Posts Tagged ‘Performances’
January Schedule, Events & Specials
Happy New Year & New You!
JANUARY 2014 Hip The Hoopla Classes:
1/4, 7, 11, 14, 21, 25, 28
**NOTE 1/18 is the Mini Hoop Workshop 9-11am**
♥ More Hip The Hoopla info at www.HipTheHoopla.com ♥ and www.facebook.com/HipTheHoopla (please “like” 🙂
♥ ***January LOYALTY Deal for my Hip The Hoopla class regulars: Bring in a new friend and your class is FREE!!! Please connect with me directly.***
Come laugh with us Saturday 10am at Red Elephant Workshop-2nd & Sante Fe, Denver. “Toolbox for Laughter (and hooping)” is the theme. RSVP your spot at www.HipTheHoopla.com.
♥ $5 off a custom hoop, and $10 off a ready made hoop.
♥ Private Sessions -Book 3…get 1 FREE!– Get a jump start on your progress. Bring your hoop skills to the next level-Fast-with Hip The Hoopla Personalized Attention!
♥ Mini Hoop- Dance prop workshop (9-11am on 1/18/14) as part of the” Workshop Sampler Weekend – New Ideas for Your Toolbox”-register NOW on Eventbrite before it’s sold out! https://workshopsamplerweekend.eventbrite.com/ (***NO regular 10am class 1/18/14)
♥ New Year/New You Class Packs:
$60/5 class card (=$12/class, Save $15!) (good for 3 months from purchase)
$100/10 class card (=$10/class!, Save $50!!) (good for 6 months from purchase)
♥ RSVP your classes online at www.HipTheHoopla.com
Contact us for your own hand-crafted custom hoop, too! ♥
~~~Hip the Hoopla Class LOCATION: *Red Elephant Workshop*
244 Sante Fe Drive, Denver CO 80223 (Between 2nd & 3rd on Sante Fe Drive– free on-street parking 🙂
Please Note: A 24-hour courtesy cancellation required for the limited space class spot. You will be charged if within 24 hours of class.
RSVP/Questions/Info/Contact: Che@HipTheHoopla.com 303.980.6295
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…and YouTube http://www.youtube.com/HipTheHoopla
…and another YouTube channel with Hip The Hoopla http://www.youtube.com/ToucheToon
…and Pinterest http://pinterest.com/hipthehoopla/
…and Twitter http://twitter.com/hipthehoopla
Recommendations & testimonials are very appreciated. ~Thank You 🙂
We appreciate your interaction and connectivity!♥ ♥ ♥
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***♥ Upcoming PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE! ♥***
2014 Winter Gala Show and Hafla at the D-Note in Arvada, Saturday, January 18, 2014
http://www.facebook.com/events/659193344131716/
**Join Hip The Hoopla for a Mini Hoop Dance Prop Workshop (9-11am on 1/18/14) as part of the “Workshop Sampler Weekend – New Ideas for Your Toolbox” at Red Elephant Workshop on January 18th. Buy now at , class spaces will sell out!
https://www.facebook.com/events/181223728749355/ **
Recent performances at:
Live LiveWell Colorado Fitness Performance Event
Mercury Cafe Denver
With Blue Soul at Boulder Beer Company
Boulder IPA Festival with blues band Blue Soul and The Goonies
One Gathering with rock band Trickshot
Bellies on Fire! Show at Casseleman’s
Boulder Creek Festival after the Boulder Boulder
Lanie’s Clock Tower Cabaret’s “Mythic Summer Circus” with Bella Diva Dance.
♥ 2014 Personal Hooping Inspiration Challenge Is ON!!♥
How has hooping inspiring you to be better?? It could be laughter, weight, happiness, personal development, health improvement…what ever YOUR personal WIN is. Tell us in one quick paragraph…send it in now for your chance to be featured, celebrated and help INSPIRE OTHERS. Participants will win a special Hip The Hoopla gift or discount for classes or hoops!
December Classes/Performances/Hoops & Holiday Deals
Happy Holidays Everyone!
DECEMBER 2013 Hip The Hoopla Classes: 12/3, 7, 10, 14, 17, 21 & 28
**NO class 24th or 31st**
♥ December Special: Free Gift with any class pack, gift card or hoop purchase!
♥ Mini Hoop- Dance prop workshop (9-11am on 1/18/14) as part of the” Workshop Sampler Weekend – New Ideas for Your Toolbox“-register NOW on Eventbrite before it’s sold out! https://workshopsamplerweekend.eventbrite.com/ (no 10am class 1/18/14)
♥ Mini Personal Coaching Special: *10 Minute 1 on 1 Coaching Session~only $15 (phone or in person)
♥ Holiday Class Packs:
$60/5 class card (=$12/class, Save $15!) (good for 3 months from purchase)
$100/10 class card (=$10/class!, Save $50!!) (good for 6 months from purchase)
♥ Private Lessons/Sessions Available — De-stress your holidays!
Bring your hoop skills to the next level-Fast-with Hip The Hoopla Personalized Attention!
+CELEBRATE!! Custom Hoops, Classes, Private lessons, Coaching, Performing, Accessories, Gift Certificates, etc.
♥ RSVP your classes online at www.HipTheHoopla.com
Contact us for your own hand-crafted custom hoop, too! ♥
+Hip The Hoopla GIFT CERTIFICATES Available for classes, class packs, custom made hoops, private lessons, Hip The Hoopla Hoop-O-Grams, and more!
♥ More Hip The Hoopla info at www.HipTheHoopla.com ♥ and www.facebook.com/HipTheHoopla (please “like” 🙂
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~~~Hip the Hoopla Class LOCATION: *Red Elephant Workshop*
244 Sante Fe Drive, Denver CO 80223 (Between 2nd & 3rd on Sante Fe Drive– free on-street parking 🙂
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***♥ Upcoming PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE! ♥***
Colorado Fire Tribe at Denver Parade of Lights-Saturday, Dec. 7th at 6pm in Downtown Denver
2014 Winter Gala Show and Hafla at the D-Note in Arvada, Saturday, January 18, 2014
http://www.facebook.com/events/659193344131716/
Also join Hip The Hoopla for a Mini Hoop Dance prop workshop (9-11am on 1/18/14) as part of the” Workshop Sampler Weekend – New Ideas for Your Toolbox” at Red Elephant Workshop on January 18th. Buy now at , class spaces will sell out!
https://www.facebook.com/events/181223728749355/
Please “Like,” visit often & recommend Hip The Hoopla on Facebook for schedule, updates, news and cool videos. http://www.facebook.com/HipTheHoopla
Also find us on Yelp! http://www.yelp.com/biz/hip-the-hoopla-denver
…and LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/company/hip-the-hoopla
…and YouTube http://www.youtube.com/HipTheHoopla
…and another YouTube channel with Hip The Hoopla http://www.youtube.com/ToucheToon
…and Pinterest http://pinterest.com/hipthehoopla/
…and Twitter http://twitter.com/hipthehoopla
Recommendations & testimonials are very appreciated. ~Thank You 🙂
We appreciate your interaction and connectivity!
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2013 has been such a great year to Get Your Hoop On!!!
Hip The Hoopla: Hoopspiration, Election, & App News
Hip The Hoopla News & Notes:
1. Hoopspiration: Tyler Alexander‘s example of “Dance-Flow-Lines” Tues. 11/5 6:30pm Hip The Hoopla class theme. http://youtu.be/KvA6sw0Gbkw
2. Happy Hoop Pic Election Day, lol (please vote for mine-click on picture link below ♥)
Or visit asap: http://www.homeofpoi.com/competition/view_all_entries.php/34_1674
3. Woohoop! So happy the MindBody App for droids is up & running!! Now even easier to register, pay, order, gift, etc–on your phone–Hip The Hoopla awesomeness,if you so choose 🙂 https://www.mindbodyonline.com/apps/connect
More info on Hip The Hoopla www.HipTheHoopla.com
Please “Like” On Facebook: www.facebook.com/HipTheHoopla
Che@HipTheHoopla.com 303-980-6295
So You Want To Perform-Tips To Know
Performing-“What do I Charge?”
by Ché Rippinger
Congratulations…You just got asked to perform at your first gig. Now What?!
We had this discussion in our belly dance group. Here’s a direct bit, that may be a little hard to hear, from one of my belly dance teachers: she recommended not performing, until you have the chops (professional know how) to charge the professional going rate. One of the reasons for this, is that often the client doesn’t know your skills, and just thinks they got you for a way better price than someone else. My seasoned teacher makes her living from this and was undercut, and subsequently cancelled for a gig, by a newbie. It set off a hailstorm of information on how to prevent this.
Here are some nutshell tips to consider for “going pro.”
There is a going rate that is generally the industry standard. It’s good to know so you can charge that, when you are ready. It’s also important so that our community continues to back itself with the actions of all who are in it.
That said, we all have to start somewhere. There are a lot of showcases/charitable events where we can begin to lend our skills and perform for free while we get better. The pros even do these, too! It’s a great place to work on new material, or try different styles.
You may want to take into account:
~The size of the event, who is putting it on (big corporate or small mom & pop shop), are they charging for the event (ticket sales=covering costs+profit).
~Are they budgeting for other normal things (i.e. you should get paid then too!).
~What you need to do to prep for it (travel, time, choreographed staging with costume, or “ambient” performing — some call this “noodling”, fyi).
~Are you teaching and talking?
~Are you promoting their stuff?
If budget is an issue with a potential client, you may get the “It’s great exposure for your business,” and “we really can’t pay you” , “we don’t have a budget for this,” lines/aka “excuses” a lot. Excellent advice I got, if not “paid” with money: Make sure there is an exchange of energy…what do they have to offer you: a gift certificate, lots of advertising of you on their social media, merchandise, or at the very least being able to bring your biz cards and sell your ware too (merchandise & services you have: hoops, clothes, jewelry, lessons, etc.).
And finally, you’ve heard it in other businesses, and it’s true here: get a contract! This is so important and many of us are initially uncomfortable with doing this. That is, until you get burned once or twice. Look at it this way: With a contract, expectations are met with a happy experience for both parties. Another recommendation from a pro: get 1/2 of your money up front as a “cancellation fee”-as you don’t take other gigs when booked.
There are other groups with contracts out there for the various performing available. A great resource helpful for all types of performers is Tim Marston’s “How To Sell Your Act”.
If you do regularly perform, a great sign of professionalism is having insurance. It’s also a great selling point, too! And if you dance with fire, it’s a necessity–along with an experienced fire “safety”(a knowledgeable person who is trained to help observe, prevent and deal with any threatening mishaps).
Whatever you do, even if it’s just amongst friends, keep it professional, upbeat and positive. Everyone has a camera and a computer. And it’s great to recommend others in the performance community, too. Courtesy has a way of coming back around. Whether you are well-seasoned or just getting your feet wet, good luck out there!
~Ché Rippinger is a professional performer, instructor, and hoop maker with Hip The Hoopla www.HipTheHoopla.com. She is also a social media marketing and P.R. trainer and business consultant with Elevated Color www.elevatedcolor/marketing. Call or e-mail for more info and to book a class, appointment or private consultation. 303-980-6295 Che@HipTheHoopla.com. Please check out more information and “like” us: www.facebook.com/HipTheHoopla .
Hooping To Find Your Happy Place
Hooping From And For The Heart:
How I Found My “Happy Place”
By Ché Rippinger
I have a saying, “Nothing bad can happen when I am inside the hoop.” Hoop dance came to me right around the time when my mom started getting sick and I had to run, then close, our business to help take care of her before she passed. It was rough. But even bringing my bright hoops to work brought me and others joy to see them, even when I couldn’t use them there in a small space. It’s my happy place. I can incorporate anything and everything into it. And from all my dance and teaching experience over the years, I have had a successful building hoop business Hip The Hoopla. It’s a lot of hard work, but I love it and I love the wonderful community of friends it has brought me to. I am a changed person because of it. ~Che’
If you ever want to find your happy place, in the hoop-give it a try!
Hip The Hoopla has regular humorous hoop dance fitness classes (with Laughter Yoga and a sprinkle of belly dance) (RSVP’s recommended www.HipTheHoopla.com), private lessons & coaching, plus custom made professional hoops! Or contact us by phone or e-mail: 303-980-6295, Che@HipTheHoopla.com.
Find up to the minute info: www.facebook.com/HipTheHoopla.com
~Ché Rippinger is a professional hoop dancer, instructor, performer, belly dancer, and even dances with fire and swords, too. She has a longtime dance background, as well as a humorous one as a: 20+ year professional cartoonist (with appearances in The Denver Post & Playgirl Magazine), relationship humor writer/columnist (Dating And Hand Grenades column for The Denver Post), and a certified Laughter Yoga leader. She is honored to have the privilege of sharing hoops, positivity and dance with beginners to experts from all walks of life with Hip The Hoopla.
August Hip The Hoopla Schedule/Info/Deals
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♥ More Hip The Hoopla info at www.HipTheHoopla.com ♥ and www.facebook.com/HipTheHoopla (please “like” 🙂
AUGUST 2013 Hip The Hoopla Classes: 8/3, 6, 10, 13, 17, 20*, 24, 27, 31**Classes Tues. 6:30pm & Sat. 10am.** ♥”BRING A New FRIEND and they can try class for $10″ (RSVP encouraged!)♥ ♥ **HOOP LOVE UNLIMITED SUMMER SALE!** 30 days for YOU for only $60-UNLIMITED ($135 value-save $75! Good for 30 days from purchase date) ♥$60 for a 2 HOUR Private Hoop Session! (Please add $10 for Studio rental or travel fees–Save $20+) +CELEBRATE SUMMER!! Custom Hoops, Classes, Private lessons, Coaching, Performing, Merch, Gift Certificates, etc. +Personal coaching sessions available (phone or in person!) ♥ 2013 Personal Hooping Inspiration Challenge ♥ Drop in prices are $15 — Save big with your class packs, now!! +Class Pack Cards: great $Savings 5 Pack ($50) & 10 Pack ($90) classes, too! Hip Shakin’ Deal: 30 day-unlimited classes $75 (Save $45-$60!) +PRIVATE Hoop Sessions: Bring your hoop skills to the next level–Fast! Hip The Hoopla Private Hoop Tutoring $40/hour or $60 for 2 hour block ($20 off/regularly $80)–(Please add $5/hour for in-studio rental fee (regularly $10). +Hip The Hoopla GIFT CERTIFICATES Available for classes, class packs, custom made hoops, private lessons, Hip The Hoopla Hoop-O-Grams, and more! ######################### ~~~Hip the Hoopla Class LOCATION: *Red Elephant Workshop* Please allow a few extra minutes to park, sign in, and prepare to hoop Cost: $15 Per class *SUPER SUMMER SALE–See ABOVE! Please contact for other special offers & group discounts. Class prep-Bring/Do/Wear: ~Water ~yoga mat ~stretchy snug clothing-the hoop loves sticking to skin & stays up better! A notebook & pen are really handy to remember key moves, hints & tricks. Bring your own hoop, purchase one at class, or borrow one provided at class. FYI: you can order YOUR OWN cool custom color/personally sized hoops for your hooping style and needs–Even collapsible hoops for easy carry & traveling! Please RSVP your class spot. 24-hour courtesy cancellation required. $5 cancellation fee…goes to charity 🙂 It’s on the good karma honor system. RSVP/Questions/Info/Contact: Che@HipTheHoopla.com 303.980.6295 Hip The Hoopla is available for PERFORMING–special events, private/semi-private personally focused lessons & motivational meetings (way easier than walking on hot coals)… Plus bridal and bachelorette parties! And try out: Hip The Hoopla Hoop-O-Grams–better than a singing telegram–in person or virtual, and way more fun! More info: www.HipTheHoopla.com Please “Like,” visit often & recommend Hip The Hoopla on Facebook for schedule, updates, news and cool videos. http://www.facebook.com/HipTheHoopla Recommendations & testimonials are very appreciated. ~Thank You 🙂 We appreciate your interaction and connectivity! ♥ AUGUST 2013 Hip The Hoopla ♥ ♥http://hipthehoopla.com/classes/♥ *AUGUST 20th, Tues. 6:30pm Special Guest Teacher Felicia Tatum Heyn. About Felicia: Felicia has been happily hooping for about 3 1/2 years and sees absolutely no sign of ever stopping! As a successful holistic bodywork therapist of 12 years she has enjoyed a variety of other fun physical explorations including body building, belly dance and pole dance. “I’ve always felt the need for deep healing through movement, and knew somehow dance was the answer. Hoop dancing, so intricately and gently integrates the body, mind and soul to express it’s energies in loving and creative ways!” She currently enjoys learning to perform and teach hooping with mentor Che Rippinger at Hip the Hoopla. ***♥ PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE! ♥*** Saturday, August 24, 5-9pm with Blue Soul at Boulder Beer Company Recent performances at: |
JULY Hip The Hoopla Summer Classes/Hoops/SUPER Specials/Performances
JULY 2013 Hip The Hoopla Classes:
7/2, 6*, 9, 13, 16, 20, 23, 27, & 30
**Classes Tues. 6:30pm & Sat. 10am.**
(Saturday 7/6 class is 9:45am-10:45am)
♥SUPER Summer JULY Special: Hoop ALL OF JULY for just $60! (That’s less than $7 a class!!! Save up to $75!!!)
♥”BRING A New FRIEND and they can try class for $10″ (RSVP encouraged!)♥
♥ **HOOP LOVE UNLIMITED SUMMER SALE!** 30 days for YOU for only $60-UNLIMITED ($135 value-save $75! Good for 30 days from purchase date)
♥$60 for a 2 HOUR Private Hoop Session! (Please add $10 for Studio rental or travel fees–Save $20+)
+CELEBRATE SUMMER!! Custom Hoops, Classes, Private lessons, Coaching, Performing, Merch, Gift Certificates, etc.
+Personal coaching sessions available (phone or in person!)
…RSVP your classes AND order your custom hoops now 303-980-6295, Che@HipTheHoopla.com or on Facebook! ♥
♥ More Hip The Hoopla info at www.HipTheHoopla.com ♥ and www.facebook.com/HipTheHoopla (please “like” 🙂
Hoop Injury Humor
Hoopspiration by Hip The Hoopla
On Hoop Injuries:
I have a saying, “When I break a nail, it’s been a good hoop practice.”
…If that were ALL that happened, I’d be really lucky, lol ;)~
~Ché Rippinger of Hip The Hoopla
www.HipTheHoopla.com
www.facebook.com/HipTheHoopla
303-980-6295 for Hoop Information or to RSVP for classes
Che@HipTheHoopla.com
ONE Gathering – Helping a Great Cause
Hip The Hoopla is performing
and helping support a wonderful group:
The Stronghold Society
Artists, Dancers, Drummers, Hoopers, Spinners, Humans: Please come join us at the ONE GATHERING Sat. July 6th at the Denver Skatepark (20th & Little Raven). Rock band Trickshot will be playing at 11:15am & Hip The Hoopla* performs with them. Elevated Color did the banners.
Free-benefit supporting the Stronghold Society is why we’ll all be there ♥ www.StrongholdSociety.org (check them out and learn and help, no matter where you are 🙂 )
*Please note: Hip The Hoopla class will be :15 EARLIER from 9:45am-10:45am on Sat. 7/6 at Red Elephant Workshop.
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/154394748083964/
RSVP for class on Facebook, e-mail or call: www.facebook.com/HipTheHoopla, Che@HipTheHoopla.com, 303-980-6295
And keep up with more hooping info at www.HipTheHoopla.com
Blessings ♥ ~Ché Rippinger, Chief Hooping Officer
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Success in Chest Hooping: Tips And Tricks
Many people find chest hooping challenging. In a recent comment on Facebook, a hooper commented: “I swear, learning to chest/shoulder hoop is going to be the death of me.” Hope not, but here are some helpful…
Hip The Hoopla tips, tricks and techniques to get you more successfully hooping on your chest, quicker!
Three tips (plus some other helpful hints, too) I use in my Hip The Hoopla class, will help — and FYI, most of my beginners even get it pretty quickly (and a performance video example below):
1. Begin in your warm up with chest isolation movement–without your hoop. Good positions for this are either seated cross legged, or standing with knees in a good bend (abs in, head & spine lifted, pelvis tucked in & under). I like to place hands on upper thighs and use them to push into my maximum chest extension. Move/slide/hit each position: front, right, back, left a few times. Then smooth it out into a solid circle…with your sternum (bottom center of front ribs) leading the movement & connect the points. Speed the chest rotations up and then repeat and reverse that in the other direction (make sure to keep your shoulders parallel to the ground–they are not part of the chest isolation).
2. Start spinning your hoop above your sternum with your arms up and out of your hoop and just get the chest isolation going (while turning!).
3. TURN in the direction you hoop is spinning (and keep turning!). This is not only one of my favorite “recovery” methods to get the hoop back up the body (gravity makes it easy to move it down), it combines well with the other two basics:
Speed up your hoop (not waist/hip) “rotations” or “beats” as I call them–as you are focusing on using two contact points, ie., ‘front/back’, ‘side/side’, etc.
And Duck in (with a little speed wind up).
Important Distinction: When you are hooping on your core (waist/hips) you are NOT circling your body to get the hoop moving. (Way too much work…but if you really want to, knock yourself out!) Just a simple forward & back, or side to side motion will do.
…But…When you are chest hooping (above the breast line), you ARE rotating your chest!
When you want to get your shoulders inside the hoop with your chest hooping, your shoulders will be doing an alternating shoulder shrug (right shoulder up towards right ear, left shoulder to left ear). The shoulder shrug is done–WITH the chest rotations–help keep the hoop up on the chest. (Keep turning!)
When you have chest hooping you can challenge yourself to 1. Not turn with your hoop 2. Chest hoop on your knees (on a soft surface or with knee pads if you can), or 3. Seated (cross legged or seated on your knees).
Helpful tip: Definitely consider what hoop size you use. If you are working with a smaller lighter hoop, chest hooping may be way more challenging for you than trying with a bigger heavier one. (Smaller hoop=you need to go faster/speed up, Bigger hoop=slower so you can catch up/recover more easily)
Getting specific information like this, is just one of the many reasons having a good class or teacher is really important. We can give you great hoop and technique advice, for your particular needs. And we can help you with ideas in the moment, based on what you are doing. You can tweak, correct, practice and get the moves quicker and with greater success and happiness.
With Hip The Hoopla, I like to teach with laughter and joy. That usually makes even challenging or frustrating things much easier to get!
***ALSO, please remember in your hoop practice (and as a metaphor for life):
You don’t have to get 100 of anything in a row for you to have the move. One or two successful rotations really do count when it comes to muscle memory and brain success 🙂 Keep practicing!!!
Thank you Rachyl Frank for your inspiration 🙂
♥Hoop love & blessings ♥
~Ché Rippinger, head hoopstress at Hip The Hoopla based in Denver, Colorado
Please contact for classes, coaching, hoops & performances. 303-980-6295 Che@HipTheHoopla.com www.facebook.com/HipTheHoopla www.HipTheHoopla.com
Here’s two video channels to see Hip The Hoopla in action (more performance and tutorial videos soon): www.youtube/HipTheHoopla and www.youtube/ToucheToon
And here is a video example of my chest hooping from one performance (chest hooping at about :46 and 1:12)
Che Rippinger of Hip The Hoopla performing-example of chest hooping
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP9AaDxjIfY