International Flow Arts Day - IFAD

29/01/2023

So I did a thing 😎☺️! Y'all know that I've recently started my career change from hooping professionally and nonprofit work to watchmaking. You also know that I'll always be a hooper😉. JSH magazine is the oldest publication in the world on watches and watchmaking, and they are promoting your girl 💪🏽💪🏽🙏🏽❤️!

The world of watchmaking and hooping will converge this year🙈🥰.

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08/09/2020

Evashen Mooninatha⁣

Location: Johannesburg, South Africa⁣
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Favorite Flow Prop(s)? Hoops, fans, leviwand⁣
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Why do you want to be an IFAD Ambassador?⁣
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I have such a passion about flow arts. I love teaching as well as performing. Flow arts has changed my life and the way I approach the world. I would like to use what I learned to help address unemployment at home in South Africa through flow arts.⁣
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If you were to become an IFAD Ambassador, what kind of event do you imagine hosting?⁣
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We have very enthusiastic performers. So I envision some great colab performances and workshops by some of our more experienced spinners.⁣
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Tell us a bit about yourself, and share your flow story with us!⁣
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My flow story is every evolving, but it all began when I saw a hooper at an open air festival. When I got back home, I ordered my first hoop and it just bloomed from there. Flow arts has given me a beautiful base from which to explore movement pathways.⁣
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Check out his Ambassador flow submission on the IFAD website, link in the bio!

08/09/2020

Fannieka Dawkins⁣
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Location: New York City, New York, USA⁣
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Favorite Flow Prop(s)? Hula Hoop⁣
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Why do you want to be an IFAD Ambassador?⁣
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I want to teach choreography and also perform with live musicians. Over the years I have performed on stages and also at music festivals. The art of movement is good for the soul and I want other people to be inspired. Having a positive outlet in life is essential especially with how the world has been this year. Discovering flow arts helped me to create a good routine to keep myself active and set goals.⁣
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If you were to become an IFAD Ambassador, what kind of event do you imagine hosting?⁣
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I would host dance and exercise events to people of all ages. Flow arts is a fun way to get into fitness.⁣
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Tell us a bit about yourself, and share your flow story with us!⁣
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Fannieka is a passionate hoop performer. She has taught workshops at yoga studios as a guest teacher and also at music festivals. Last year she was part of a group of performers at a festival headlined by Grammy nominated artist Lizzo for an event sponsored by Bustle. She has also volunteered to help her community by helping the elderly and also teaching children how to use hoops. She is also a graphic artist creating visuals and logos for music producers and streams.⁣
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07/09/2020

Nathalie thought our association needed its own IG account, so here is our first official post. We hope you will share our hoop journey with us. As we grow our association and the hula hoop community here in Geneva. Thank you for supporting the movement!⁣⁣
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🔊 OUR HOOP STORY💕⁣⁣
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Motivated by their shared desire for developing the sport of hooping in their region of Switzerland. These two women decided to team up and co-found Geneva's first NGO dedicated to hoop dance and hoop fitness democratization. Hoop Fitness Genève is a collaboration effort between fellow BIPOC boy-moms, American , a hoop fitness instructor, and Suissesse , a hoop dance instructor.⁣⁣
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Christel & and Nathalie believe the importance of play and freedom of expression have become undervalued in this modern technological age. That hooping is an easily accessible, low-impact sport, great for all ages. That breaks down social barriers, fosters community, and lifts one's spirit. Who's health benefits relieve stress, tone the body, and improve core strength, coordination, balance, range of motion, and cardiovascular health. The benefits of which are much needed in this hustle and bustle world of today.⁣⁣
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Their goal is to create an environment where people can get acquainted with the sport. Granting access to practice hula hoops. During events like , World Hoop Day, hoop jams, and workshops. Promoting health, self-care, and fitness via flow arts by sharing the joy of playing with plastic shaped in the form of a circle, the hula hoop.⁣⁣

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01/09/2020

A big thank you😊❤ to IFAD Ambassadors & , who put this Challenge together for us🥰! We hope you'll join us this month, for some community and 🤞🏽🙏🏽💋. ⁣
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Zoom in to see the daily challenge 😉⁣. ⁣
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30/08/2020

Madison Cupps⁣
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Location: Las Vegas, Nevada⁣
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Favorite Flow Prop(s)? Hula hoop, Dragon Staff, Levi Wand, and Contact ball.⁣
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Why do you want to be an IFAD Ambassador?⁣
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Flow arts has taught me an incredible amount of love and patience with myself that I hope not only to share with others but spark a passion inside themselves. Flow is medicine and healing in many ways. Hula hooping helped me to recover from my eating disorder and my drug addiction. I hope my experience can inspire others to heal from the things that keep us from becoming our highest self.⁣
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If you were to become an IFAD Ambassador, what kind of event do you imagine hosting?⁣
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I would hope to host an event that would teach the sacred healing properties of hula hoops and the shape of circles themselves, as well as many combos I have discovered in my flow arts journey. One of the combos I am most proud of is on my YouTube called the Flowerpass! It was only until I respected the teachings of the circle that I was able to truly advance and grow as a person and flow artist. I hope to spread this knowledge through a workshop and support others on their circle journey.⁣
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Tell us a bit about yourself, and share your flow story with us!⁣
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I am a self-taught flow artist located in Las Vegas! I am proud to represent the LGBTQ+ community as I identify as a le***an. I have been hula hooping for over two years! I bring my hula hoops with me everywhere I go. My favorite places to perform are at the Fremont Street Experience in Downtown Las Vegas or you’ll find me spinning at a desert rave. Currently I am working on a project with a photographer Nathan Lomas Hills. https://www.flickr.com/photos/n8lomas/sets⁣
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Check out her Ambassador video submission on the website! Link in bio. ⁣⁣
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29/08/2020

Nathalie Rodrigues⁣

Location: Geneva, Switzerland⁣
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Favorite Flow Prop(s)? Hula Hoops ⁣
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Why do you want to be an IFAD Ambassador?⁣
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As the Vice President of association Hoop Fitness Genève, the sponsor of IFAD I'm excited to be a first time participant at this amazing event. It will be so cool to meet the Ambassadors that come to Geneva next year🤩🥳😍!
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If you were to become an IFAD Ambassador, what kind of event do you imagine hosting?⁣
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Christel and I will be organizing events throughout IFAD weekend. We plan to kick off IFAD with an all-day flow jam accompanied by DJs, followed possibly with a day of workshops on Sunday the day after. We may do workshops over both days, depending on how many Ambassadors join us in Geneva next year. We are currently looking into potential locations around the canton to host our event(s).⁣
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Tell us a bit about yourself, and share your flow story with us!⁣
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A firm believer in the hula hoop's transformative power, Nathalie 'Naty' is the other half of Hoop Fitness Genève and the Co-Organizer of International Flow Arts Day Geneva. This Geneva native is a boy-mom, an autodidact-hooper, an Afro Hippie Hoops sponsored hooper, and a certified Hoop Love Coach. She began her hoop journey in 2018, when a friend gifted her a hula hoop, introducing her to the sport. Falling in love instantly with the activity and unable to find classes locally. She turned to the internet, using videos to learn her newfound passion. Her desire to share the joy found by hula hooping with others, motivated her to become a certified instructor in 2019.⁣
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27/08/2020

This store is nonprofit Hoop Fitness Genève's fundraising effort for IFAD Geneva 2021; please help us with our mission to spread the joy of flow arts with the world. Support the movement, and order your IFAD gear today!

This store is nonprofit Hoop Fitness Genève's fundraising effort for IFAD Geneva 2021; please help us with our mission to spread the joy of flow arts with the world. Support the movement, and order your IFAD gear today!

27/08/2020

⁣Sibylle Chenevard⁣

Location: Biel, Switzerland⁣
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Favorite Flow Prop(s)? Hoops, Fire props (I got a lot)⁣
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Why do you want to be an IFAD Ambassador?⁣
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Hey! I want bo be an IFAD ambassador because Flow Arts changed my life and I'd love to promote it and let other people discover it and share together.⁣
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If you were to become an IFAD Ambassador, what kind of event do you imagine hosting?⁣
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I imagine hosting a day filled with different workshops and a big jam after, with a fire show. I'd love to have local musicians to join us!⁣
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Tell us a bit about yourself, and share your flow story with us!⁣
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My name is Sibylle and I'm 25. I discovered hooping in rave parties. It was a girl, Lynn, always with her hoops and I thought it was so beautiful! I asked her if I could try and she gave me one of her hoops. It took me some months to take it and train, but it slowly became an habit and it changed my way of living.⁣
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Check out her Ambassador video submission on the website! Link in bio.
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19/08/2020

Rae Bea⁣
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Location: Tyler, Texas, USA⁣
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Favorite Flow Prop(s)? Fan Veil, Veil Wings, Meditation Fan⁣
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Why do you want to be an IFAD Ambassador?⁣
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It would be an honor to be Flow Arts Ambassador because I get to share the message of hope and inner peace through the arts. As an artist I’ve been an advocate for the arts a long time, it’s changed my life and I would love the opportunity to pass on that passion and support others on their flow arts journey.⁣
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If you were to become an IFAD Ambassador, what kind of event do you imagine hosting?⁣
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I would love to host a flow festival celebrating movement as a form of meditation and artform. I imagine flow classes, art booths, l dancing, music, and the whole community coming together to participate.⁣
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Tell us a bit about yourself, and share your flow story with us!⁣
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I discovered the Flow Arts in 2018 after I was looking up fun ways to exercise. I had ordered a fitness hula hoop and I remember experiencing for the first time the state of flow, even though I didn’t know what it was called at the time. I felt this deep connection, an inner strength and stillness with myself that I had never felt before. I start searching hula hoop videos and I saw these people doing crazy tricks with hoops, even a lady who was hooping with fire! I was like wow, I had never seen it before. I wanted to try it. I ordered my first fan veils in 2019 and it helped me cope with some stressful events in my life. My passion for the flow arts continued to grow from there, including my own flow projects of starting Blue Lotus Flow Arts and making my own hand crafted fans. The flow arts have truly changed my life!⁣
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19/08/2020

⁣Emil Pradeep⁣
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Location: Kuwait⁣
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Favorite Flow Prop(s)? Poi⁣
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Why do you want to be an IFAD Ambassador?⁣
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To connect with flow artists around the world.⁣
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If you were to become an IFAD Ambassador, what kind of event do you imagine hosting?⁣
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Poi flow workshops⁣
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Tell us a bit about yourself, and share your flow story with us!⁣
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Been poi spinning for a while , been highly motivated for the same.⁣
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11/08/2020

Omar (Naromar) Sharabati⁣
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Location: Jerusalem, occupied Palestine⁣
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Favorite Flow Prop(s)? All fire props and buggeng⁣
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Why do you want to be an IFAD Ambassador?⁣
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Where I live no one knows what flow arts are, so I'm planning in the next years to build an flow art community, and Spread this kind of art in Palestine. Because for me I really want the people to feel what I feel, when I'm doing flow art. I want them to feel the inside energy, and to be Ambassador is a big responsibility, and I want to prove that i can do it!⁣
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If you were to become an IFAD Ambassador, what kind of event do you imagine hosting?⁣
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It will include circus activities for the children, flow art workshops for adults, Palestinian food, music shows, and fire at night. I will invite a lot of familie, and artist to join us in the event. It's gonna be an unforgettable day.⁣
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Tell us a bit about yourself, and share your flow story with us!⁣
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A Jerusalem artist, since my childhood, I have played Nunchaku by my own. I have been YouTube for hours at a time to learn new movements, and then I started trying other props, e.x: Bo staff and double staff. So youtube has been my Teacher. In 2018, I had my first play with the fire staffs, and since that day until now every few months I order new props to try, because I believe that self-learning is strong. I feel something different with every prop that I take in my hand, and now I am a fire performer in palistine. I can say that flow arts change my life. I believe that when people try flow arts, and understand what it means, if they go deep in to it. It will change them in good way, and make them feel different, and for me I believe that we need to have an flow arts community in occupied Palestine because we can!⁣
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