HoopNation - the country's first hooping community - is the brainchild of passionate artists in their quest to spread the infinite joy of hoopdance in the Philippines. Hooping combines technical moves and tricks with freestyle or technical dancing, and is typically accompanied by music. In contrast to the classic toy hula hoop, modern hoopers a) use heavier and larger diameter hoops, and b) freque
ntly rotate the hoop around parts of the body other than the waist, including the hips, chest, neck, shoulders, thighs, knees, arms, hands, thumbs, feet and toes. All spaces both within and outside of the hoop can be freely explored. Modern hooping has taken cues from diverse art forms such as rhythmic gymnastics, hip-hop, freestyle dance, fire dance, twirling, and other dance and movement forms. Hooping is part of the greater spectrum of flow arts, which are playful movement arts involving skill toys that are used to evoke the exploration of dynamic, flowing, and sequential movements. This movement, and the related mind/body state, is referred to as "flow". Technically, hooping is a form of object manipulation and in as much shares some lineage with classical juggling. Visit our sites! https://www.facebook.com/Hoopnation.PH
http://www.youtube.com/user/HoopNationTV1
To learn more about the vibrant flow arts community in the Philippines of which HoopNation is a part of, join:
www.facebook.com/groups/flowartsphils/
www.facebook.com/flowartsphilippines
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