HOOP is a hope circle

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A performative togetherness

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A prayer to the gods of performance and an action to remind ourselves we are distant but together.

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HOOP is a collaboration between choreographer Roza Moshtaghi and the artist group De Naive, and addresses people and places in public spaces. Together they create a performative togetherness where repetitive movements arise, then dissolve. In HOOP, rocking is used both as a visual tool and as a shared activity between the performers.

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Every time HOOP visits a new location, it is designed in collaboration with new performers. The community in the group is strong, together they perform a movement material that accumulates and is structured in the encounter with different surroundings. HOOP for Bodø Biennale is performed with both local and visiting dance artists.

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Stay where you are, HOOP is coming for you!

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About the object hula hoop
Native American Hoop Dance is a narrative dance that uses hoops/rocking as props. The circle is an important symbol for many cultures around the world. In recent Western history around 1950, ¨hooping¨ was introduced as a toy or object used to get in shape and thus became part of pop culture and normalized.