Everyone carries a hula-hooping memory. In Hoop, the viewer's perspecitve of the childhood toy shifts when the floor is pulled away, sending simplistic notions of the circular plaything out the window.

Director: Marites Carino
Composer: Anthony Tan 
Choreographer/Dancer: Rebecca Halls
DOP: Donald Robitaille
Editor: Kara Blake
Producers: Marites Carino, Marlene Millar, Video Signatures
Funders: Bravo!FACT, EMPAC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03UAvYfWSzo

HOOP

Hoopurbia is a 5-day annual event held in a new city each year that brings together dancers, musicians and artists from every corner of the globe to celebrate hoop dance as a contemporary art form, through workshops, performances, video shoots, dance parties, discussions, and networking opportunities.

You will undergo a process of transformation at this event in dance, yoga and hoop classes every day with three world-class teachers. The curriculum is completely cohesive and interwoven. Hoopers will leave as dancers, dancers will leave as hoopers. Art is infused into this event through both participation and observation of both professional and amature performance. You will have the opportunity to get experience in front of the camera, and if you are comfortable in front of the camera, you may potentially leave with a lot of new footage!

You will meet dancers, hoopers, and musicians from around the world, and together exchange and create art, that is interdisciplinary, avant-guard, and fresh.
All of this takes place in Prague June 26 -- 30th 2013, at one of the city's contemporary art centers and cultural hubs "MeetFactory" as a home base, while bouncing from theatres, to the street to be inspired and inspire bringing hooping to the masses.
MeetFactory was founded in 2001 by David Černý. The purpose of this organization is to support and develop contemporary art and culture and to make it accessible to the public. MeetFactory is unique in its attempt to to connect art, theatre, film, music and educational programs. It also provides its facilities to its resident artists, who come from all around the world, thereby connecting the domestic and international art scenes.

The Hoopurbia scholarship program is made possible by Hoopurbians who purchase the top three tiered tickets. So when you win, you can thank them for bringing you here!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hew05MGI46g

Hoopurbia

SPIN is a 30-minute contemporary dance solo performed by Canadian choreographer Rebecca Halls.

A journey far away and back again with a creative process occurring throughout the cycle of one year, including seven trips across the pacific ocean, and influenced by visits to seven countries, and meetings with countless artists, visionaries, poets & mother earth herself, SPIN is a performance that takes its audience from reflection through revolution to reconnection. 

SPIN had it's world premiere in Montreal, Canada March 1st 2012 presented by Espace Tangente at the Monument National.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Tr8hxxPQI

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