It was love at first sight in the September of 2008, spotting Shakti Sunfire dancing on the great field at Hoop Camp with a dazzling pair of the smallest hoops I have ever seen. Minis, they were being called and I had to get me a pair. Making a bee line to Shakti’s stall at the Hoop Camp marketplace I snapped up a pair of silver and hot pink minis.
Now that I had these tiny beauties in my possession I was exhilarated thinking about the possibilities but had absolutely no idea what to do with them. I watched stunned as Shakti, Spiral, Jewels and others spun the fast moving minis and shyly asked for a few tips.
There was no workshop offered on minis that year at Hoop Camp, it was if they had some how just burst onto the scene. Although I had seen them used for other isolation and circus arts I had not seen them used with such contemporary style of flow. It seems I was not the only one who was drawn to them. After returning from San Francisco to Tokyo, I watched from afar to see the minis and a variety of smaller sized hoops picked up and taken to new heights/lengths/speeds/shapes by ground breaking artists such as Rich Porter and Rainbow Michael.
So while the rest of the hoop world was having fun, pushing the hoop envelope and “using” their minis my gorgeous hot pink and silver babes sat in the hoop pile looking fab, attended a few kid’s parties and generally felt unloved.
That was all set to change with the much anticipated arrival of Rainbow Michael at Japan’s first hoop camp, Spin Matsuri. My minis got dusted off and demand for minis on the Hoop Lovers shop soared.
Once again on a great field, but this time in the Japanese hinterland, I gripped minis in hand, listened carefully to the instruction and watched in wonder. This time I was not so shy to ask for tips. Determination was more the theme.
Enter Mix. A fearless and highly skilled hooper, basketball trickster and freestyle soccer artist. A diagramatical thinker, powerfully inspired by Rainbow Michael’s skills, Mix put her thinking cap on and rocked into Yoyogi Park about one week later with some mini tricks and eager to partner up with me to create a “show”.
In the beginning we had lofty goals, very lofty. World stages, stories of and from the Universe. Enchanting costumes, mind boggling tricks and sequences. We practiced once a week for about two months. Seasons changed as did the colors of the leaves in the park and we both came to a point where we wanted and needed to record our progress.
Again, it took about a week for Mix to emerge with a track and a fairly tight set of mini sequences. We messed around with it for a bit. I tried hard to soak up the instruction and do some personal practice. Had a lot of fun trying to understand each other. Mix’s English improved and I am happy to say my mini skills did too.
This is where we got to with a few practices. We wanted to film it in one take, so we could see where we needed to be more solid. It is interesting to see it on screen. I am a harsh critic and considered requesting it to be deleted but am glad we recorded what we had been working on. I have a long way to go, but I have learned many things from the process and Mix has been a huge help.
I love the intro created by Mix’s brother, Ma Rock.
SPECIAL FAB VALENTINE’S DAY:
“Fall In Love All Over Again…with Dance”
AphroDizzy Hoop, SALSAmore Couple, and Sassy DIVAlentine Workshops
Bring yourself and your special friends to Valentine’s Day Dancing at FAB on Sunday, Feb. 14th, 2010.
***Each Workshop includes a 20 minute break for Socializing, Champagne and Valentine goodies to melt in your mouth!***
1 workshop: 4,000 yen
Take 2 workshops: 7,000 yen
Take all 3 workshops: 9,000 yen
*Please bring appropriate dancing shoes*
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AphroDizzy Hoop
12:00-2:00pm
Featuring Tokyo’s Hoop Love Queen — DEANNE
Arouse, excite, and electrify your inner hoop dancer this Valentine’s day! Join DD Hoop Love on a sensual journey towards becoming one with your hoop. Tap into your inner beats and playful desires then take them home for some extended Valentine’s Day fun! Simply bring your fabulous self. Hoops provided.
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SalsAmore: Intro to Romantic, Sexy, and Fun Salsa Couple Dance
2:30-4:30pm
Featuring Tokyo’s Award-winning, Soulful and Sensual Latin Diva — DIANA
Come solo, with a partner, or friends! Anyone can pair up.
Learn the origins and basics of Latin dance to Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, and Reggaeton. Learn easy breakdown of timing, rhythm and musicality of salsa steps as well as basic shoulder and hip movements that are the soul and root of Latin Movement.
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Sassy DIVAlentine:
5:00-7:00pm
Featuring Tokyo’s finest, sexy choreographer and experienced industry professional — KIKE
Learn a fun, spicy and sensual bed routine to bring to your partner on Valentine’s Day. This class is for non-dancers with no dance experience necessary! Anyone and everyone join in the fun and bring out the inner DIVA in you!
RSVP to facebook or by sending an email to hooplovers@gmail.com
FAB バレンタインデー・スペシャルのお知らせ!!!
「ハマっちゃいましょう・・・ダンスに・・・」
AphroDizzy Hoop, SALSAmore Couple, and Sassy DIVAlentine Workshops
2010年2月14日〔日〕、FABのスペシャル・ダンシングにおひとりで又はおともだちと一緒に参加しませんか？
それぞれのワークショップには参加者同士の交流のための20分の休憩をとりシャンペンやお口の中でとろける
バレンタインのお楽しみが付いています!
受講料
1クラス：￥4,000.-
2クラス：￥7,000.-
3クラスすべて：￥9,000.-
※エクササイズに適したシューズをご持参下さい。スタジオには土足で入れません。
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AphroDizzy Hoop
12：00-14:00
東京のフープラブ・クイーン、ディアンヌをフィーチャー
このバレンタインデーにあなたの内面のフープダンサーを目覚めさせ興奮させそして感動させてください。
あなたとフープがひとつになる感覚を体験するすてきな旅に出ませんか？あなたの中にあるビートと遊び心をひきだしてから家へ帰ってバレンタインデーの楽しさを倍加させましょう。ステキなあなたをこの場に運んで下さるだけでいいのです。
フープはスタジオにあります。
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SALSAmore Couple：ロマンチックでセクシーで楽しいサルサのカップルダンス
14：30-16：30
サルサコンテストの受賞歴をもつソウルフルで感性豊かな東京のラテンの女神、ダイアナをフィーチャー
ひとりでもパートナーとでも複数の友人とでも参加できます!! 誰とペアを組んでもオーケー。
サルサ、メレンゲ、バチャータ、レゲトンなどラテンダンスのベーシックとその原点を教えます。
サルサステップの簡単なタイミングのブレイクダウン、リズム、音楽性など、そしてラテン・ムーブメント
の魂、原点であるベーシックなショルダーとヒップのムーブメントを習得して下さい。
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Sassy DIVAlentine
17：00-19：00
すばらしくセクシーな振り付け家、業界のプロフェッショナルであるキケをフィーチャー
バレンタインデーにあなたのパートナーを楽しくてスパイシーなベッド・ルーティンへ導くレッスンです。
このクラスはダンスをしない人向けでダンスの経験は不要です!! 楽しく参加して誰でもが内面に持っている「女神」をひきだしましょう!!
Late last year I was invited by the Tokyo based super talent Phil Mcqueen to participate in a creative hot pot event he was naming Tokyo’s Got Talent. Excited and honored of course I said, Yes!
Phil set the scene for me and explained there would be 5 other acts. We would all be “competing” for 1st place. Knowing that hoop dance is simply not a competitive sport I took to the idea as a bit of fun and another creative journey – that it certainly was.
dd Hoop Love feeling like a million dollar bill
Weeks later as I was laying on a gorgeous sun drenched beach in Thailand, Masao asked, “Aren’t you doing some talent thing next week in Ni Chome” Words that begin with O M F G probably came to mind as I raced back to our bungalow to grab my iPod for some musical inspiration. A quick message from the beach back to Tokyo, Phil confirmed – 2 acts, 10 minutes each.
The visions came thick and fast. It was going to be an extravaganza, hoops, costumes, choreography, go go boys, a diverse spectacular of dance, theatrics and color. Yes, yes, yes! Then reality set in, in a sobering and solid way, I had about 5 days to pull this together. Oooooh this was going to be fun!
Being the super lucky and blessed being that I am I have some of the most creative and colorful friends, I am proud to call them my family. Some people say, when you want something done you have to do it yourself. I have learned that when you want something done with love and goodness you call in the troupes and turn it into a party. More is more and having a beautifully creative and support family around really helps. I am forever grateful.
Mildly frantic on the inside but trusting in the process and the creative intensity within the group I made a few quick phone calls and summons a few meetings. YES, Mix was in! She agreed with enthusiasm to perform the first song in Act 1 with me. We had been working on a mini hoops piece for a while, mostly choreographed by Mix, it was coming together nicely so what better time to really test it out than on stage in a fun atmosphere surrounded by a supportive crowd.
That left 15 minutes to fill in.
I had a few things up my sleeve, pieces from other acts, songs I had been enjoying, beats that made me move and costumes that added sparkle. It all felt smooth and fertile. Then I received the call. The one I secretly wait for. Kike. I think the conversation went something like this… Kike: “Love, what are you doing for the Tokyo’s Got Talent thingie?” Me: “Well um I was thinking, um, Mix and I will do our act then I was just going to to something circus, or um kind of cute, you know um” Kike: “No! We are going to make you FABulous! Be at my house tomorrow morning OK!” (This was Wednesday night!) I think I spent the rest of the conversation gushing, squealing and thanking Kike as always because I knew he had the power to transform my ideas and pour them solidly into a tight act. I was right.
Kike is a true professional, so humble, never bragging about his phenomenal costuming skills, his time training Vegas Show girls or several Miss Universe Japan, but it shows. It was like I walked into a machine from The Jetsons, Kike pressed the button and I left 2 hours later with 3 new looks and an almost complete 2 acts.
Time to call Tink. I wanted something theatrical and tight for the transition between minis and my second song for Act 1. I knew Tink would be the perfect character, and she was. With such short notice she whipped up a crowd pleasing spin and by the sounds of things had a whole lot of fun doing it! You can read about Tink’s experience here.
With about 24 hours to go I felt confident that Act 1 would be a lot of spinning fun but Act 2 was incomplete. I had a look, a costume and it was hot, strong and dark (thanks to Kike). I needed something to match. Scouring iTunes and recently played tracks I picked two and just went from there. The choreography didn’t really kick in until a few hours before show time but I had a plan – let the hoops take over, enjoy the flow and tap into a pool of buried intensity. Act 2 was going to be dark! A change from my regular focus, I enjoyed the contrast.
So we had 2 acts, with 5 songs including mini hoops, circus style theatrics, LED hoops, lip syncing, big wigs, sparkles, multiple hoops, funky tracks, audience participation and a whole lot of fun! I was pretty confident we were in for a good night.
Before I knew it I was rushing from a hoop fitness class (in full, spectacular make up done by Kike earlier that day at FAB) to a tech run at Bar Exit where Tokyo’s Got Talent was being held. Meeting Masao, Mix and Tink at the door and then being greeted by Phil and the rest of the staff set the night in motion and as it always does it just kind of flowed from there.
All of our loving and supportive family were there and man did they show their support. It always helps to have a fun crowd but Saturday night was like no other. These guys were LOUD, and I loved it! Editing the video was so much fun because all I could hear was wild, lewd and loud explosions from the crowd. I love my friends so very much!
At no point did I feel like this was a competitive arena, it was simply a night of good fun and lovely entertainment. It felt kind of funny being up on stage at the end when the votes were being counted because hoop dance and competition have never been linked in my mind. But just to let you know the pole dancing group were awarded first prize. Sadly I didn’t get to see them perform, I am sure they were gorg, 3 guys and 2 girls in the troupe. We came 2nd 
Funny I feel like we should have had red ribbons pinned to our chests. At school when we ran in races we got ribbons, blue for first, red for second, yellow for third. Thankfully Tokyo’s Got Talent was not as exhausting as a school sports day!
A huge thank you goes out to Tink, Mix, Kike and Masao. Of course also much gratitude to Phil and the crew for organizing such a fun event and supporting creativity in Tokyo. Thank you to our loving friends who came along and shared a fun night.
Just in case you wondered what we looked like up there, here are some vids with highlights from act 1 and 2.
Act 1 – Light and Love
Mix and dd Hoop Love (that’s me) mini hoops act : Seventeen Years – Ratatat
Tink LED theatrics : Thunder and Blazes
dd Hoop Love starring Masao, Leila, Kike, Akiko and friends : Million Dollar Bill (Freemasons Mixshow Edit) – Whitney Huston
Act 2 – A Tribute to the Dark Side
dd Hoop Love : Disturbia (Johan Baath Remix)
dd Hoop Love : Miles Away (Morgan Page Remix)
On stage with Mix and the minis
Taking a bow with Mitsubichi Mcqueen
Getting down with 3P
Oh there are just too many yummy things that I am adoring right now in the world of hoops and movement. Must share…
Not only do Intrika move like liquid chocolate, choreograph jaw dropping pieces and make a super rad team they also have their own line of fashion called House of Intrika (I NEED every piece of it!!)
Something to drool over…
Masao, Tink, Mikori and Guy went to see ZED tonight. It was so fun chatting about all the acts after wards and remembering amazing scenes.
Need to relax? Chill out with these guys
This one has been around for a while, but it never loses it’s abundance of goodness!
Quietening the mind by moving the body and rocking the soul! mmmm
I am excited to remind you about two fabulous events happening in Tokyo this week.
Hoop Lounge
January 20
7pm – midnight
Come and get slinky with us on the gorgeous dance floor of Super Deluxe.
Hoop Lounge is:
* a FREE hoop jam
* held in the lush and open lounge space at Super Deluxe
* a chance to dance and hoop freely in inspiring surroundings or just chill out and enjoy a new year catch up with friends
* a time to move and groove to diverse music
* open to all, bring your friends, introduce them to the joys of hooping
Hoops will be provided but please feel free to bring your own.
Enjoy the delicious menu at Super Deluxe (vegetarian options) and the tasty drinks on offer. Great food, great prices, great staff!
Hoop Lounge is a FREE hoop jam, there is no entry fee. (save your coins for the yummy food and drinks)
Super Deluxe is a great chill space so come along to celebrate the new year together!
5 minutes walk toward Nishi Azabu on Roppongi dori from Roppongi station (Hibiya Line or Oedo Line).
30 seconds walk from Roppongi 6-chome bus stop (TO-01 Shinbashi >> Shibuya).
1 minute walk from Roppongi 6-chome bus stop (TO-01 Shibuya >> Shinbashi).
TOKYO’S GOT TALENT
Saturday 23
9pm – midnight
HOOPLOVERS will “compete” in the first Tokyo’s Got Talent this Saturday night. Please come and support the hoop love.
Email hooplovers@gmail.com to get on the discounted list. Include your name and your guests names for ¥500 off entry price.
6 Acts are battling for YOUR VOTE. Thats right the stage is set to showcase a variety of talent right here in Tokyo. Pole dancers, hoop dancers, singers, bands and comedians will rock the stage for you. Come and let your hair down and be entertained at this amazing new event. MC is Mitsubichi McQueen . Performers are fighting for YOUR VOTE
Held at Exit Bar Shinjuku Ni Chome
¥3000 (or ¥2500 if you are on the HOOPLOVERS list) with 1 drink for a full nights entertainment. Battle begins 930pm until 1230am then enjoy great music from DJ’s and special guests
Look forward to spinning with you!
Hoop love,
Deanne
xx
“Better to live one year as a tiger, than one hundred as a sheep.” – Madonna
Happy 2010! How ever you chose to bring in the New Year I hope you did it with joy in your heart and grand dreams of the wonderful adventures you are going to tackle this year.
My goal for this year is to dream bigger. We all know what happens with thoughts like that…watch out! What are your dreams for this year?
January has always been a powerful month for me, not just because my birthday falls on the 7th of this month. January is a month of new beginnings, I grew up with January being a month of pool parties, back yard barbeques and back to school preparation, these days in Tokyo January is about temple visits, creating new paths and warming the insides.
There is so much freshness going on this January in the hoop loving community I really want to share it all with you and hope that you will kick off the year with me in high spinning spirits.
January 3
New Year Hoop Jam in Yoyogi Park from 12:30pm
Tink has organized a hoop up to celebrate the new year.
Harajuku Side gate entrance Yoyogi Park
Bring your friends, snacks and toys. Music and hoops provided.
January 9
Aprodizzyhoop Play Shop at The Sanctuary, Koh Phangan, Thailand
Let’s celebrate love and connection with a spirited and sensual hoop dance in paradise. I am so very excited to share the hoop love in such a magical space.
January 16
FAB Dance Academy opens for 2010 classes
Join me for the first Hoop Love Dance class of 2010
Check out the FAB site and schedule for details.
January 17
Dance! Move! Play! Workshop with Cherry Typhoon & dd Hoop Love
at FAB Dance Academy 1-3pm
Learn the art of Burlesque tease and theatrics with Tokyo’s burlesque bombshell Cherry Typhoon and embrace playful hoop love with hoop mistress dd Hoop Love.
January 20
Hoop Lounge @ Super Deluxe
from 7pm
A FREE hoop jam held in the lush and open lounge space at Super Deluxe.
A chance to dance and hoop freely in inspiring and casual surroundings. Enjoy a catch up with friends new and old, yummy food, good drinks and fun times to celebrate the new year.
January 23
Tokyo’s Got Talent
COME AND VOTE FOR HOOPLOVERS
Hoop Lovers has been invited to enter the first Tokyo’s Got Talent event at Bar Exit. Come and support the hoop love and VOTE FOR ME!! Sure to be one hilarious night of super entertainment.
Check out the updated schedule on Hoop Lovers and get in touch hooplovers@gmail.com anytime.
Look forward to spinning with you!
Hoop love,
Deanne
xx
p.s. I will be in Thailand Jan 5 – 15. Class schedule will return to usual January 16.
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Sending love and gratitude to you on the last day of 2009. What a year! Our hoop family here in Tokyo grew and changed in so many ways. It was sad to see so many of our family leave, but a joy to watch their adventures unfold. It was a treasure to have so many visit and share their passion and talents with us, making for a rapid evolution of the hoop community in Japan. It was with happiness that we welcomed many new hoopers into the community this year and watched as their spin took off.
Hoop dance is a life changing art that touches us all in various ways. Today I am giving thanks to all of you who have changed my life so greatly. Whether you are an obsessed hooper, casual hoop lover, spectator or friendly supporter you have touched my life so greatly and for that I am forever thankful.
Being a Hoop Lover is not about how much you hoop, how good your tricks are, how many events or classes you turn up to, it is about embracing a loving spirit, an adventurous outlook and the never ending goal of being a positive activist in any area of life.
Thank you to each and everyone of you for your love, creativity, support, laughter and energy in 2009! Together we were able to manifest so much, share with so many and generate unlimited goodness. Let the good times spin on in 2010!
Thank you. I Love You
Deanne
xx
If you have had the pleasure of witnessing the beauty that is Cherry Typhoon on stage you will know that she is the bombshell of burlesque in Japan and has WOWed crowds worldwide with her powerful presence and kewpie cuteness. The queen of tassles and theatrical tease is teaming up with Hooplover’s dd Hoop Love (that’s me xx ) to bring you Dance! Move! Play! – Cherry on Your Sunday
Cherry Typhoon by Martine Cotton
Learn the art of Burlesque tease and theatrics with Tokyo’s burlesque bombshell Cherry Typhoon and play with props and poses with playful hoop mistress dd Hoop Love.
December 20 (1 space left) & Jan 17 (3 spaces left)
1-3 pm
FAB Dance Academy
Hooplovers’ Members ¥4000
Non-members ¥5000
Come to both Dec 20 & Jan 17 and receive ¥1000 off the total price!
Reservations to hooplovers@gmail.com
Woah! Wow! Weeeeeeeeee! It is all happening again, but this time with so much more energy and sparkle it is hard to comprehend. Some major creative forces have come together in Tokyo and I am excited to let you know about them.
On December 20 and January 17 Tokyo is being presented with a unique opportunity to test out it’s sassy theatrics and burlesque booty shaking at the most fabulous boutique dance studio in the city, FAB Dance Academy. Cherry Typhoon, Tokyo’s burlesque sensation and dd Hoop Love (that’s me – he he) are sharing two, 2 hour, rare but jam packed workshops. Learn the art of burlesque tease and theatrics with Cherry and allow me to guide you through the playful and sassy use of props and poses in play and performance – with hoops of course!
Dates: December 20 & January 17
Place: FAB Dance Academy
Price: Hooplovers’ Members ¥4000 Non-members ¥5000 (for each 2 hour session come to both and receive ¥1000 off the total price)
Reserve: email hooplovers@gmail.com 10 spaces avaialble
Yeeha Hoop Lovers it truly has been an age since I last gave myself a chance to sit down with you all and share some stories. This could get LONG so grab some refreshments and snuggle up with me for a bit…
World Hoop Day Tokyo
With a great deal of joy, excitement and community input we put together a very sunny gathering for World Hoop Day on September 6. Kicking off the morning with Laughter Yoga by the gorgeous fountain in Yoyogi Park we were in fresh and high spirits as we made our way to our regular grassy, hoop playground on the Harajuku side of Yoyogi Park. Setting up early for a day of adventure. Out went the mats, the hoops and the very colorful World Hoop Day sign created by Tink.
Our goal was to hoop, play, share, enjoy and invite. I think I speak for the whole hoop community when I say we well exceeded our expectations thanks to the friendly community effort embraced by all. It was a pure gift from the Universe that our celebrations coincided with spectacular weather and the Tokyo Brazilian Fest also in the park. Think…droves of happy hoopers, hot Brazilians, giggling children and wide eyed passers by spinning in colorful hoops under a brilliant blue sky. It was clear that spinning hoops are so very alluring to people of all backgrounds, ages and abilities. People desire happiness and joy, that is what the hoop brings.
The day continued with games, prizes, face painting, dance, mini lessons and fun filled gathering. Festivities roamed well into the night.
There was another goal on our list and that was to raise funds to purchase 99 hoops to be sent on the Peace Boat. Thanks to the kindness, open hearts and generosity on the day we were able to raise a little over half needed to purchase 99 hoops. Since World Hoop Day Tokyo we have pooled our finds and can happily say that we now have 99 hoops ready to be donated to the Peace Boat. They will be taken on the next voyage and shared with children all around the world.
Immense love and gratitude goes to all of those who supported the World Hoop Day Tokyo adventure. Huge thank you to Hoopin Annie and her inspiration for kicking off the first World Hoop Day and continuing to share the love with so many.
The colorful fun continued on the REAL World Hoop Day 09 – 09/09/09 A spectacular sunset followed by light beings activating playfulness and hoop joy! More than 40 LED and glow hoops spun under the clear Tokyo sky with the moon as our witness and the beats stirring up the energy.
With Ace behind the camera and a gaggle of spirited hoopers with LEDs in hand and on body an extravaganza of movement and capture catapulted light beings through a magical time and space reality that needed to be captured forever…and so it was…
Spinning right along, Spin Matsuri preparation was interrupted ever so lushly by a night on the stage at Tokyo’s monthly night of nights – Dr Sketchy’s Tokyo. Ya ha dd Hoop LOVE made her presense felt. As I wished and washed in and out of my alter ego vibe I spent valuable time being prepped by Tokyo based, divine master of the dance Kike Yamakawa (soon to be opening the FAB Dance Academy here in Tokyo…more on that soon!) an experience I am intensely grateful for!
For the three act night a costumed and painted image of my self hit the stage first with disco stick in hand as dd hoop love, continuing the bling she transformed later into an intergalactic space babe in silver sparkles and finally oozed onto stage as a hoop goddess for the final 20 minute pose. I played witness to it all…were there two of me up on stage that night? I think yes, perhaps many more it all felt very multidimensional! An interesting experience and experiment in stepping outside of physical form and settling into static poses.
With merely moments before Spin Matsuri was about to kick off life headed into over drive mode and so much more. That in itself is a whole other story.
to be cont…
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ABOUT HOOPLOVERS
Hoop Lovers was created out of a love for a life filled with joy, strength and passion. Inspired by hoopers worldwide and individuals in search of greater awareness and body consciousness, Hoop Lovers provides the inspiration to move more, laugh longer and love the life that you live.
Hoop Lovers is a hoop dance community that offers hoop dance classes, interactive entertainment, hoop performances, hoops and dance accessories. Hoop Lovers is a space in which we share life experiences, celebration of spirit, hoop dance resources and dance like the Universe is watching (because it totally is and loves every funky move we make!)-
ABOUT DEANNE
Tokyo-based hooper Deanne fell in love with the art of Hoop Dance many moons ago and has not spent a day without her hoops since.
Early in 2008 she took her hoops on a magical journey down under to meet with mentor and hoop idol Bunny Hoop Star. Together in Sydney they shared the Hoop Love, Bunny imparted her wealth of circus hoop and hoop dance knowledge culminating the teacher training with a divine LED and Fire Hoop jam on the shores of Bondi Beach. Deanne soaked up all the hoop juju and returned to Tokyo to share the love and passion for hoop dance with the movers and groovers of the illuminated city.
Now a qualified Hoop Dance instructor Deanne can be seen lighting up dance floors in Tokyo clubs with her LED hoop light shows. When she is not burning up the dance floor she can be spotted sharing the tricks of the hoop trade in parks and dance studios across Tokyo, teaching young hoopers in after school clubs and helping new hoopers explore their limitless bodies and get their groove on.
Deanne recently returned from California where she spent two weeks hooping, connecting, dancing and sharing with other hoopers from around the world at Hoop Camp and Harbin Hoop Jam. Filled with new hoop passion and inspiration Deanne continues to connect the Tokyo hoop scene with the global hoop community.
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