by Oshi Yuval www.oshistyle.com
Welcome!
Providing Instruction, Performance, Outreach and Hoops.
Gitana Hoop Dance promotes creative self-expression and fitness through the mesmerizing art of hoop dance! Hoop Dance is a transformative mind and body practice. Self-expression in a circle! Join the revolution and start your hoop journey now!
Hoop Dance provides many emotional and physical benefits! Come discover for yourself.
• Burns 400-600 calories an hour.• Strengthens abdominals, back, arms and legs • Increases energy and vitality • Relieves stress •Increases motor function
• Fosters community • Promotes laughter and smiles!
Gitana: Gypsy: Freedom....To Dance. To Find yourself.
In search of a creative outlet after graduating from design school, a new form of self-expression and a longing to feel comfort within her body, Natalie sought out the powerful movement art form: hoop dance. After first encountering the divine dance of Spiral at Floydfest, she was inspired to make a hoop a few years later as a gift for her mother. Since that first revolution around her hips two and a half years ago, she has been enchanted by the multi-faceted magic of the hoop as a transformational tool, soothing mind and body. She has found hoop dancing to be the path to increased physical awareness, confidence, self-expression, joy and fitness.
Having been intimately involved in the growth of the hoop community in Richmond since 2009, Natalie has been blessed with opportunities to share the joy of hoop dance with many others throughout the Richmond metro-area. Seeing the gifts the hoop has bestowed upon others, she was prompted to obtain a Hoopnotica Teacher certification and create Gitana Hoop Dance. She is motivated by the rewarding interaction hoop dance offers and participates in community outreach in Richmond, VA. She continues to explore movement with her hoop, integrating yoga, capoeira and dance into her personal practice and is constantly inspired by the movement arts community in RVA.
Photos along my Hoop Dance journey!
Current Teaching Schedule
Gitana Hoop Dance is available for group and private instruction, as well as community outreach in Richmond, VA! Teaching Cardio hoop & toning and Hoop flow & dance classes. Check out events and register for hoop dance classes at meetup.com/gitana-hoop-dance.
Wednesdays
Project Yoga Richmond
Level 1 & 2: Journey into Hoop Dance - 6 week Series - 6:30-7:30pm
Level 3 & 4: Hoop Dance and Flow - 6 week Series - 7:30-8:3pm
Thursdays
American Family Fitness - Midlothian Club *Must be a gym member*
Hoopnotica - HoopFit - 7:45-8:45pm
Build a Custom Hoop!
Adult sized hoops are bigger and heavier than the hoops you used as a child and allow for greater success! They move slower around your body giving you more time to react. Contact me at gitanahoopdance_gmail.com for pricing.
Choose your size:
Beginner hoops range from 43"-37".Measure from the ground to your belly button to determine diameter of hoop., plus an additional inch or two.
Choose your tubing:
3/4" 100 Psi (Standard Hoop Dance Hoop)
3/4" 160 Psi (Heavier Weight for Beginners, Large Frame, Cardio)
1/2" 125 Psi (Lightweight, for Advanced Hoopers. Under 38".)
Choose your tape:
Specify your colors! Decorative, Vinyl and Gaff available.
Contact Natalie of Gitana Hoop Dance!
Send an email to gitanahoopdance_gmail.com or leave a comment below.
