• HOOPLIFE COURSE

    Explore confidence, fluidity, letting go, and being more YOU.

     

  • Thursdays 6pm - 7pm in Frome, Somerset

    - 8 WEEKS OF HOOPDANCE, EMBODIMENT + MINDFULNESS -

    4 WEEKS OF HOOP TRICKS...

    playful progression for those who've got the basics down & want to add more skills

    BODY ROLLS • BRAKES • SPINS • FOLDS

    BODY ROLLS - a session developing skill rolling the hoop along the body

    BREAKS (+reversals) - on-body hooping + a couple of off body breaks

    SPINS - on-body smear/coin spin + off-body palm spins as an intro

    FLIPS + FOLDS - learn some fun and fancy flips + techniques to untangle and flow with


    Starts Thursday 9th January

    Sessions will run in the sequence above

    6pm - 7pm

    weekly for 4 weeks - at RISE - Whittox Lane, Frome BA11 3BY

  • WHAT TO EXPECT...

    what's different?

    WHAT THIS ISN'T

    ❌ fitness focussed

    ❌ boring

    ❌ shouty drills

    ❌ a workout

    ❌ fixed

    ❌ forced

     

     

    WHAT WE DO

    ✅ focus on empowerment

    ✅ feel-good movement

    ✅ mindful

    ✅ individual

    ✅ creativity and play

    ✅ fun and celebratory.

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  • WHY HULA HOOP?

    FUN

    Move in a way that feels like play.

    BUILD CONFIDENCE

    Celebrate learning new stuff.

    LOW IMPACT

    Unless you want to jump about, it's low impact.

    MEDITATIVE MOVEMENT

    Feel into yourself and enjoy the repetitive movement patterns.

    SMILES

    Hooping *feels good*

    WHOLE BODY MOVEMENT

    Move more than just your core.

    INDIVIDUAL

    Take things at your own pace and find your own style.

    HEART & HEAD HEALTH

    Get your heart rate up as well as your spirits.

  • "The classes are fun, liberating, silly, exciting, tricky, and something completely different. "

     

    Franca, Bristol

  • FAQs

  • Learn with Emilie

    Everyone can hoop!

    Emilie Joy Rowell

    Professional hoop dancer.

    Emilie has been teaching hoop dance for over 10 years. She first picked it up in 2009 after seeing Grace Jones rock the hoop on stage; she realised life was missing something circular and started learning. Since then she’s been hooked on hoop and has performed in large choreographed acts as well as solo and smaller group shows across the UK, and was in the final 10 of Hooping Idol 2014.

     

    She’s taught over 1,000 people to hoop at classes, festivals and workshops including pensioners, policemen, toddlers and bankers. Interested in hooping as a release and a challenge; a tool for creativity and health.

     

    She's also a fully qualified yoga teacher, so you know you're in safe hands.

  • HOOP DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY COURSE

    - LEARN NEW SKILLS AND DEVELOP YOUR OWN FLOW -

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    CHOREOGRAPHY COURSE
    • 7 WEEK COURSE

    7 week hoop dance course for people who've nailed the basics and want to progress...


    Gain confidence in your dance.

     

    7 week course in Frome, Somerset
    • starts Thursday 3rd March

     

    weekly 8.30-9.30pm
    at RISE - Whittox Lane, Frome BA11 3BY

     

    You’ve got some experience with tricks and moving with the hoop, but want to develop more confidence in flowing between moves and developing dynamic dance.

    I’m here to help you feel more comfortable and confident in the hoop.

     

    Over the first 4 weeks of this course we’ll learn some choreography together, looking to how understanding grip switches and directional movement can help you piece moves together and work with mood, lyrics and movement.

     

    The following 3 sessions are all about taking those idea forwards into putting together a routine that is all yours. Choose a piece of music and I will help you devise a short sequence of moves to it.


    MARCH • 3rd • 10th • 17th • 24th

    - no class 31st -

    APRIL • 7th • 21st • 28th

    - no class 14th -

     

    - pay in 2 installments -

     
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    ANYTHING BUT ROUTINE

    Learn fun, simple hoop dance moves and routines

     
    Get playful, add flow and level up your basic skills in a supportive group.

    This 7 week course will teach you new moves, how to add them together to dance together.

    REQUIREMENTS: Basic on and off-body hooping and a desire to learn more.
    • Make play and joy a part for your week
    • Learn something new & gain confidence as you improve weekly
    • Playful partnerwork
    • Guaranteed to meet your level
    • Meet some lush folk & feel happy
    • Emilie will coach you to feel more confident in your dance
    • Options to perform as a group at events.
     

    If you're looking for tricks keep your eyes peeled for tech and flow workshops next beginners and improvers courses will be in September 2022.


    THURSDAYS • 8.30pm
    at RISE - Whittox Lane, Frome BA11 3BY

    (STARTS THURSDAY 9th JUNE 2022)
     
    Standard Price: £84.00
     
    No experience necessary, hoops are provided - get 10% off a hoop so you can practice!
     
    Taught by Emilie, a pro hula hoop teacher and performer with over 10 years of experience. Emilie's also a fully qualified yoga teacher and embodied movement coach who'll guide you through the moves at your own pace, incorporating sweaty werkouts, great tunes, moving meditation, strengthening and stretching.
     

    BOOK NOW
    * £84.00 *
    sign up here

  • JANUARY 2023

    - SHADOWS AND MIRRORS -

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    EMBODIED HOOP DANCE WORKSHOP

    pre-SWhoop workshop

     

    • Thursday 22nd January

     8.30 - 9.30 pm
    at RISE - Whittox Lane, Frome BA11 3BY

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    This session aims to use the hoop as a tool to explore how we show up in life. No athletic or skill requirement, but participants should to feel reasonably resourced (i.e. supported and not going through any big life stuff at the moment).

     

    This is a choose-your-own-adventure workshop with options for partner work, play and exploration in leader / follower relationships and how we show the world our hoopy-selves.

     

    Explore your tendencies to be pretty, precise, in control, silly or perhaps to not be seen. You don't need to be a super-hooper for this, all are welcome.
    The start of the session will give you a chance to get a feel for the hoop & there are no expectations.

     

    Hoops are provided - wear something comfortable that you can move freely in.

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    TWIN HOOP WORKSHOP 1

    TWIN HOOP WORKSHOP 1

    £25.00
    Are 2 hoops better than one?!

    SATURDAY 14th JANUARY - 10.30am - 12pm

    This 90 minute session will cover a few of the basic twin hoop moves. They are a proper workout for your arms and you'll possibly be able to feel new neural pathways mapping their way through your wonderful brain*. There's time to take things at your own pace and a proper good warm up and stretch out so you can take care of yourself duing the session.

    Hoops are provided for the class.

    * NB not quite science
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    HOOP CONFIDENT • JAN 23

    HOOP CONFIDENT • JAN 23

    £75.00 - £125.00
    6 week course to help buid your confidence in and out of the hoop. Fun, playful beginner-friendly sessions with expert teaching to get you feeling happy in your hoop.

    Thursdays • 7.30pm, Frome

    * early booking * - SOLD OUT

    Last spaces available for booking...



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  • WHAT THIS ISN'T

    ❌ calorie counting

    ❌ boring

    ❌ shouty drills

    ❌ focussed on making your body a certain shape

     

    WHAT WE DO

    ✅ focus on empowerment

    ✅ feel-good movement

    ✅ simple, clear instructions

    ✅ individual learning

    ✅ going at your own pace

    ✅ fun

  • SUMMER WORKSHOPS - BATH

    - GET MOVING • FEEL GOOD • HAVE FUN -

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    HOOP DANCE INTRO WORKSHOP - intro and warm-up class

    60 minute session with a warm up and stretch out.

    Suitable for beginners or as a warm up to the choreography session

     

    Saturday 18th June
    • 1:30 - 2:30pm

    at Percy Community Centre, BATH

     

    - limited spaces available! -

     

    £15

     

     

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    HOOP DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY WORKSHOP

    Channel you inner Lizzo to ooze confidence in your dance...

    A fun, confidence building workshop where you can build on the basics and learn a hoop dance routine.

     

    Hoops are provided for the session.

     

    - limited spaces available! -

     

    Saturday 18th June 2022
     

    DANCE • 2:30 - 3:45 pm

    at Percy Community Centre, BATH

     

    £20

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    FULL AFTERNOON - HOOP STRETCH & DANCE SESSION

    Save when you book them together...

    Hoops are provided for the sessions - limited spaces available! -

     

    Saturday 18th June 2022
    STRETCH• 1:30-2:30 pm

    DANCE • 2:30 - 3:45 pm

    at Percy Community Centre, BATH

    BOOK BOTH FOR £25 per person

     

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    Autumn Sessions in Frome

     

    Sessions are held fortnightly at RISE, Frome.

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • HOOP COURSES STARTING MAY 2022

    - DRILLS • THRILLS • BELLYACHE -

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    HULA HOOP PRACTICE SESSIONS
    • MAY MINI COURSE •

    If you'd like to practice your hoop skills in a structured supportive environment this is it.

    On-body and off-body sessions focussing on a circus-style training drill.

    • NAIL ON BODY HOOPING
    • USE DIFFERENT PARTS OF YOUR BODY

    • EMBED THOSE SKILLS!

    You'll use muscles you didn't know you had and give your brain a workout.

     

    - £29 -

    4 week course

    in Frome, Somerset
    • starts Thursday 6th January

    weekly 7.30-8.00pm
    at RISE - Whittox Lane, Frome BA11 3BY

     

    Currently running as a max of 6 people per group for space and safety.
    Room will be ventillated and hand gel / wipes for hoops are provided.

  • IMPROVERS COURSE STARTING JANUARY 2022

    - LEARN NEW SKILLS AND DEVELOP YOUR OWN FLOW -

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    IMPROVERS - PROGRESS & FLOW
    • 7 WEEK COURSE

    7 week hoop dance course for people who've nailed the basics and want to progress...

    Level up your hoop dance.

     

    If you've got to grips with the basics of on-body and some basic off-body moves, then this is for you. Over the 7 weeks we'll play with angles, rolls and transitions to help you add more dynamic moves, confidence and flow to your dance.

     

    7 week course in Frome, Somerset
    • starts Thursday 6th January

    weekly 8.30-9.30pm
    at RISE - Whittox Lane, Frome BA11 3BY

     

    • WEEK 1 - Angle hooping & Barrel rolls

    • WEEK 2 - Leg hooping & Body Rolls

    • WEEK 3 - Shoulder hooping

    • WEEK 4 - Fancy Passes

    • WEEK 5 - Wedgies

    • WEEK 6 - Floor hooping and pick ups

    • WEEK 7 - Flow session - joining it all together...

     

     

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    HOOP STRETCH

    NEW for Monday mornings in Frome...

     

    45 mins of fun fitness to kickstart your week.

    • MONDAYS in Frome - 9.30am to 10.15am
     

    DROP IN • book here - £8

    BLOCK OF 5 (use within a 6 week period) • book here - £35.50

     

    Hoops are provided for you to borrow or BYO.

    No experience necessary.

  • OUTDOOR SESSIONS
    AT MARSTON PARK

    - GET MOVING • FEEL GOOD • HAVE FUN -

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    Sunday mornings

    Hooping at Marston Park

    Weekly Sunday morning drop-in sessions
    Continuing until end September 2021.

     

    WINDUP/UNWIND

     

    11.30 am-12.30pm

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    PIKES

    Saturday 11th September

     

    Get your hoop on!

     

    1.30-2.30pm

     
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    HOOPY XMAS PARTY... 2021

    Are you up for some sparkle and play?

    Join us on Thursday 16th December in
    Bradford-on-Avon

    7.30pm-10.30pm

     
    Easily accessible from Bristol, Bath & Frome - trains leave around 10.20 and 11pm
     

    • renegade show (all performances welcome from newbies to polished)

    • disco lights

    • TUNES!

    • wonderful people

    • dressing up encouraged

      (there may be donuts and other delicious circular treats)

    (image from BLOC PARTY 'Octopus' video - hoop made by me)
     
     
    - NOW BOOKING -
     
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    BATH

    HULA HOOP CLASSES IN BATH

     

    Laugh, dance and supercharge your Tuesdays learning to hula hoop; feel-good fitness to pep up your week.

     

    Come and join us for this fun, challenging and rewarding hula hoop dance course. We'll be focusing on a different part of the body each week, classes are gently guided and there's time for individual questions and development. You'll use muscles you didn't know you had and give your brain a workout - all to a great soundtrack.
     

    • Hooping burns about 210 calories in 30 minutes - slightly less than push-ups, but a lot more fun!


    "The Joy of Hooping classes are fun, liberating, silly, exciting, tricky, and something completely different." - Franca

     

    6 week progression and flow course £70

    For people with some experience in the hoop!

     

    Next beginners entry course will be in January 2020

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  • Payment plan...

    Split the course price into 3 and join us!

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  • HOOP CLASSES IN FROME

    Get fit, feel good and have fun.

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    Twin Hooping short course.

    Suitable for complete beginners.

    This 4 week course will run on Monday nights in November, taking you through the basics of spinning 2 hoops. You'll gain strength, coordination and learn some impressive tricks.

     

    4 week course

  • BOOK YOUR COURSE

    Places are booking fast!

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    Choreography Course

    - for improvers

  • Elements

    A hoop dance flow workshop suitable for all, using our relationship with the hoop to explore movement and emotion. This workshop is inspired by Embodied Yoga Principles and uses simple exercises to look at our patterns with the hoop and ways of expanding repertoire by balancing our 'elements'.

    As well as a hoop dancer, Emilie is a qualified yoga teacher and EYP teacher. This system uses yoga, archetypes and self-enquiry to explore the way we approach life. It's fun, social, deep and practical.

     

  • Can't make it to class?

    Book one-to-one classes online with Emilie.
    Learn at your own pace with these intensive classes via the internet.

  • One to one tuition

    In person or online classes can be a great way to explore hooping, learn new moves or get some choreography together.

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