Kent Bye gave this presentation in front of 600 people at Ignite Portland in the Bagdad Theater on November 19th 2009. Ignite presentations are 20 slides and 5 minutes long with the slides automatically advancing every 15 seconds, and Kent decided to do one about the Resurgence of Hula Hooping — while hooping. Continue reading The Rebirth Of Hula Hooping
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
Based in Melbourne Australia Deanne Love is a passionate Hoop dance teacher who shares her hooper super powers with adults and children globally. The founder of Hoop Lovers and Kids Hoop Dance. Deanne facilitates learning and transformation via hoop dance and play with a focus on physical, emotional and social enhancement. This LED Twin Hoop performance is spectacular đ Continue reading LED Twin Hooping: Into the Light by Deanne Love
One of the most valuable lessons that one can learn in life is to always try and to keep on trying. Hooping is a journey, it will take time, it will take effort and there will be many mistakes and bruises along the way. SaFire has best shared this and her struggles, trials and tribulations with the hoop. If you continue to learn from your mistakes eventually you will become a master at hooping. Continue reading Hooping Tip: Stay Positive While Hooping
Do you ever watch a video of yourself and go “what is my hand doing”? This has been something I’ve worked on throughout my hoop journey and will likely always have to put energy towards. Often times it’s easy for us to forget about our other hand, the on that isn’t holding a hoop. What do we do with this hand? What can we do? Below is an inspiration video to get us started on some ideas. Continue reading Hooping Tip: Hand Movements while Hoop Dancing
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
Are you ready for some country hoopinâ? You better be, because itâs Country Week on Hooping Idol! So grab a beer or some sweet tea and sit yourself on down for a spell. For those of you just tuning in, hereâs whatâs happened on Hooping Idol 3 so far. Continue reading Week 2: Hooping Idol Goes Country
Hooping has been known to give us a good feeling, and when itâs a beautiful day and the sun is setting and the noise and pace of the world is slowing down around us inside the circle and we find our center, it can be a really good feeling indeed. Spring has most definitely sprung! They live in Bangor, Maine, USA, and the soundtrack for this is âFinally Movingâ by Pretty Lights Continue reading Sunset Hooping
Lisa Looping of Happy Hooping is here to share her mesmerizing LED hoop skills with all of us. With her hoops softly glowing at twilight, Lisa shows us her expertise with multiple hoops and she knows how to rock a pair of twins as well. Donât be surprised if you feel a shift in the space time continuum. She lives in Vienna, Austria, and the soundtrack for her video is called âFinding the Future by Looking Backwardsâ from the album âThe Divine Invasionâ by Bluetech Continue reading Lisa Looping: LED Hoop Dance Performance
Your Flow has a lot to do with how you hoop dance, watch what happens when you allow the music and heart take you away while hooping. It is often then that the inner creative ‘You’ comes out and you find yourself creating your own moves and tricks. Continue reading Feel Flow During your Hoop Dance
