Eshna Kutty
Location: New Delhi, India
Favorite Flow Prop(s)? Hula Hoop, Slackline
Why do you want to be an IFAD Ambassador?
I hope to bride the gap between Indian hoopers and flow artists from across the world, making the global community more accessible to the existing community we have here. This said and done, being an IFAD ambassador in your city gives a perfect excuse for flow artists within india to celebrate an art form that is not just unrecognised, but also shamed to a great extent. To help curate an event that gives the people around you the joy to celebrate this day would be quite gratifying.
If you were to become an IFAD Ambassador, what kind of event do you imagine hosting?
I hope to bride the gap between Indian hoopers and flow artists from across the world, making the global community more accessible to the existing community we have here. This said and done, being an IFAD ambassador in your city gives a perfect excuse for flow artists within india to celebrate an art form that is not just unrecognised, but also shamed to a great extent. To help curate an event that gives the people around you the joy to celebrate this day would be quite gratifying.
The students that join my program become a part of my/our HoopFlo Tribe. We're currently 180 hoopers from every corner of the country, and we're motivated by change. To change mindsets, to enhance lifestyles, to raise awareness for what hooping and other flow arts mean to us. I firstly imagine hosting a very professionally designed event that not just draws attention by the art itself but also by the finesse with which it's designed. So the whole experience one gets when they enter festival- with catalogue books and hampers and flow toy giveaway competitions etc etc. The last thing I need is for people to confuse it for some hippie-junkie thing. I want it to be an experience they remember which requires a full team-which we already have in-house. Secondly, I want the event to not just conduct a few workshops but to build awareness of what flow arts is-through the journeys of our fellow hoopers. So i'd love to look into shooting a short film of what we've grown to become in just a year/ do an entire build-up from early June that drop in trivia.
Third, in all honesty- it is the cream of India that is into flow arts because they're the ones who can afford to learn off the internet. The internet is a privilege only for the middle class and above. There's a lot of poverty, and many caste based/religious-based/economy based hierarchies. I'd love the ticketting of events to ultimately be a fundraiser. I've done a few fundraisers in the past under the name- #HoopforHope. I've also realised that in the name of fundraiser- more people end up joining too- cuz it's an easy and fun way to contribute to society. And so in this process- we get to raise awareness to more folks- and get more donations to help the needy. The next few points would pretty much depend on whether this event happens online or offline- given how strict the lockdown is.
Tell us a bit about yourself, and share your flow story with us!
I've been hooping for about a decade now and teaching hoops for about 5-6 years. Having been self-taught and alone in this art field at the time, my desire for teaching came simply because I wanted company to hoop with. I had never watched a hooper perform in front of my eyes till 3 years after I got into it and there's so much power in watching an artform being shared in flesh and bones. Having also a background in Psychology and degree in Dance/Movement therapy- my style of hooping is more driven by authentic and mindful movement as opposed to the glamour of showbiz. Ofcourse I do perform from time to time because who doesn't love the stage? But my project- which is now a brand- Hoopflo- is currently going through a rebranding and i'll be able to share my official link in a month! Until then- all that i do is through my personal website - eshnakutty.com You'll find all my programs on it.
LinkedIn
Facebook Page
YouTube Channel
Instagram: @eshnakutty
Favorite Flow Prop(s)? Hula Hoop, Slackline
Why do you want to be an IFAD Ambassador?
I hope to bride the gap between Indian hoopers and flow artists from across the world, making the global community more accessible to the existing community we have here. This said and done, being an IFAD ambassador in your city gives a perfect excuse for flow artists within india to celebrate an art form that is not just unrecognised, but also shamed to a great extent. To help curate an event that gives the people around you the joy to celebrate this day would be quite gratifying.
If you were to become an IFAD Ambassador, what kind of event do you imagine hosting?
I hope to bride the gap between Indian hoopers and flow artists from across the world, making the global community more accessible to the existing community we have here. This said and done, being an IFAD ambassador in your city gives a perfect excuse for flow artists within india to celebrate an art form that is not just unrecognised, but also shamed to a great extent. To help curate an event that gives the people around you the joy to celebrate this day would be quite gratifying.
The students that join my program become a part of my/our HoopFlo Tribe. We're currently 180 hoopers from every corner of the country, and we're motivated by change. To change mindsets, to enhance lifestyles, to raise awareness for what hooping and other flow arts mean to us. I firstly imagine hosting a very professionally designed event that not just draws attention by the art itself but also by the finesse with which it's designed. So the whole experience one gets when they enter festival- with catalogue books and hampers and flow toy giveaway competitions etc etc. The last thing I need is for people to confuse it for some hippie-junkie thing. I want it to be an experience they remember which requires a full team-which we already have in-house. Secondly, I want the event to not just conduct a few workshops but to build awareness of what flow arts is-through the journeys of our fellow hoopers. So i'd love to look into shooting a short film of what we've grown to become in just a year/ do an entire build-up from early June that drop in trivia.
Third, in all honesty- it is the cream of India that is into flow arts because they're the ones who can afford to learn off the internet. The internet is a privilege only for the middle class and above. There's a lot of poverty, and many caste based/religious-based/economy based hierarchies. I'd love the ticketting of events to ultimately be a fundraiser. I've done a few fundraisers in the past under the name- #HoopforHope. I've also realised that in the name of fundraiser- more people end up joining too- cuz it's an easy and fun way to contribute to society. And so in this process- we get to raise awareness to more folks- and get more donations to help the needy. The next few points would pretty much depend on whether this event happens online or offline- given how strict the lockdown is.
Tell us a bit about yourself, and share your flow story with us!
I've been hooping for about a decade now and teaching hoops for about 5-6 years. Having been self-taught and alone in this art field at the time, my desire for teaching came simply because I wanted company to hoop with. I had never watched a hooper perform in front of my eyes till 3 years after I got into it and there's so much power in watching an artform being shared in flesh and bones. Having also a background in Psychology and degree in Dance/Movement therapy- my style of hooping is more driven by authentic and mindful movement as opposed to the glamour of showbiz. Ofcourse I do perform from time to time because who doesn't love the stage? But my project- which is now a brand- Hoopflo- is currently going through a rebranding and i'll be able to share my official link in a month! Until then- all that i do is through my personal website - eshnakutty.com You'll find all my programs on it.
Facebook Page
YouTube Channel
Instagram: @eshnakutty
