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Hoopologie Ambassador
Nuria
Nuria
Luna Llena
Buenos Aires → Barcelona
"Hoop with your Space. Hoop with your Imagination. Hoop with your Memories. Hoop with your Body and Soul."
"Bambolear tu Espacio. Bambolear con tu Imaginacion. Bambolear con tus Recuerdos. Bambolear con tu Cuerpo y Alma."
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Meet the Artist
La Artista
Nuria Florencia Perez Toran, also known as Nuria Luna Llena, is a professional hula hoop artist and instructor from Buenos Aires, Argentina, currently based in Barcelona. She is best known for her teaching style which focuses on sharing tools to create, play, explore and unleash hoop creativity.
In both her classes and performances, she seeks to capture and express the power, passion and dedication to this art.
Nuria Florencia Perez Toran, tambien conocida como Nuria Luna Llena, es una artista e instructora profesional de hula-hoop originaria de Buenos Aires, Argentina, y actualmente radicada en Barcelona. Es conocida por su estilo de ensenanza que se centra en compartir herramientas para crear, jugar, explorar y explotar la creatividad con el Hula hoop.
Tanto en sus clases como en sus actuaciones busca capturar y expresar todo el poder, la pasion y la dedicacion a este arte.
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My Story
Mi Historia
Hula Hooping entered my life in 2013 at the age of 27 — I bought my first hula a month after my father was diagnosed with stomach cancer.
"This wonderful plastic circle quickly became my ally, my shelter and my strength."
I could immerse myself for hours. Hula Hoop made me feel creative, more connected with my body and my desires. It challenged me, frustrated me, and made me feel capable of anything — even relieving my pain during those difficult times.
Almost 11 years later, I still feel the same passion (and more) for playing, creating and sharing this love with the entire community!
El Hula hoop aparecio en mi vida en 2013 a la edad de 27 anos — compre mi primer hula un mes despues de que a mi padre le diagnosticaran cancer de estomago.
"Este maravilloso circulo de plastico se convirtio rapidamente en mi aliado, mi refugio y mi fuerza."
Podia sumergirme horas y horas. El Hula me hacia sentir mas creativa, mas conectada con mi cuerpo. Me desafiaba, me frustraba, me hacia sentir capaz de todo.
Casi 11 anos despues, aun siento la misma pasion (y mas) por jugar, crear y compartir este amor con toda la comunidad!
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Community
Comunidad
When I started hooping I did not know any hoopers in my city. Thanks to the Internet, YouTube, and the wonderful hoopers who shared their knowledge and passion, I was able to enter this world.
In 2015 we began organising Hula Hoop & Art Flow Gatherings. By 2019 we organised our first Argentinian Hula Hoop and Flow Arts Convention — one hundred hoop souls met to expand, connect and share. The second convention in March 2023 drew hoopers from all across Latin America.
Although I have been living in Barcelona for almost 3 years, I am still deeply connected with the Latin American community — they are my family.
Cuando comence no conocia a ningun Hooper en mi ciudad. Gracias a Internet, YouTube y a los Hoopers que compartieron sus conocimientos, pude entrar a este mundo!
En 2015 comenzamos a organizar Encuentros de Hula Hoop. En 2019 organizamos nuestra primera Convencion Argentina de Hula Hoop y Artes Fluidas — cien almas hoopers se reunieron para expandirse y compartir. En 2023 se llevo a cabo la segunda convencion con hoopers de toda America Latina.
Aunque llevo casi 3 anos en Barcelona, sigo super conectada con toda la comunidad latinoamericana — son mi familia.
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Inspiration
Inspiracion
- People who love what they do
- Music, poetry & cinema
- My niece Josefina
- The moon and her phases
- Nature and its rhythms
- Hoopers everywhere
- Cats
- Artists who perform with full soul
- Friends fulfilling their dreams
- Books & visual art
- Personas que aman su trabajo
- Musica, poesia y cine
- Mi sobrina Josefina
- La Luna y sus fases
- La naturaleza y sus tiempos
- Muchos, muchos Hoopers
- Los gatos
- Artistas que actuan con toda el alma
- Amigos cumpliendo sus suenos
- Arte y literatura
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Projects & Passions
Proyectos y Pasiones
I wish playing with Hulas and Flow Arts objects were accessible to as many people as possible. In Barcelona, with my partners from CircA (Association of Artists), we work with Functional Juggling — a methodology using juggling technique in a playful way to develop cognitive and psychomotor skills.
I am also part of Hula Hoop Integral, a global network driven by the inclusive practice of Hula Hoop in Latin America and Europe. And I am thrilled to be creating with the hooper company Avec Moi, directed by Marianna de Sanctis!
Deseo que el jugar con Hulas sea accesible a la mayor cantidad de personas. En Barcelona con CircA trabajamos con Malabarismo Funcional — una herramienta metodologica que utiliza el malabar de manera ludica para desarrollar habilidades cognitivas y psicomotrices.
Tambien formo parte de Hula Hoop Integral, una red global de emprendedores autogestionados en Latinoamerica y Europa. Y estoy muy emocionada de crear con la compania Avec Moi, dirigida por Mariana de Sanctis!
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Flow State
Estado de Flow
Flow State is like having an interesting, fluid conversation with a beloved friend — you are present, talking, listening, exchanging ideas, laughing, agreeing, disagreeing — immersed where one topic leads to another.
"An intuitive cycle: being active to propose movement that will affect the hoop, and at the same time being receptive to respond to what the hoop proposes to you."
Having a great time with your hoop, without any expectations of the outcome — just being present, playing and moving in a way that feels good in that moment.
El Estado de Flow es como tener una conversacion interesante y fluida con un gran y querido amigo — estas ahi presente, hablando, escuchando, intercambiando ideas, riendo, inmerso en esa charla donde un tema lleva a otro.
"Un ciclo intuitivo: estar activ@ para proponer algun movimiento que afectara al Hula, y al mismo tiempo ser receptiv@ a lo que el Hula te propone."
Pasar un buen momento con tu Hula, sin expectativas de resultados — estar presente, jugando y moviendote de la manera que sientas en ese momento.