I'm NatashaHoop Dance CoachMy teaching philosophy is to create a welcoming, well planned, safe and nurturing environment for the students.
It is not just about sharing a few tricks, I am focused on facilitating a calm and creative space where students can learn, connect, move and play. |
2024-2025 Session
September - May
Registration steps
1. Read Terms of Service
2. Complete Registration Form
3. Pay a registration fee
4. Pick a class and provide payment
2. Complete Registration Form
3. Pay a registration fee
4. Pick a class and provide payment
Classes Location:
Body Expressions Center 619 Lafitte St, Mandeville, LA 70448
Hoops of various sizes are provided for use in class
Registration Fee for 2024-2025 September-May Session is $30. This fee is non-refundable and is due upon registration.
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Kids Hoop Dance Class
This is a creative and fun class for kids. It helps children to develop motor skills and coordination, practice to maintain a stable balance and incorporate flexibility, strengthen core, grow attention and motivation to master new physical activity! Kids will learn dancing with a hula hoop, explore body-mind awareness, find freedom and movement through hoop dance.
KIDS (AGE 6+) Friday 5:45 - 6:45 pm $270/September-December
September 13, 20, 27 October 4, 11, 18 November 8, 15, 22 December 6, 13, 20 |
Hoop Dance and Fitness
This class is designed for new and intermediate hoopers. You will learn to hoop on different parts of your body, on body + off body moves, transition techniques to achieve your hoop flow. It builds core strength, improves posture, tones your body, lifts your spirit, and burns calories in a fun and playful way!
HOOP DANCE BEGINNER-Fridays 6:00-7:00PM $100/5 classes August 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
or $30/1 class |
Events
Children's parties and activities, festivals, fundraisers, workshops, hoop jams, hoop craft parties where you can build/design your own hoop.
Events take place at your venue, each event is tailored to fit your needs, please contact for availability, cost and details.
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Why Hooping
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Hoop Care
Don't squish or squeeze your hoop! Don't leave it in hot places, like sitting in your car in a heat! Don't leave your hoop on a lawn for too long! Don't play with a taped hoop in the pool! I would add don't expose your hoop to extreme cold, one thing not to worry about in Louisiana!
Best place to store your hoop is lying flat in a cool place. Should your hoop loose shape, leave it in a heat for a little bit and try to reshape it with your hands. Hula hooping on concrete, gravel, and asphalt can scratch your hoop and damage the tape, but it can always be retaped! |
Basic Hoop Terms
Breaks: purposely stopping the hoop from spinning.
Current: the direction the hoop is spinning. First/Second Hand: the hand that does the majority of work in putting the hoop in motion is your First Hand. Flow: is natural, comfortable way of moving with a hoop without thinking of the next trick to do. Isolation: spinning the hoop, while keeping it stationary in space. Off Body: when you are not inside of a hoop. On Body: when you are inside of a hoop. Plane: the angle of your hoop. Polypro: light-weight performance hoops. Reversals: change in current. Splitting: separating hoops onto different areas of the body when multi hooping. Stalls: the hoop stays in one position on your body while you spin in the same direction as the hoop. Surface Switching: switching your grip on the hoop. Sustained Spinning: keep your body consistently spinning while hooping. Toss: a throw of a hoop in the air. Twins: hooping with two hoops. |