Caterina Suttin

(USA)

Caterina Suttin got her start hooping in 2009 and has been teaching and sharing her passion for hoops since 2010. She began teaching in Austin TX and then started to travel all around the USA teaching at festivals, retreats and hoop/flow events. In 2012 she was invited to teach in Switzerland, which was her first time teaching at an international event. Since then Caterina has taught and performed 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.

Josh Philippi aka Tech Swan

(USA)

Josh Philippi is a Florida-based instructor and performance artist. Known for infusing technical proficiency with smooth liquid-like movement, Josh brings a fresh and unique performance style to the scene. He has made waves in the hoop community with his passion for teaching, bringing his on-body workshops to festivals and events nation-wide. He discovered the hula hoop while studying Music Therapy in 2015 and quickly became fascinated by its infinite possibilities, steering him onto a path he never expected. Over the years, he has expanded his skillsets to include double-hoops, fire-hoop, and other flow props. Influenced heavily by traditional on-body techniques and more modern tricks, Josh strives to push boundaries and inspire others with his unique expression.

Kristin La Hoop

(DE)

2009 kam der Hula Hoop in mein Leben und weckte meine Leidenschaft und

kindliche Spielfreude, die bis heute anhält. Seitdem habe mich

autodidaktisch weitergebildet mit Hilfe von inspirierenden Lehrern in

Tanz, Clownerie und physisches Theater. Ich bin stark vom französischen

Nouveau Cirque beeinflusst und liebe die Vielfalt vom Contemporary Circus. Ich möchte mit meinen Hula Hoops Geschichten erzählen und Emotionen vermitteln. Meine Spezialität ist die Kombination einzelner Tricks mit großer Musikalität, einem Fokus auf geometrische Formen und ausdrucksstarken Körperbewegungen. Seit 2012 stehe ich auf Bühnen von Galashows, Kulturveranstaltungen und Festivals. Seit 2013 unterrichte ich privat und bei europäischen Hula Hoop Conventions.

Nuria Luna Llena

(ARG)

Nuria is hooping since 9 yers and startet her journey 9 years ago, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

For all these years she has been performing and sharing workshops at Circus Schools and Circus Conventions all over Argentina, Chile, Paraguay , Uruguay, Spain, Catalunya and Italy, and co-organized the 1st Hula Hoop Convention in Argentina, helping to grow the Hoop Community in her country.

From 2018 she has been part of several Contemporary Circus and Escenic Laboratories/ Residences. She  studied Pedagogy applied to Circus and also became  a facilitator of HULA HOOP INTEGRAL and FUNTIONAL JUGGLING.

During the pandemic Nuria continued sharing her knowledge virtually all over the word and became part of the exceptional teaching staff of the jugglers virtual training camp: Gravity Allies (Aliadxs de la Gravedad).

 Her Hula Hoop knowledge was mostly self-taught but also took classes and workshops with great worldwide Hula Hoop references. 

Her main goal is to open doors to infinity and the multiple possibilities to make everybody feel the power of creating through and with hoops.

Loren Hoopera

(FR) 

Passionate by flow arts, Loren discovers juggling at the age of 18 in Paris. In parallel of her studies she practices poïs, fire dancing and performs with a few companies.

In 2007 she discovers hooping without knowing she was stepping into a ring that was going to change her life. She begins to teach hoopDance in 2013 and launch the first hoop fitness classes in Paris one year later with the HoopTonic® program. Passionate and convinced by the benefits of hooping for body and mind, she began a professional retraining to make the teaching of Hula-hoop her full time job as becoming a fitness instructor. Since 2015 she manages the first french hoop school, Hoopera, where she teaches, performs and organises events. Besides she also manages the Pin-Hoop, a HoopDance troupe based in Paris. 

She loves to travel around Europe in conventions and retreats to teach and get inspired by connecting to the hooping community. 

Techniques include a variety of different behind the back & under arm tosses, offering different levels of complexity for beginner/intermediate and advanced hoopers, starting with the basics and then looking at a load of variations, transitions & combos from these moves.

This workshop will help you incorporate these fun techniques into your hooping and learn ways to flow or transition out them of them.

Rea Leuenberger Movin' Inspiration

(CH)

Ihr Leben ist ein Tanz!

Seit ihrer Ausbildung zur Tanz- und Gymnastiklehrerin SBTG, bildet sie sich ständig im In- und Ausland weiter. Die meiste Inspiration fand sie bei ihren längeren Aufenthalten in den Tanzstudios des lebendigen New Yorks. Auch bei ihren vielen Reisen, sammelt sie immer wieder neue Impulse, die sie in ihre Arbeit einfliessen lässt. Ihre Passion in der Zusammenarbeit mit Menschen ist die Sensibilisierung der eigenen Persönlichkeit in der Bewegung. Jeder Moment ist eine neue Herausforderung, Ihre Stunden sind eine Entdeckungsreise, wandelbar, inspirierend und voller Lebensfreude. Ihre Jahrelange Bühnenerfahrung und erfolgreiche Tätigkeit als Tänzerin, Choreografin und Personal Coach nutzt sie neben der Tanzschule auch für zahlreiche Jugendkulturprojekte und Camps.

Meghan, aka Ohmega

started her flow journey with hoops in Canada 12 years ago and now resides in Munich. Over the years she has developed a unique tech-flow style with double hoops and dabbled in multiple other tools, such as dragonstaff and buugeng, while this weekend she will be teaching us the basics of fan spinning!