Who will I be in 30 days?

I'm feeling like I should focus my motivation a bit...give myself a structure. So I've committed to doing 30 minutes of hoop dance each day for 30 days. I am recording myself and my goal is twofold. To make it through a song without a fumble and 2nd to see what kind of hooper I become after one month of focused dance. The video documentation will be revealing...I hope!

So far I've followed through on my commitment to myself for 6 days. I was actually getting bored with my dance style. So I busted out the Hoopnotica dvds and found some old moves I forgot I knew and it gave me a burst of energy!

Going over my videos from the last few nights I can see how DARK the dungeon is!
I'll get a nice bright video up here soon.

Happy Hooping

Hooping for Him

There are a lot of dudes who are hoop dancers...here are a few of the more well known:

 Nick Broyd
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q4Etz2wm44

Chad Forsberg
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgoKIJnDlew&list=UUJX8B700sk59XzqshnyHjZQ

Jon Coyne (Hoopsmiles)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_ehmevm6Tc&list=UUTFvGKRv48H7j1NGr-5ntIw&index=3

Nick Guzzardo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-19d24UxSo

Steve Bags
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqFTf1_Gsto&list=UUeWJ1L09aSfvgMRrj_HGaWQ&index=1

Rich Porter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIKwBsidQ4Q

Zach from Ninja Hoops
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SgSupSoTgM&list=UU_lOWgA68a7Zm9Oj4kVZjxA&index=1

Baxter from Hoop Path
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZELDHqOzYwU&list=UUY3jBrp0zR84joPfPxTT1gw&index=1

Dance Space = Motivation

Oh boy, hoopers!
I got a minute to visit a new dance studio that will be opening this month here in Charlottetown tonight.   Dance Stars Academy is working on their multi studio space and I'm super pumped that I will get to rent one of their empty studios for my practices or group classes/hoop jams and down the road workshops.

The studios will have a professional dance floor installed which means extra spring in our step! The ceilings are nice and high for those over the head moves and tosses. Dance Stars Academy will be the dance destination to train with...so exciting for them!

Here is their site:
http://www.dancestarsacademy.com/

Now to take my burst of motivation and get to my 30 min for 30 days challenge. Not only am I focused on this 30 day goal, working at some mini hoops I just got yesterday, playing with my new LED polypro that I must share with my hooper 5 yr old daughter, reading a hoop bootcamp guide I found online...but I'm also working on some blog posts about dude hoopers and who all the hoop gurus are. Revolution Hoops was launched on Facebook and I'm getting closer to starting a hooping community/ business.

This will be a hoopy new year indeed!

Happy World Hoop Day!

Today, 12/12/12, is World Hoop Day. Not sure what that is?

Every year on an international, easy-to-remember date World Hoop Day volunteers invite their communities to share in the vision of creating a more peaceful world through play and giving back.  Goals of World Hoop Day’s annual event are to recruit new hoopers through teaching lessons of hoop making and dance, sharing of music, food, games and laughter, and raising funds to distribute hoops to as many individuals in the world as possible.

I'm hoping to build a hooping community in my hometown, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. My goal is to have an event next year for World Hoop Day!

Happy Hooping!

December Dungeon Hooping

With the cold weather upon us, I'm limited to where I can hoop...the basement is now my studio.

Here's a video of me messing around. Warning...I'm not professional. I think I'm about 4 months into hoop dance. The biggest difference between last month and this month is I have started to document myself more to learn moves and such, plus I have started to use music during my practice. This has been wonderful and energizing! And holy cow, is choreography super hard!

So, I will leave the fancy dance planning to the professionals and as I said, this is just me messing around. I'll post a more serious attempt soon. Enjoy and I hope you get a laugh...I had a great time in the dungeon tonight.

Music: Queen: I'm in love with my car
My dancing really doesn't do the song justice...please don't sue me Queen or Roger Taylor.

Missing Hoop Dance Video Found!

Here is a video that I was searching for everywhere...Thank you  Hoop O'Clock Collective for reposting it on Facebook!

It's raw, emotional, creative and cute all at the same time. Enjoy!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=d6hASveyjSM

Hooping is...

Hooping is:  

freedom

flow

dance

expression

creative

movement

challenging

motivating

energizing

encouraging

strengthening

esteem building

empowering

exercise

meditation

musical

artistic

geometric

healing

fun

interactive

solitary

graceful

escapism

fashion

culture
symbolic