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StudentPermalink Reply by Sphereale on June 18, 2010 at 9:31am

Safire's classes have some combinations that might help you get started.

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Permalink Reply by Harlow [Hulacination Hoops] on June 18, 2010 at 5:54pm

What I found works really well is listening to the music and instead of choreographing the entire thing, just listen for musical cues and say "Okay, I'm going to do off body hooping till the next cue then onto chest hooping..." but not really define where each move goes. As you keep practicing, you'll get into a habit of doing certain moves at certain times and it will look verrry choreographed. I did that the other week and a woman said to me, "it looks like you spent weeks on that routine!" where I had only spent a couple of hours a day for 3 days (:

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Permalink Reply by Little Hoopligan on June 18, 2010 at 10:42pm

Haha, thats good advice, thanks!

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StudentPermalink Reply by circularlogic on June 19, 2010 at 9:12am

I actually have a bit of an allergy to "routines"-- my whole thing with hoop dance is learning to let go of plans & perfectionism, & instead become one with the music, so this (responding to musical cues) is completely my approach.

When I'm practicing a new trick, I make a point of thinking about possible transitions-- which moves flow into others nicely. I drill a couple of these at a time to get them under my skin, then when I'm done with drills, I just jam out & go with the feeling of the music & my mood at the moment. That for me is the ultimate hoop bliss!

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Permalink Reply by Hendryx on June 28, 2010 at 7:34pm

I agree totally, The whole idea of hoopdance to me at least, is to be free with movements, not to plan out each move but instead to just feel the music and go with the flow...even my performances are freestyle.

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