Valentina Orbit

Internationally renown dance and circus artist Valentina grew up belly dancing with her mom, Leela, and their teacher Mesmera from the tender age of 12. During her first Burning Man festival in 2007, she was entranced with the hula hoopers and fire dancers and vowed to learn how to do both! A year of hooping allowed her body confidence to soar and she was inspired to perform Hoop Burlesque. She quickly landed herself on national television, HBO’s “Live Nude Comedy.” 

In 2015, she married Steve Bags, Hooping.org’s 2013 “Male Hooper of the Year.” Together they formed the troupe Twisted Orbit and have since traveled the world performing and teaching. She has also added hoop fabrication, juggling, stilt walking, teaching yoga and large-scale show production to her repertoire. She and Bags now own Twisted Orbit Circus Entertainment, THE showstoppers for hire in San Diego and beyond.