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This section covers:
* Everything you can do while hooping at the waist.
* Turning
* Walking
* Flow, movement and dance
* Introduction to the physics of hooping
Beginning Lessons- lessons to get you started.
This section covers:
* Hand hooping/Off the body tricks
* THE HELICOPTER (It's one of my favorites!)
* Tosses, throws and catches.
* Isolations!!
The Helicopter- Spinning the hoop around your body.
This section covers:
* Hooping at the knees
* Hooping on one leg
* Raising the hoop from the knees to the waist
* Jumping out of the hoop/Removing the hoop from knees
* Safety's in case the hoop drops below knees
Hooping at the Knees- Maintaining the hoop at your knees.
Raising from the Knees- Tutorial on how to raise the hoop from your knees to the waist.
Hooping on One Leg- Removing one leg, balancing and maintaining the hoop and then jumping back in.
This section covers:
* Raising the hoop from the waist to the neck - The Shimmy
* Alternating arms
* Maintaining the hoop at the chest
* Raising the hoop from waist to chest (no arms)
* Chest hooping on the vertical plane
The Shimmy- Raising the hoop from the waist to the neck using your arms to shimmy the hoop up.
Raising the Hoop (no hands)- Bringing the hoop up the body without your hands or arms.
Chest Hooping- This video covers how to work your way up to chest hooping by practicing alternating arms. As well hooping with or without your arms inside the hoop.
This section covers:
* Jumping through the hoop; horizontal and vertical plane
* The Vertical step through
Jumping Through the Hoop- Jumping on a horizontal plane.
This section covers:
* Ideas for improving your flow and doing less "tricking" and more "dancing"
* How to combine different styles of dance with hooping.
* Trick combination suggestions.
* Acting, clowning or developing a character while hooping.
Trick Combination- Two transitions from off the body hooping to waist hooping. This tutorial covers the duck in and the drop on.
This section covers:
* Hand hooping with two hoops
* Hoop with multiple hoops on the body
* How to add hoops as you perform
Multiple Hoops- Example of hooping with four hoops.
Tips for Multiple Hooping- These are my suggestions for how to begin your journey into hooping with multiple hoops.
This section covers:
* Daytime hoops
* Collapsible hoops
* LED and Glow hoops
* Fire hoops
* Decorating your hoop
Regular Hoops- How to make your own adult sized hoops out of plumbing piping.
Collapsible Hoops- How to make a hoop that will collapse so that you can travel with it anywhere!
LED Hoops- How to create your own glow hoop with LED lights and an on/off switch.
This section covers:
* How to choreograph a hoop dancing performance, timing, interactions with the audience, using safeties and planning costumes.
* Setting up your space, working the area
* Getting paid or working for free
* Fire vs. blacklight vs. multiple hoops, dancing vs. circus
Performing- Interacting with the crowd, choosing costumes and working the space.