Adult Class Descriptions
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HoopDance
Intensives
HoopDance is an emerging fitness trend and form of
self-expression that is sweeping the nation. Join one of
our brilliant HoopShine Agents for a 4-hour intensive
that will launch your hoop practice and prepare you to
unleash your HoopShine into a personal
practice.
The Beginner HoopDance Intensive was more than I expected: more fun, more moves, and more connection to my body than I would have imagined possible in such a short time. I loved the celebration circle at the conclusion - very special. - Beginner Intensive Graduate, Portland, OR
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Beginner Intensive HoopDance Basics
The Beginner HoopDance Intensive is for those just starting out in the hoop; no prior experience required! Focus on fundamental hoop technique and principles that liberate flow in the body and mind. Emphasis is on sensation as your guide and breath as a lubricant for grace and ease. Fun, music, and playful exploration guide our journey as we practice navigating the hoop around the waist, breaking vertical hoop planes, traveling through space, integrating the arms and hands, and performing basic hoop tricks on and off of the body. Special attention will be placed on intrinsic awareness, core isolations, freeing the spine, visualizations, and play! At least one HoopShine Teaching Assistant will be onsite to ensure that you receive the attention required to acheive your objectives in the hoop.Instructional handouts will be provided to support you in your post-intensive hoop practice. $75 Pre-registered; $80 Day of Event (space permitting). Please confirm space availability prior to registering.
UPCOMING DATES:
Beginner HoopDance Intensive
June 2 & June 4, Tuesday/Thursday 7:00-9:00pm
with Lacye Lee, HoopShine Agent, Licensed HoopGirl Instructor
*No Experience Necessary*
Location: StudioNia
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Intermediate Intensive HoopDance Infusions
As with any dance discipline, once you have developed skill in the foundational movements of practice, you expand in your capabilities and in your own personal style. HoopDance offers endless creativity to the dancer.
The Intermediate HoopDance Intensive is for more experienced hoopers looking to add complexity to their hoop practice. Focus is on more advanced hoop techniques and on incorporating elements of music appreciation and creativity to your practice. Expand foundational moves, adding energy through the use of angles, transitions, and floorwork. Learn to integrate the feet, head, and hands with music and self-expression. Fun and exciting hoop trick surprises are linked to the moves you know and love, adding a sense of drama and athleticism to your practice. HoopDance comes to life in this intensive experience! At least one HoopShine Teaching Assistant will be onsite to ensure that you receive the attention required to acheive your objectives in the hoop. Instructional handouts will be provided to support you in your post-intensive hoop practice. $75 Pre-registered; $80 Day of Event (space permitting). Please confirm space availability prior to registering.
UPCOMING DATES:
TBA: Summer 2009
Location: StudioNia
Advanced Intensive Your Creativity Unleashed
Join us for the first ever advanced hoopdance intensive in the Portland Metro Area! The Advanced HoopDance Intensive is a two-night event that will introduce to leading edge hoopdance. Take your current skill base to the next level through new and exploratory techniques. This event will be heavily influenced by the HoopGirl Advanced Curriculum and will include Zip Hoops (for fast/dynamic movement) and Zoom Hoops (micro-hoops for meditative self-expression). The intensive will prepare you for the summer launch of the HoopGirl Workout Advanced Class Series. $75 Pre-registered
UPCOMING DATES:
TBA: Fall 2009
Location: StudioNia
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new! HoopShine Playshop Series Workshop Series for All Levels
Join Candice for a series of two-hour playshops exploring a variety of specialty applications in the hoop. All levels welcome!
Pre-register for the event of your choice or attend all four!
$160; or $45 for a single playshop
Thu, July 9 ~ HoopDance Rhythms
Focus: Dance, musicality, and fancy footwork
Thu, July 16 ~ Defying Gravity
Focus: Foot hooping, leg hooping, and floor dancing
Thu, July 23 ~ Vertical Explorations
Focus: Tosses, isolations, and off-the-body techniques
Thu, July 30 ~ Double Your Pleasure
Focus: Twins, partner, and poi hooping
UPCOMING DATES:
HoopShine Playshop Series
July 9 - July 30, Thursdays 7:00-9:00pm
with Candice Schutter HoopShine Founder, HoopGirl Master Trainer
Location: StudioNia
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Get
Fit, Feel Sexy, Have Fun
The HoopGirl Workout classes made me feel great! I haven't stopped talking about it since I started; and I feel that I really shine and it shows. - Melodie, HoopGirl Workout Student, Portland, OR
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HoopShine works closely with San Francisco hoop legend,
Christabel Zamor (HoopGirl.com)
to develop and expand the HoopGirl class programming.
HoopShine Founder, Candice Schutter, travels
internationally as a HoopGirl Master Trainer, teaching
students to facilitate movement as personal growth. San
Francisco and Portland-based hoop classes are serving as
templates for cutting edge hoopdance education that is
spanning the globe. Don’t miss out on an opportunity to
be get fit and have fun, while seeding one of the hottest
trends in fitness.
HoopGirl
Workout Beginner Class Series
The Feel Good Body Series
Register
now for this 6-week class series. Each 90-minute session
offers you an opportunity to bring your hoop practice to
life in the HoopGirl class format. With an emphasis on
community, we will move through the various stages of The
HoopGirl Workout. You will have an opportunity to learn
some new moves, combining them with foundational
principles that will reveal the HoopDancer in you!
Instruction is followed by group activities, performance
jam circles, and many more surprises. A great way to get
in shape, develop core strength in the body-mind, and
experience the benefits of meditative flow.
$120 Pre-registered. Please confirm space availability
prior to registering.
The HSW Beginner Programming is divided into two 6-week
series: Beginner I and Beginner II. They can be taken in
any order.
** NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE NECESSARY **
UPCOMING
DATES:
HoopGirl
Workout Beginner II Class Series
July
6 - August 10, Mondays 7:00-8:30pm
with
Lacye Lee, HoopShine Agent, Licensed HoopGirl Instructor
*No Experience Necessary*
Location: StudioNia
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HoopGirl
Workout Intermediate Class Series
The Joyful Mind Series
Build
radiance and joy with the Intermediate HoopGirl Workout!
This Intermediate course is the mind segment in the
body-mind-spirit continuum.
Register now for this 6-week class series. Each 90-minute
session
presents exciting new hoop moves in concert with a daily
emotional focus and hoopdance principle. Shine like a
star while you gain balance, agility and dexterity with
fun exercises, including unsighted hooping and floorwork.
Learn to create flow, dynamism and fluidity in
transitions. Feel exhilaration, elation and connection
through vocalizations, gesture play and meditative
elements. This class will catapult your hooping to a
whole new level!
$130 Pre-registered. Please confirm space availability
prior to registering.
UPCOMING
DATES:
TBA:
Fall 2009
with
Candice Schutter, HoopShine Founder, HoopGirl Master
Trainer
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Prerequisite: BñÒinner Intensive, HGW Beginner Class
Series I & II
Location: StudioNia
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HoopGirl
Workout Mixed Level Class Series
Something for EveryBODY
The
entire HoopShine community comes together for this series
for everyBODY. Moves will be covered from basic to
advanced applications. Every hooper will feel challenged
in this joyous, interactive class series.
$120 Pre-registered. Please confirm space availability
prior to registering.
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UPCOMING
DATES:
HoopGirl
Workout Mixed Level Class Series
May
20 - June 24, Wednesdays 7:00-8:30pm
with
Lacye Lee, HoopShine Agent, Licensed HoopGirl Instructor
*No Experience Necessary*
Location: StudioNia
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