JANUARY 2023
- SHADOWS AND MIRRORS -
EMBODIED HOOP DANCE WORKSHOP
pre-SWhoop workshop
• Thursday 22nd January
8.30 - 9.30 pm
at RISE - Whittox Lane, Frome BA11 3BY-
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.WORKSHOPS IN FROME 2023
- HOOP DANCE MOVES -
HOOP DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY COURSE
- LEARN NEW SKILLS AND DEVELOP YOUR OWN FLOW -
CHOREOGRAPHY COURSE
• 7 WEEK COURSE7 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 Marchweekly 8.30-9.30pm
at RISE - Whittox Lane, Frome BA11 3BYYou’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 -
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: £84.00No 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 herepay in 2 installments option - 2 x £42SPRING 2023
WORKSHOPS IN FROME, SOMERSET
FORTNIGHTLY ON THUSDAYS7.30pm
Some are 60 minutes, others are 90 minutes long.
There are options if you are
- You are hoop-curious and want to give hooping a whirl - just getting started
- Want to embrace playfulness and joy
- You would like to feel more confident in your body
- You already hoop and would like to build on skills, be in community and jam together
"Liberating and playful; a full body workout alongside laughter and feelings of true joy." - Katie
great for your body, brain and soul.
Looking for TRICKS? Tech and flow workshops are listed in white.
THURSDAYS • 7.30pm
at SUPERSTUDIOS, Frome BA11 1RECheck individual sessions for pre-requisites, hoops are provided.
Taught by Emilie, a pro hula hoop teacher and performer with over 10 years of experience. Emilie's also a fully qualified yoga teacher who'll guide you through the moves at your own pace, incorporating options for more sweaty werkouts, mindful movement, body awareness, great tunes, strengthening, stretching, collaboration and celebration.
BEGINNERS WORKSHOP
THURSDAY 6th APRIL 2023 - 19:30 - 21:00
No experience is required. Hoops are provided for this workshop.
LET'S DANCE - HOOP CHOREOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
Learn a simple hoop dance routine, choreographed to music with options for beginner and more experienced hoopers.
REQUIREMENTS: basic hoop dance moves (folds, lift, waist hooping, weave, lasso)
If you've completed a 6 week course with me in the past you're good-to-go...
90 minute workshop
THURSDAY 20th APRIL 2023 - 19:30 - 21:00
- limited availability -
MINDFUL HOOPING
THURSDAY 4th MAY - 19:30 - Frome
No experience is required. Hoops are provided for this workshop.
IMPROVERS - TWIN HOOP WORKSHOP
Learn OCHOS with 2 hoops, a great way of starting to move more with 2 hoops - opening space for turning, playing and spinning around.
90 minute workshop
THURSDAY 18th MAY 19:30 - Frome
- limited availability -
JOIN ALL THE WORKSHOPS
Book all of the above and get 30% off £53.90 for 4 workshops
DATES:
INTRO SESSION
THURSDAY 6th APRIL 2023 -
19:30 - 20: 30 (plus 30 mins hoop jam)
OCHOS (twin hooping)
THURSDAY 20th APRIL 2023 - 19:30 - 21:00
CHOREOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
THURSDAY 18th MAY - 19:30 - 21:00
MINDFUL HOOPING
THURSDAY 4th MAY 2023 - 19:30 - 20:30 (plus 30 minute jam time)
- limited availability -
WHAT TO EXPECT...
what's different about this approach?
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 pace
✅ creativity and play
✅ fun and celebratory.
BOOK NOW
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 scienceQuantityComing soonHOOP 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...SelectQuantityComing soonWHAT 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 -
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 - 2:30pmat Percy Community Centre, BATH
- limited spaces available! -
£15
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
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 pmDANCE • 2:30 - 3:45 pm
at Percy Community Centre, BATH
BOOK BOTH FOR £25 per person
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.
HOOP COURSES STARTING MAY 2022
- DRILLS • THRILLS • BELLYACHE -
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 Januaryweekly 7.30-8.00pm
at RISE - Whittox Lane, Frome BA11 3BYCurrently 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 -
IMPROVERS - PROGRESS & FLOW
• 7 WEEK COURSE7 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 Januaryweekly 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...
"The classes are fun, liberating, silly, exciting, tricky, and something completely different. "
Franca, Bristol
"I was very surprised how effective and fun
a hula hoop exercise workout can be.I thoroughly enjoyed the class, and the members did too.”
- Sam Bernard, Studio Manager
Fitness and Wellbeing Centre
HSBC, Canary Wharf, London"After a long and boring day at work hooping really gave me something to smile about!
It also helped my coordination, something that I didn't think I had any of, but I surprised myself."
- Franca, Bristol
"Amazing."
- Vicky Gritt, Bristol
"It’s Friday lunchtime and I’m thoroughly enjoying gyrating inside a hoola hoop at an exercise class, currently operating within Hauser & Wirth’s Piccadilly space."
OUTDOOR SESSIONS
AT MARSTON PARK- GET MOVING • FEEL GOOD • HAVE FUN -
Sunday mornings
Hooping at Marston Park
Weekly Sunday morning drop-in sessions
Continuing until end September 2021.WINDUP/UNWIND
11.30 am-12.30pm
HOOPY XMAS PARTY... 2021
Are you up for some sparkle and play?
Join us on Thursday 16th December in
Bradford-on-Avon7.30pm-10.30pm
Easily accessible from Bristol, Bath & Frome - trains leave around 10.20 and 11pmrenegade 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)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." - Franca6 week progression and flow course £70
For people with some experience in the hoop!
Next beginners entry course will be in January 2020
FAQs
Where are the classes
Do I need to be fit / flexible / coordinated?
What if I can't do it?
What should I wear?
Do I need my own hoop?
Do I need to bring anything?
What kind of people come to classes?
Payment plan...
Split the course price into 3 and join us!
HOOP CLASSES IN FROME
Get fit, feel good and have fun.
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
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.
BOOK YOUR COURSE
Places are booking fast!
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.Workshops
I'd love to bring a workshop to your area or event. Get in touch to find out more about how this could work. If you'd like to find out more about me you can visit my portfolio site. Do get in touch to find out more about workshops.
Shape Shifting
This workshop will guide you through a series of series of exercises to help you expand your range of movement with the hoop. Dancing to a variety of music and rhythms, we’ll play with breath, gravity and magnitude. Tapping into techniques to punctuate your dance and expression.
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.Children's Activities
Hooping in schools, community events, festivals and parties.
Looking for a fabulous
hen party activity?Fun, quirky, retro hula hoop dance workshops may be just what you're looking for!
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.
Hula Hoop Classes - Frome
The next beginners course will be in February 2018 you can book your place here. Join the Frome Hula Hoopers group for info on weekend workshops, hoop jams and short courses between now and then.
About Us
Spreading the Joy of Hooping since 2010.
Modern Hoop Dance to move every-body.
Contact
hello@thejoyofhooping.com