Hooper Basics

Display Name

Arseny
Current City, State/Province

NYC
Country

United States
What shape is a hula hoop?

circle

Additional Background Info

Gender

Male
Age

22 years
Ethnicity

Is Russian an ethnicity? Pretty sure its only a nationality technically. But I’m pretty damn Russian.
Hometown

I was born in St John’s RIverside Hospital in NY.
Hoopiversary

Dunno the exact date…Fall 2008 is about as specific as I can get.
Your First Time

Out on the green at the University of Vermont. My friend Irina taught me to lift the hoop off my waist. I felt goofy and unmanly. Then I took a summer hiatus and joined the hoop club the following autumn. After a while I realized hooping was addictive…alas the realization came to late and I’m a full-blown hoopaholic.
How Often Do You Hoop?

Daily
Groups & Troupes

I used to perform with the University of Vermont Hoopdancing Club as well as The Human Canvas.
Favorite Hooping Location

Anywhere with enough room to spin.
Fire?

Oh yeas. I have firehooped. I got the classic fire-high giddiness…walked into some walls and doors because the euphoria was too much to handle. Controlling that vortex of inferno from inside of it was exhilirating!!!
YouTube / Vimeo

http://www.youtube.com/arseny
Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/arseny.knyazev
Instant Message

AIM – krazyrussianguy
Display Email

arsenyknyazev@gmail.com
A Favorite Hooping Memory

Realizing how much I loved hooping and being conscious of the changes it brought about in my personality, my mentality, my emotions, my compassion. The moment I became aware of just how powerful a force hooping is in my life – surreal.
Hooping Tunes

DUBSTEP!!! Anything really – metal, tribal, drums, kodo, hiphop, psytrance, reggae. They all have their place. Dubstep is definitely my fave though.
Non-Hooping Music

Classical and Flamenco guitar. Opera and symphonies. Meditative mixes like Merlin’s Magic.
Relationship Status

Single
Orientation

None of Your Business
Children

No Kids
Want Kids?

No Thank You
Religious Views

Other
How Seriously?

Not Very
Politics

Other
Activities

Kettlebelling, barefoot running, classical guitar, singing, playing outside.
Interests

Nutrition, fitness, cooking, Russian culture, reading.
Movies

Erm…my taste in movies is embarassing – Crank, Crank High Voltage, The Transporter, 300, Beowulf, The Wrestler, American History X. Guy stuff. Though I did cry several times during The Notebook.
Books

When God Was a Woman, Master and Margharita, Born to Run, Scar Tissue, War and Peace, Notes from the Underground, The Alagaesia Chronicles, The Night Angel Trilogy, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Chronicles of the Raven, Wizard of Earthsea. (I’m such a slut for fantasy)
Television

True Blood and Futurama are the shows I follow right now.