Hula Hoop Dance Classes
Jon Coyne from Hoop Smiles shares this great tutorial on how to Hula hoop for beginners: this tutorial features stepping through the hoop. This video looks at how to step through the hoop which is known as the revolving door and various step through related tricks.
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Learning to hoop on your knees ( knee hooping ) and lower body will open up a vast amount of movement, tricks and dance within your hoop dance. Babz Robinson gives us a fantastic knee hooping tutorial on how to spin with the hoop in your knee while spinning and hopping one foot! looks way better than it sounds! Continue reading Knee Hooping Tutorial
Sometimes when we have those moments during our hoop dance where you know that a mistake is coming and you lose control of your hoop, instead of letting the hoop fall to the ground, save it and flow it into another move. This will make your hoop dance seem flawless and the mistake doesn’t look like a mistake but an intentional part of the hoop dance. Continue reading Saving the Hula Hoop
Bee Varga is here to teach us an intermediate circus hooping move that she refers to as the “Whine”. She lives in Basingstoke, England, UK. Continue reading Hoop Dance Tutorial: Whine – Intermediate Circus Hooping
Hula hoop dance tutorial on how to perform a basic isolation, isolating the hoop in one spot. Hooping Tutorial and music by Hoopsmiles aka Jon Coyne. Continue reading Beginner Hula Hoop Dance Trick : Isolations How To
Learning to hula hoop is like learning to ride a bike. Sure, someone can explain the mechanics to you, and you can observe how others do it, but ultimately it comes down to you alone. There is a moment when you shift from thinking consciously about your movements, your body wobbly and unsure, to that instant when your mind clicks off, your instincts take over and suddenly you are moving under your own power, your motion is in sync with the bike. In that moment, there is magic. And it’s the closest feeling I can compare to the wonder of making that transition from “I just can’t get it” to squeals of joy when I finally master a new move. Whether you’re working on simply keeping it spinning for the very first time or conquering something much more complicated, I have noticed a personal pattern of learning for most of us and it breaks down into four stages. Continue reading Learning to Hula Hoop Dance Comes in Four Stages
Keep in mind what your feet are doing during your hoop dance practice. Point those toes for purpose and lengthen your line. It’s a lot of the finishing touches that change the way you hoop dance!
Warming up and cooling down are an essential part of any of your hula hoop practice, especially in the colder months of the year. Sarah Jordan shows us how to stretch using your hula hoop. Continue reading Hula Hoop Tip: Stretching with Your Hula Hoop
Here are a couple quick tips for smoother body rolls from Anah Reichenbach from Hoopilicious. In this clip Anah has chosen a back roll as an example but you can apply this to almost any body rolls. Continue reading Hula Hoop Dance Tip: Body Rolls
Puzzle Dust Circus is holding an awesome night of fun and cool beats by DJ Boutique. Learn tricks and funky moves with an exclusive casual hoop dance lesson! Don’t have a hoop? Well its great to know that Puzzle Dust Circus will be providing hula hoops on the night. Continue reading Charity Hula Hoop Class Puzzle Dust Circus
