We're so pumped about spring and everything that comes along with it - especially the annual May Day parade hosted by Heart of the Beast Theater in the Powderhorn neighborhood of South Minneapolis. I was able to join in on the fun with the fabulous Hoop Twin Cities crew and was pumped to reconnect with old hoop friends …
January 30/30 – Week 4
This week of hooping has been the best by far, considering Kayla, Nikki and Amy visited me in Arizona for a vacation. We brought hoops nearly everywhere we went, and squeezed in as much fun as humanly possible. There's nothing better than quality time with my hoop sisters. They left me filled with joy and …
Grand Old Days Hooping Performance
We've always been fans of Grand Old Days in St. Paul, MN. It's an annual celebration that includes an awesome area and community. Needless to say, we were really excited when we were asked by Growler Magazine to perform our hoop dance at their Grand Old Beer Bash and Bazaar, featuring music by The Current. In addition to us …
Spring 2016 Hoop Dance Classes
Last week we ended another great hoop dance class chock-full of our favorite tricks. The five week session focused on introducing new tricks, and learning how to transition each move into a seamless hoop dance flow. We worked with a lot of off body hooping combinations including  isolations, breaks, and our class favorite, super high …
Hoop Dance Workshop with Hoopalicious
Nikki and I had the awesome opportunity to attend "Romancing the Hoop"Â a workshop with the amazingly talented Anah Reichenbach (AKA Hoopalicious) last weekend. From the get-go, Anah helped us explore our connection with the hoop and touched on different ways to interact with our hoop on and off body. It was a great opportunity to …
Hoop Transfer to Arizona
The Twistin Vixens have gone national! As of February, 2016 I have officially moved my whole life and a hefty pile of hoops from St. Cloud, Minnesota to Scottsdale, Arizona. After a year of toying with the idea, my husband received a job offer in Phoenix, and we made the decision to go for it! As excited as I am …
Twistin Vixens Hooping Demo
https://youtu.be/0mtCxd8VC5o After 5+ years of self-shot and self-edited hoop dance videos we are excited to debut our first official demo featuring all four Vixens. In it we perform our favorite choreographed piece "BOOTY SWING." Music by Parov Stelar. Twistin Vixens are comprised of Colleen Hurley, Nikki DeMars, Kayla Helm and Amy Imdieke. We offer hoop dance performances and lessons in …
2015 Year in Review
This year's hooping has been more out of control than any other yet. We started off the year being nominated for the "2015 Best Performance Group of the Year" by Hooping.org. And continued twisting together hooping performances all year long—sometimes three in one day during the busy summertime. Our hoop dance performances included: a roller derby halftime show, a May …