HooperPower
Hoopdance is a Chicago-based company that offers
captivating hoopdance performances, professional
dance hoops and expert instruction for
hoopdance.
Q&A:
How did you get into hooping?
I witnessed a firehoop performance over 5 years ago and decided right then and there that I had to learn how to do it. I found a talented performer/instructor to get me started and that's where my true love affair with the hoop began. The second you place it on your waist, you are hooked. I haven't put it down since.
What do you love most about hooping?
I love the fact that the hoop is a magnet for happiness. Walk down the street with your hoop and see what happens. People are drawn to it, it's instinctual. They must know that it has the power to heal on so many levels. It all starts with a few rotations, a few more laughs and the realization that you CAN do it. The (r)evolution from that point forward is a powerful one. All from “playing” you are connecting with your body, your expression and your confidence in a way you never imagined that you could. Hooping is a meditation and your body gains strength and flexibility while you melt away stress. Oh, and of course, you also get to meet amazing people along the way. The hooping community is a generous and nurturing one.
What’s the future of hooping?
Hooping is a constantly evolving form of fitness and dance and we like to imagine it‘s future filled with happy, healthy people who have accessibility to all the joy that it brings. Of course, we’d be pretty happy if every household in the world had a hoop.
How did you get into hooping?
I witnessed a firehoop performance over 5 years ago and decided right then and there that I had to learn how to do it. I found a talented performer/instructor to get me started and that's where my true love affair with the hoop began. The second you place it on your waist, you are hooked. I haven't put it down since.
What do you love most about hooping?
I love the fact that the hoop is a magnet for happiness. Walk down the street with your hoop and see what happens. People are drawn to it, it's instinctual. They must know that it has the power to heal on so many levels. It all starts with a few rotations, a few more laughs and the realization that you CAN do it. The (r)evolution from that point forward is a powerful one. All from “playing” you are connecting with your body, your expression and your confidence in a way you never imagined that you could. Hooping is a meditation and your body gains strength and flexibility while you melt away stress. Oh, and of course, you also get to meet amazing people along the way. The hooping community is a generous and nurturing one.
What’s the future of hooping?
Hooping is a constantly evolving form of fitness and dance and we like to imagine it‘s future filled with happy, healthy people who have accessibility to all the joy that it brings. Of course, we’d be pretty happy if every household in the world had a hoop.
HooperPower
founder, Heather Crosby has performed for audiences
small (6
people) and
large (60,000
people) and has
taught many men and women the joys of hoopdance
through private lessons, group lessons, classes and
workshops. Heather performs and teaches with the
Chicago area’s most exciting and talented
hoopdancers.
Today’s
hoops are heavier and larger than the toys
that you may remember from childhood.
that you may remember from childhood.
In
Eqypt, hoops were made from wirey grasses and
grapevines. In the 14th century, folks in England
were swinging hoops around their waists and between
1958-1960, the Wham-O toy company—responsible for
reinventing the toy most everyone knows—rode the
“fad” wave and sold over 100 million “hula hoops”
to adoring fans.
At HooperPower Hoopdance, we get a kick out of it when someone claims, “oh, I can’t do that, but I could when I was a kid!” We know the truth. We know that everyone can hoop and somewhere along the line either you told yourself you couldn’t hoop or someone else did and that is the ONLY thing keeping you from success!
HooperPower carries many hoops that enable just about everyone to keep that hoop up and rotating because our hoops move at a slower rate around your body. This gives you the time to explore creative movements different than the spastic gyrations that those little plastic hoops require. Modern hooping is for all ages, all shapes and all sizes, especially adults.
With obesity at an all-time high in our country, HooperPower Hoopdance feels that making sure that “fitness” and “fun” play well together is the smartest and most realistic path to a healthy, happy and centered body and mind.
At HooperPower Hoopdance, we get a kick out of it when someone claims, “oh, I can’t do that, but I could when I was a kid!” We know the truth. We know that everyone can hoop and somewhere along the line either you told yourself you couldn’t hoop or someone else did and that is the ONLY thing keeping you from success!
HooperPower carries many hoops that enable just about everyone to keep that hoop up and rotating because our hoops move at a slower rate around your body. This gives you the time to explore creative movements different than the spastic gyrations that those little plastic hoops require. Modern hooping is for all ages, all shapes and all sizes, especially adults.
With obesity at an all-time high in our country, HooperPower Hoopdance feels that making sure that “fitness” and “fun” play well together is the smartest and most realistic path to a healthy, happy and centered body and mind.
Hoopdance
HooperPower Hoopdance™, Inc. is a Chicago-based company that offers amazing hoopdance performances, quality fitness and performance hoops and inspiring instruction for hoopdance. Heather Crosby is a licensed HoopGirl™ Fitness Instructor. She is part of the global HoopGirl Team of instructors who are inspiring people worldwide to discover hoopdance as a path to joy and wellbeing. Hoopgirl.com
HooperPower Hoopdance™, Inc. is a Chicago-based company that offers amazing hoopdance performances, quality fitness and performance hoops and inspiring instruction for hoopdance. Heather Crosby is a licensed HoopGirl™ Fitness Instructor. She is part of the global HoopGirl Team of instructors who are inspiring people worldwide to discover hoopdance as a path to joy and wellbeing. Hoopgirl.com
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