Product Details

• Actors: Keaton Talmadge, Rayna McInturf
• Directors: Matthew Ashburn
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Acacia
• DVD Release Date: July 15, 2008
• Run Time: 51 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00180IPRG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,330 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

As featured on Good Morning America

"Part dance, part exercise, and ALL FUN!" -- E! News
"Hoop dance works every major muscle group in your body" -- Los Angeles Times
"A fun alternative to mainstream exercise DVDs" -- Houston Chronicle

Discover hoopdance, an energizing, fat-burning cardio and muscle-sculpting workout that’s endlessly creative and incredibly sexy. It blends the fun of hooping, the sensuality of belly dance, and the urban energy of hip-hop to form a truly unique, liberating way to lose fat, pounds, and inches. Hoopdance is easy to learn and low impact. Great for balance, coordination, and stress reduction, too.

Not a dancer? No problem. The hoop provides its own mesmerizing rhythm. So, grab a hoop and start having a blast!

On this DVD:

Waist hooping

Moving around in the hoop

Hip hooping

Halos

Passing & Floating

Basic corkscrews

Combinations

Demonstration dance

Requires an adult-sized hoop and about 8 square feet of clear space.

Stills from Hoopnotica: Hoopdance Basics - Beginner, Level 1 (Click for larger image)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great way to get started in hooping, October 4, 2008

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Space Girl - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hoopnotica: Hoopdance Basics - Beginner, Level 1 (DVD)

Living where I do, taking an in-person hooping class just isn't an option, so this was the next best thing. I picked this DVD over the 'HoopGirl' DVD because I'd read elsewhere that there are 'troubleshooting' sections on this DVD that cover what you're probably doing wrong (and how to fix it) if you just aren't getting the move(s).

The DVD is well-edited, I can understand the instructor easily (even if my body is sometimes slow to catch on), and the troubleshooting sections are a definite help. My one minor quibble is that the menu could use a little more breaking down (it would be nice if I could choose which section of hip hooping that I wanted to go back to, for example), but I am still giving this DVD 5 stars because of the way the information is presented. I hope to be giving the Level 2 DVD a try in the near future. Can't wait!

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing! Have fun, feel sexy and get fit!, April 7, 2009

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Dawn S. Cahill "freckledwonderchild" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hoopnotica: Hoopdance Basics - Beginner, Level 1 (DVD)

I was a total beginner when I bought my hoop and this dvd. I must admit when I first spun that hoop around my waist, I was really discouraged and felt it would be too hard. I felt you needed a model body to even make it work. HOW WRONG I WAS! Ive been hooping for about 12 days and not only can I keep it up, I can start walking and turning. I foresee myself being able to hip hoop and more with continued practice.

The instructions are VERY clear and the troubleshooting section at the end of every segment is a HUGE plus. They know what you could be doing wrong and let you know how to correct it.

This is my first step to getting in shape - and while it wont be the answer to everything, I can hoop for 45 minutes, get my heart rate up, mop the sweat off my brows and my boyfriend loves watching every minute of it.

Buy it! Have fun! Feel great!

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Learn the skills to find your own dance, December 8, 2008

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A. K. Morning (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hoopnotica: Hoopdance Basics - Beginner, Level 1 (DVD)

I wasn't a complete beginner when I put this DVD in. I was already hoopin it up on my waist, hips and a bit of my chest. I knew that once I learned to lift or "corkscrew" that my dance would be set free. Within a combined hour, I had learned to float with both hands as well as corkscrew with fluidity and beauty.

This DVD is fun, up beat, stimulating and well organized. The girls from Hoopnotica are excellent teachers. After the entire DVD was over, I was so happy and inspired that I continued dancing and playing in my hoop until my daughter woke from her nap. I highly recommend this DVD.