So cool. I haven’t even known about hooping, as I’ve come to know it, for 10 years!!

    Antonio Gomez

    Antonio Gomez

     

    I met Antonio when I came to my first BAH hoop jam in December of 2012 and felt an immediate connection. I had just started coming down to the Bay Area to visit my long-distance fella and wanted to meet hoopers in area. Headed over from East Bay to Inner Space in San Francisco and I have to admit I was pretty nervous, sort like I was on someone else’s turf. Aren’t we our own worst enemy?! I was welcomed with open arms and had a blast. My guy came along and hooped with me!

     

    If you’re ever in the Bay Area, check out BAH’s weekly indoor hoop jam. Right now going into 2014 it’s every Sunday, 1:00pm – 3:00pm at Inner Mission, 2050 Bryant Street in San Francisco. All experience levels welcome and kick in some cash to support the group.

    I’m putting this episode out while I’m down in the Bay Area for Christmas and the New Year and will indeed be heading to a BAH hoop jam. Can’t wait!

    Weekly Indoor Hoop Jam
    Every Sunday 1pm-3pm
    Inner Mission
    2050 Bryant Street, San Francisco

    Bay Area Hoopers
    http://www.bayareahoopers.org

    Article on Bay Area Hoopers from Hooping.org
    http://www.hooping.org/2013/05/bay-area-hoopers-celebrates-ten-years/

    Facebook Group
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/bayareahoopers/

    Bay Area Hoopers Documentary by Victor “Supervictorio” Ibarra

     

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