WORKSHOPS
Hoopcamp Retreats has brought together an amazing group of talented hoop instructors, entrepreneurs and performers to present workshops to expand and deepen your hooping practice. In one full weekend you'll be exposed to various hooping styles and techniques along with performance and expressive dance skills.
Experience and practice fire hooping, LED hooping, helix hooping and hooping with twins. Learn how to create a hooping costume to add sparkle to your dance along with tips on performance techniques and make-up artistry demonstrations. Challenge yourself with new hoop moves and transitions while connecting your mind, body and spirit within your unique hoop flow.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS LIST IS EVOLVING. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES
AS MORE PRESENTERS ARE CONFIRMED AND WORKSHOP OFFERINGS
ARE DEFINED!
CONFIRMED WORKSHOP PRESENTERS
BREAKING NEWS- Sept. 8th 2008
SHARNA ROSE FROM THE UK JOINS THE HOOPCAMP RETREAT
WORKSHOP: Hooping Out of Focus-Cultivating Creative Intuitive Hoop Play. Sharna will discuss and demonstrate how once immersed in a childlike state of play one is able to access continual movement and flow, creating endless possibilities of hoop combinations and easy transitioning.
CHRISTABEL
HOOPGIRL-San Francisco
WORKSHOP:HoopSexy™ by HoopGirl
Explore the multidimensional aspects of PUMP while accessing your inner dance diva! This dance journey is all about using the hoop as a training wheel to expand your range of theatricality and expressiveness while dancing. Leave all your razzle dazzle "moves" at the door and surrender to an ecstatic exploration of your body. Delve into your musculature, joints, respiratory system and skin as guides to channel your signature style. Reclaim "sexy" as your own inner radiance, confidence and power. You will sweat, play and vocalize! Beginners through advanced hoopers will be challenged to rise to the next level.
WEBSITE: www.hoopgirl.com
VIVIAN
SPIRAL HOOP DANCE-Virginia
WORKSHOP: Rhythm, Form, and Flow: Techniques and exercises to enhance Flow and deepen the expression of rhythm with your hoop. Polish your skills, punctuate beat and bring attention to your form as ways to bring more embodied power to your hoop dance. Reverses, turning and tempo changes will be demonstrated and emphasized as ways to refine and empower your hoop Flow.
WEBSITE: www.spiralhoopdance.com
BAXTER-With ANN and BETH
THE HOOP PATH- North Carolina
WORKSHOP:For the first time ever, students will experience a team-taught HoopPath workshop! Baxter joins up with his long-time students, Beth and Ann, to bring a broad range of perspectives to the HoopPath teachings. In the first 50-minute section, Baxter will familiarize/refresh students aboutfundamental HP terms and concepts, grounding our approach as we ready our bodies and minds to take in loads of HP information. In the second 50-minute section, Beth will focus on the more technical aspects of
reverses, breaks, paddles and passes. Beth will guide hoopdancers through
these techniques, which can be performed on the waist, the shoulders and
at angles with varying degrees of difficulty, through imagery and stories
born from HoopPath mythology. And in the third and final 50-minute
section, Ann will both explore certain techniques (such as Two Tree and
Two Bird) more deeply, but also turn our focus inward, towards our richest
but often least-appreciated source of learning, our own imagination.
Though we will cover a huge amount of technical information, and you are
sure to be physically exhausted after this 2 1/2 hour workshop, as always
our primary objective will be to make more available to you the
transcendent experience of Flow.
**Programming note: We are conducting this as a single workshop
consisting of 3 parts. While there is no requirement that you attend all
3 sections, we strongly encourage those of you who are interested to
commit to the whole shebang, so that you might get the most out of this
unique experience. We won't have time in sections 2 and 3 to review the
HP terms defined in section 1, so if you do show up for 2 or 3 only, make
sure you have a working familiarity with basic HP terms and concepts.
WEBSITE:www.tribes.tribe.net/thehooppath
ANN:www.people.tribe.net/e8dcfd45-cce9-4070-985c-78235533423a
BETH: www.people.tribe.net/bethanderica
ERIN
SHREDDER HOOPS-San Francisco
WORKSHOP: A twins/multiple hoops class incorporating acrobatics and circus arts. Erin will also offer a performance make-up artistry demonstration before our evening costumed hoopjam.
WEBSITE: www.shredderhoops.com
ANNIE
ANNIELAND DESIGNS/THE HOOPGIRL ALLSTARS-San Francisco
WORKSHOP: A Hoop Costuming Playshop. Construct your Own Halter Top in Annieland!
Required Materials: 1/2 yard of 4-way stretch fabric (the more bling the better!) & sharp scissors. A halter-style bodice top will be created in a one hour workshop. No sewing required! This is a comfortable and flattering style, with optional added flare. One size fits most. Instruction will be given first as a group demonstration, and then individual attention will be provided.
WEBSITE: www.annieland.net
JEWELS
HOOPBLISS- North Carolina
WORKSHOP: Hoop Union: A Twins Workshop
In this workshop, Jewels will teach a specialized form of twin hooping that incorporates strength, balance, gentleness and sustained spinning. This technique brings the two hoops together as one object creating a variety of symbols throughout the play. This way of manipulating the hoops brings attention to the point of contact between the hoop and the body as well as the points of contact between the two hoops. (aka Helix, Axis, Gyro Hooping:-)
Jewels will have a few extra sets of small twins to share for this workshop. If you have a pair, please bring them on!
WEBSITE: www.hoopbliss.com
BUNNY HOOPSTAR
THE HOOP EMPIRE-Australia
WORKSHOP: Ever wondered what it would be like to spin many hoops all over your body with full control? This workshop covers the circus technique known as Splits or Separations. We will explore splitting hoops up and down the body with both classic statuesque poses and hybrid hoopdance moves. Learn how to dance with a hoop spinning on your butt and on your waist... or waist and chest with some funky disco arm action... or waist chest and lasso... OR waist chest lasso and butt. How to get those extra hoops on the body? Learn how to kick them up from the floor or for ultimate crowd pleasing, learn the art of throw ons from a partner or the audience. We will also play with multiple hoops on the arms and transitions between on the body and off the body and between horizontal and vertical planes.WEBSITE: www.bunnyhoopstar.com
THe KAIVALYA HOOP DANCERS
WORKSHOP: Left Brain Right Brain.
The Kaivalya hoop dancers share the ins and outs of creating a hoop troupe and working in numbers. From marketing, advertising, and business organization, to crafting a performance that allows everyone's best light to shine bright. What else? Costuming, music, transitions and graceful group brainstorming...all with the intent to highlight the 'individual' in group art.
DEMONSTRATION: Poi minis description:
Shakti Sunfire demos lightweight juggling hand hoops - a perfect addition to any hooper's arsenal of props. Small enough to use in tight spaces where regular hooping is a bust, these minis turn into hours of hand-held fun! Most poi moves can be translated to the hoop like forward and backwards weave, thread the needle and figure eights.
DEMONSTRATION: Yarn falls demo:
Stephiniti and Shakti of the Kaivalya Hoop Dancers demo fabulous yarn and feather falls. A great way to spruce up any performance with minimal effort. Also great for protecting your hair in a fire show
WEBSITE: www.kaivalyahoopdancers.com
STEFAN
GROOVEHOOPS-New York City
WORKSHOP: Hoop Performance Techniques and Choreography Workshop.
Doing tricks is one thing, giging out is another but how does one craft a performance for a crowd? In this workshop we will identify what "wows" an audience. Define the arch of an act. Work on character development. Personify the the hoop & leave with a lot of new homework.
Choreography Workshop - What does it take to make a performance? How do I put a group of hooper on a stage and make it look good? How do you block out an act? What looks good to an audience? What is possible? GrooveHoops™ has spent years asking ourselves these questions while performing our multitude of dance numbers. Whither it was for a 70,000 person festival or a celebrity studded gathering GrooveHoops has risen to these questions and answered them many times over. Allow us to share what we have learned and put it into practice with you.
WEBSITE: www.groovehoops.com
CANDICE- WILL NOT BE PRESENTING! WE WILL MISS HER!
HOOPSHINE-Portland
WORKSHOP: HoopShine - Nia and the Hoop: Let Your Brilliance Flow
Nia is a transformational movement practice that blends the spirit of Dance, Martial Arts, and Healing. HoopShine invites you to take your hoopdance practice to the next level. Explore how the hoop is a vehicle for self-empowerment, creativity, and the hidden genius within you. Somatic training, energy awareness, and sensation... these will be our primary tools. Our focus will be on igniting the passionate and deliberate hoopdancer that lives within you. Fall in love with your body, unleash your individual style, and utilize emotions as alchemy that the body can understand.
WEBSITE: www.hoopshine.com
KAMALA & HANNAH
FIRE GROOVE-Los Angeles
WORKSHOP: Fire Hoop Groove Basics. This workshop will teach you everything you need to know about hooping with fire. We'll begin by reviewing the material taught in Hoop Groove Basics but with an actual fire hoop (please let us know if you will be needing to purchase a fire hoop). We will focus on moves that are safe and sensual in the fire hoop and also talk about moves that you need to really be careful with when executing. You will also learn some sexy and fun ways to begin and end your performance. Join us as we turn up the Heat in this fiery hoop workshop!
WEBSITE: www.firegroove.com
ANAH
HOOP REVOLUTION-Los Angeles
WORKSHOP: Putting the DANCE in HoopDance
This workshop focuses on adding flavor, style and panache to our hoopdance. Working with the moves you already have and adding new ones, we will learn to free the body, lose the mind and ramp up your power. Get ready to dance!
All Levels!
Moves and Combos
Tired of your old moves? Need some new material? This workshop will blast your hooping into the stratosphere with several new moves(including the famous "Noble Stagg") and combos.
WEBSITE:www.hooprevolution.com
AND FOR OUR MORNING WARM UP!
JOANIE oF the Santa Cruz Hoopalights will get us moving and dancing with a ZUMBA inspired workout using a hoop. Get ready to salsa, samba and stretch!
ALSO IN ATTENDANCE: Those who have confirmed their participation in advance!
THE HOOPGIRL ALLSTARS: www.hoopgirl.com
JASMINE: THE WHIRLYGIRLZ: www.whirlygirlz.com
PHILO: HOOPING.ORG: www.hooping.org
THE BAY AREA HOOPERS: www.bayareahoopers.tribe.net
HEATHER: HOOPER POWER and our Hoopcamp retreat logo designer: www.hooperpower.com
PATRICK: PSI HOOPS: www.psihoops.com
AND MORE TO BE ADDED- INCLUDING THE MOST AMAZING -YOU-!
