On Sunday 1st July 2012 you’ll get the opportunity to take workshops with some of the best hoop teachers in the UK, including super star Lisa Lottie (in her first ever UK workshop!), the incredible Tilly Twist as well as BFF favourite Steve Bags (with brand new material). And there’ll be a dance workshop (teacher TBC) who will help you move and groove within your hoop!
Plus you’ll have time and space to play with other friendly hoopers from the local area. We’ll finish the day with a relaxing yoga cool down with Gems Goddard. And if the weather’s good, we’ll head down to the beach afterwards for a hoop jam 
More workshop details to be released closer to the time. Both the previous BFF’s sold out, so get in quick if you want to be a part of the fun!
When? 9-5pm, Sunday 1st July
Where? Brighton and Hove High School Sports Hall – Montpelier Road, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 3AT
Skill level? All welcome, from beginners to advanced
SOLD OUT
Tickets sold out in 4 days! If you would like to put your name on the waiting list for this event and for future BFF’s please click here.
Lisa Lottie
Lisa Lottie is a highly skilled world class hula hoop artist born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. She has performed in twenty three countries and over a hundred cities, has trained at ‘Escola Nacional de Circo’ Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and holds a foundation degree in Circus Arts from The Circus Space, London, UK. She specializes in Hula Hoop Manipulation, Contortion and Aerial Hoop and currently resides in London where you can often find her performing one of the many cabaret & supper clubs. Lisa is also one of the few females performing her Street Show on Covent Garden’s famous west piazza. (P.s. Her hoop dance videos on youtube have over half a million views!).
Steve 2Bags
Hoopy Award winner Steve Bags has been teaching and performing circus skills for the last twelve years and is one of the leading hoop performers and teachers in the country. He completed the professional circus training and the teaching training course at Bristol’s Circomedia and has toured the US teaching his unique style of hoop manipulation. Bags has taught at the last two Brighton Flow Festivals to great acclaim and we’ve very excited to have him back with a fresh new exciting workshop.
Tilly Twist
Tilly, born Emily Ball, is a versatile, multi-skilled performer – favourite skills being juggling, hula-hoop and all kinds of fire props. Her first public performance was in 2000 at a local millennium celebration. Having taught herself to juggle aged 14, Emily went on to attend Circomedia, Europe’s leading centre for Circus and Physical Theatre in 2005-6, and following this, their one year teaching course in 2006-7. She has since been working as a professional circus performer and teacher, most recently appearing on BBC 1’s ‘Tonights the Night’ with John Barrowman.
Tilly also collaborates with Bags in their amazing duo act ‘Rings & Tings’
Comments from last year’s BFF
Great atmosphere, wonderfully organised. Great venue. Great value for money. well done!
Overall I had a fantastic day. I thought the pace of it was good, the length of classes and the breaks were also spot on.
Amazing job Jo, you should be very proud of yourself bringing joy to so many hoopers!
I enjoyed everything and cannot suggest any improvements. The venue is great, and it is worth every penny.
Loved it, was perfect, look forward to the next.
The only thing I didn’t enjoy was going home – basically I want to entertain my fantasy that life can be an everlasting hoop event like this.
