Geoff Hartman is an in house specialty instructor for the STL Hoop Club. He is also a member of the Cosmic Collaborative. Geoff has been spinning poi and other flow props for several years. He has performed at many events locally and regionally and is considered an advanced performance artist in our community.
Learn how to spin poi with Geoff monthly in a welcoming environment designed for beginners to advanced students. Their will be a Poi class this Sunday from 5-6pm at the 2720 Cherokee Studio. Click here for details! Stick around after class for Sunday Spin Jam from 6-9 PM. $5 donation. Hoops and props provided. All Ages.
A new series of logos and visual designs for the STL Hoop Club and Cosmic Collaborative are in the works! Below is our first new design created by local artist and tattoo artist Amanda Pepper Jensen. Amanda is a resident tattoo artist at the very cool South City Cheap Tricks tattoo shop and novelty parlor. She does custom design and has a variety of work to choose from. Check out her website!
Cosmic Collaborative member and solo artist from Lawrence Kansas Surka Noelle performed with the electronic duo EOTO at this years Electric Forest event held in Michigan over the 4th of July. Below is a video of her performance. Eoto is comprised of two members and both also play with The String Cheese Incident. The String Cheese is known for showcasing hoop dancers. See more videos of Surka? Click here.
The STL Hoop Club is proud to have many sister clubs in the hooping community. These include the St. Charles Hoop Club, Springfield Hoop Club, and T-Roy Hoop Club of Missouri. Below pictured are our hoop friends from T-Roy rocking out at a community parade. T-Roy Hoop Club is coordinated by Windy Ray of Troy. She has been a member of the St. Louis Hoop Club for several years.
The STL Hoop Club in collaboration with the Fire Techs from St. Louis are proud to bring:
Aileen & Noel of Fire Smoothie Performance, Vulcan Crew Performance, (Co-creators of Fire Drums & Kinetic Fire Retreats, The Vulcan Tutorial DVD series and Vulcan Tech Vlogs, Oakland CA) will be gracing the St. Louis spin scene with their knowledge of performance and technique. You are invited out for a rare chance to learn from such internationally renowned and inspiring artists. Please join us for a set of inspirational and enlightening workshops taught by these talented and innovative poi and staff artists.
Practice Poi, Contact Staff, and Fire Contact Staffs will be made available for use and/or purchase if anyone needs one, no excuses about not having one!
If you do not have Facebook- please email info@stlhoopclub.com to obtain any info listed above. Due to the volume of events we participate in- all details about events are not listed on our website. Thanks!
