April 2012 - Caroleeena's Circles Of Joy

Directed Gaze – Directing Energy in Dance

By Caroleeena April 27, 2012hoopdance, Hooping, Poi, Uncategorizedcaroleeena, dance, directed gaze, hoopdance3 Comments

Directed Gaze is a dance concept, a way of directing focus, a way of directing energy. We can make people look at things by looking at them. Don't believe it? Go out on any street, stop and look up in the sky. Watch what happens. By directing the gaze, the…

Fire Arts and Safety Class and Weekly Classes

By Caroleeena April 20, 2012Uncategorizedclasses caroleeena playshops workshops

On Sunday, April 22nd, I am teaching a Fire Arts and Safety class that will qualify participants for their License to Burn. This three-hour class begins at 6:00 pm. Each student will get a fire safety manual, and have the opportunity to safety, extinguish fire, and use a variety of fire…

Fire Performance at the new Museum of Natural Sciences

By Caroleeena April 20, 2012hoopdance, Hooping, Poi, Uncategorized

I am very excited to be fire dancing with Mesmerizing Arts at the 24-hour grand opening of the Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh on Earth Day, April 20th, from 9 pm to midnight. There will be bands and many other activities, including LED performances from midnight to 1 am. They…

The Difference Between “Don’t Give Up!” and “Hang in There!”

By Caroleeena April 17, 2012Uncategorized1 Comment

Encouragement literally means to give courage. When we are trying to encourage someone, we are much more effective if we use powerful, power-filled, encouraging language, if we speak about what we want to happen rather than what we don't want to happen. Focusing on what we don't want, or worse, fear.…

Tandem Hooping

By Caroleeena April 17, 2012Uncategorized

Tandem Hooping is when two people hoop within one hoop. It's beautiful but tricky to learn. I hope to make a video the next time I hang out with AliCat but, til then, I thought I'd share my thoughts on how to do this in writing. First, use as…

Utilizing the Free Hand in Hoopdance

By Caroleeena April 17, 2012hoopdance, Uncategorized1 Comment

Often when we hoopdance, one hand is busy but the other hand is free. This is never more prominent than with lifts. One hand is doing the lifting and the other hand is just hanging there. We've talked about using the hands to do pretty hand and armwork. This idea holds…

Sculpting a Performance

By Caroleeena April 11, 2012hoopdance, Hooping, Poi

Performance is more than object manipulation. When paired with music it becomes dance, it becomes story telling with the body. Once we know this, we can create a more powerful performance by pairing it with story telling devices. In this class we discussed sculpting a performance, prepping for that performance, stage…