Here's a fun challenge for us that can be done casually or made really challenging with more props or more dance flow. This time I challenge you to hoop while holding something in your hands and manipulating it at the same time. If you spin other props, try those, poi, staves, juggling balls, contact juggling balls, whatever you like. See how you can mix them together.
Oh no! You dropped a juggling ball?
Can you pick it up without dropping the hoop? i.e. Chi-ing the hoop up your body, reaching down and picking it up to get back into position.
Do you have scarfs, boas or other playful things? Use your hoop to focus on core flow and use another prop to explore your hands and play with the space around and within your hoop.
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Permalink Reply by Hoop Dance Nederland on March 23, 2011 at 6:01am Great Challenge!! Im gonna play with this :)
:) Anna From Hoop Dance Nederland
Permalink Reply by Traci "CircularPraise" Bonney on March 23, 2011 at 6:41am This sounds like a blast! I have flags and streamers. The streamers might be a bit too complicated because they're so long, but the flags could work. Or maybe I'll bust out my purple hat and play with it...
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Permalink Reply by luluperuse on March 26, 2011 at 6:01pm I just gave this a quick try, and I've been meaning to try this for a while: hooping while playing the zils, as in the bellydancing finger cymbals!
It was tricky trying to incorporate bellydancing moves/steps while hooping and playing the zils, because just waist hooping and playing the zils seems a bit like, "Why bother?" But I'll work on a combo and see if I can make more seamless transitions. If anything, it'll just be fun to explore! I'll maybe post a video of my accomplishments!
Hmm...that sounds pretty interesting. Might try it... :]
Permalink Reply by Traci "CircularPraise" Bonney on April 5, 2011 at 2:06pm
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Permalink Reply by Traci "CircularPraise" Bonney on April 5, 2011 at 8:10pm If you can do a kickstart and shimmy the hoop up from your ankles, maybe you can start with the fans and step into the hoop, kick it up and go from there. I can't do any of that - the kickstart or the fire fans - so I'm just throwing the idea out there totally ignorant of whether or not it will work. ;)
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