It’s HERE! It’s Summer time! Welcome endless daylight and saturated sunsets. No better time to invest in deepening your practice with new skills and ironing out seams in your flow. I hope to see you in class this season, as all classes return to Triskelion Art’s glorious air conditioned, sprung hard wood floor studios!

EARLY HOOPER DISCOUNT SUNDAY JUNE 9- TUESDAY JUNE 11

Saturdays: Fundamentals and Flourish II (Beginner- Adv Beginner)
2-3:30pm
July 13, 20, 27, August 10, 17
Early Hooper Discount: $75 /  June 9-11
Regular Pricing: $90 / June 12 onward

Just starting out? Know a few things but want to feel more fluid? This Fundamentals course will give you the tools to get started, build upon what you know, and help you discover your personal rhythm inside the hoop. HoopPath and Sense of Motion vocabulary will be explain. Learn techniques to find your ‘engine’, discover freedom in the feet and arms, and iron out the seams of your rough patches.  No experience necessary.

REGISTER HERE
PAY HERE

Wednesdays: The More You Know The More You Flow (Adv Beginner)
7-8:30pm
July 10, 17, 24, 31, August 7
Early Hooper Discount: $75 June 9-11
Regular Pricing: $90 June 12 onward

Take your Basics to the next level. This class is a “HOO-POO” platter equally devoted to on and off body skills. We will focus on developing the ‘internal spiral’, the engine that drives the hoop “on body” at the waist. Off-body skills are introduced, including Weaves, Isolations, Jump Throughs and Vortexes. Emphasis is placed on transitions between on and off body. Prerequisites: Class with Bex or comfortable waist hooping both turning and static.

REGISTER HERE
PAY HERE

Wednesdays: Mad Drills for Shoulder Hooping (Intermediate – Advanced)
8:30-10pm
July 10, 17, 24, 31, August 7
Early Hooper Discount: $75 June 9-11
Regular Pricing: $90 June 12 onward

Expand your shoulder hooping ability through drills: focus-skills and transitional moves in short phrases that bring newness into existing flow in both currents.  Drills are designed to clean up what you’ve got and set you on a course for BadAss with a wide range of shoulder hooping variations including: sustained static vs sustained spin, sustained horizontal vs sustained angles, as well as skills such as breaks, paddles and punctuation. We work BOTH currents. This class requires self-regulated homework. (Prerequisites: comfortable, turning, on-body hooping including/ or working toward 1st current shoulders)

REGISTER HERE
PAY HERE

Thursdays Intermediate/ Advanced Choreography and Phrasing
8-9:30pm
July 11, 18, 25, August 8, 15
Early Hooper Discount: $75 June 9-11
Regular Pricing: $90 June 12 onward

Learn a phrase of HoopDance choreography comprised of tosses, body rolls, cradles, flourishes, folds and isolation variations stitched together into one fluid sentence. Dance it full body, utilizing techniques of mirror, ghosting, gaze, beat punctuation, follow through and more. Bring the DANCE in your HoopDance alive. This class is appropriate for the hooper seeking more synchronicity in their flow. Prerequisites: comfortable shoulder hooping (attempting 2nd current or better), basic isolations, weaves forward and reverse, and HoopPath vocabulary.

REGISTER HERE
PAY HERE

BEX BURTON
Hoop Dancer, Teacher, Performer, Choreographer
Certified Pilates Trainer
Certified Thai Bodywork Practitioner
607-227-1636
bex@senseofmotion.com
www.senseofmotion.com
RESUME 

HOOPDANCE AND CHOREOGRAPHY

MORE VIDEOS AVAILABLE

www.youtube.com/senseofmotion

CURRENT WORK

www.senseofmotion.com/allislove

PRESS

The New York Times – November, 2012

Hooping.org coverage of HELLO!100 – November 2012

Hooping.org interview – August 2012

HooplaHa.com – June 27, 2012

Shape.com - July 2011

WG News – June 2010

AWARDS

Nominated for two 2013 Hoopie Awards for choreographing and producing HELLO!100: a spectacle performing event with 100 hoop dancers in June 2012.

SELECT NEW YORK PERFORMANCES

HELLO!100 (choreographer, director, dancer)
Figment Project 2012, 2011

A Hawaiian Christmas Tale (concept, co-choreographer, dancer)
House of Yes Xmas Spectacular 2010

The Wonderneath by Ali Luminescent  (Pixie Steam Rat character, dancer)
The House of Yes, 2010

Agora II by Noemie LaFrance (dancer, character performer)
McCarren Park Pool, 2006

TESTIMONIALS

BEX has truly helped me find myself through movement and expression. I credit her with inspiring me to be more joyful and to fully let go inside the hoop. To also be truly comfortable and happy with myself as I am. In short, with BEX’s guidance, her classes have been life-changing for me.
- Araminta Atherton, Hoopiversary February 2012

I’ve been to a bunch of other classes with other teachers and I have to say that Bex is my favorite!!! There are a lot of great hoop dancers out there, but i am seeing that it does not make them great teachers. Bex is an awesome teacher!!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!!!
- Alison Lerman, Hoop Lover since the summer of ’09

BEX is an inspirational hoop teacher. Her passion for hoop dance and the practical application of her experience is clearly expressed and appreciated during her classes.
- Joan Merwyn, Performance Artist and Educator, Hoopiversary February 15, 2011

REFERENCES

Maria Randolph, Director, HoopFest New England, HoopME

Brooke Sweet, Pilates and Hoop student, and HELLO! cast member ‘11, ‘12

Stefan Pildes, Founder, Groovehoops NYC

Julia Hartsell Crews, Director, Hoop Convergence

Meagan Ruppert, Director, Return to Roots Hoop Gathering

Links to stuff you need!

FAQ’s

Rehearsal Schedule

Music and Timecode Counts

Download the Track

Payment Info (includes mailing address)

CHOREOGRAPHY VIDEOS

Full Choreo: Intermediate/Adv Variations  NOW INCLUDING FIGMENT NOTES

Final Track: Transition to Beatles to the END

From Start to Beatles: Basic Variations

Photo by Andres Cruz

SPRING AHEAD with Bex in the 30 Hours/ 30 Days Performance Project (Adv Beginner- Advanced)

Dance New Amsterdam
May 14-June 15

Ready for the next level? Ready to up your DANCE? Enroll in DNA’s Performance Project and embark on a choreographic exploration, a 30-hours in 30-days intensive where you will grow as a dancer and a performer in your hoop! We meet 2-3 times per week for four weeks: 2.5-3 hours of warm up, drills, technique, and phrasing. Our phrasing builds into a 8-10 minute piece for the DNA stage, where we will perform in four fully produced, evening length shows featuring 5 DNA choreographer/teachers in DNA’s 130-seat theater. Auditions suggested and negotiable.

Visit the Performance Project on the DNA website for details and pricing, and secure your spot today!

CLASS/REHEARSALS:
Tuesdays       5/14-6/4         8:30-11pm
Fridays           5/17-6/7         5-8pm
Monday          5/27                8-11pm
Mondays        6/3-6/10         8-10:30pm

TECH WEEK:
Sunday           6/9                 10am-11am
Tuesday         6/11                8:30-10pm
Wednesday  6/12               6pm-9pm

SHOWS:
Thursday 6/13, Friday 6/14: 7:30pm
Saturday 6/15: 3pm and 7:30pm

The time is NOW! Sharpen your skills and soften your flow for the long days of  glorious, outdoor summer hooping ahead.

**NEW CLASS ADDED**
Fundamentals and Flourish (Beginner – Advanced Beginner)
Wednesdays 7-8:30pm
Chez Bushwick
Late Spring 4-week Series: May 15, 22, 29, June 5
$72

Just starting out? Know a few things but want to feel more fluid? This 4-week Fundamentals course will give you the tools to get started, and find your personal rhythm inside the hoop. HoopPath and Sense of Motion vocabulary will be explain. Learn techniques to find your ‘engine’, discover freedom in the feet and arms, and iron out the seams of your rough patches.  Hoopers of any level are welcome, beginners encouraged.

SOLD OUT
single classes are available. Email bex@senseofmotion.com for info/availablity.

Mad Drills: Isolation Variations (Adv Beg- Intermediate)
Wednesdays 8:30-10pm
Chez Bushwick
Late Spring 4-week series: May 15, 22, 29, June 5
Early Hooper Discount: $60 (4/19-4/21)
Regular Pricing: $72 (4/22 onward)

This 4-week course covers a varied selection of off-body hoop moves with foundations in Isolations: Popping, sliding, bouncing, turning and more. Material is introduced in progressions, learned both left and right, and challenges both the brain and the body! This class is appropriate for hoopers striving to improve their technique, pick up new skills, and walk away with a healthy load of flight time homework. Prerequisites: comfortable waist hooping in at least one direction, attempting shoulder hooping, wall plane isolations with 2 hands, forward weave. OR any class taken with Bex 2010-present. (Please be prepared to supply your own hoops. Contact Bex if this is not possible).

SOLD OUT
single classes are available. Email bex@senseofmotion.com for info/availablity.

Beyond the Phrase: Full Body Integration (Intermediate-Advanced)
Thursdays 8-9:30
Triskelion Arts Studios
Late Spring 4 Week Series: May 16, 23, 30, June 6

Early Hooper Discount: $60 (4/19-4/21)
Regular Pricing: $72 (4/22 onward)

Taking the phrase to the top! Learn a phrase of HoopDance choreography and dance it full body, utilizing techniques of mirror, ghosting, gaze, follow through and more. Bring the DANCE in your HoopDance alive. This class is appropriate for the hooper seeking more synchronicity in their flow. Prerequisites: comfortable shoulder hooping (attempting 2nd current or better), basic isolations, weaves forward and reverse, and HoopPath vocabulary.

REGISTER HERE

PAY HERE

CANCELED:  
Doubles: The Basics (Advanced Beginner – Intermediate)

Always wanted to dance with fire? Join THE BEX for an evening of Safety and Spin, a class for new and developing fire hoopers. Learn thorough safety protocol for hooping with fire, including appropriate hoops and fuel, spaces and venues, spin off and extinguishing procedures, “Safety-ing” and duh, what to wear.

Our evening opens with yummy BexStep dance warm up, and followed by HoopDance class to review the most-excellent, fire-remarkable moves with our unlit hoops.   After our safety class, we open our circle and welcome all new fire hoopers to begin our fire show. Experienced fire-tamers welcome and encouraged to participate and support our newer family of the flame.

Please come dressed in comfortable clothes that you can move in that are made of all natural materials. Leather, denim, thick weave cottons, wool and kevlar are all recommended. Please note any hooper dressed in questionable attire will be asked to wear the ‘safe suit’ or forfeit the fire portion of the class.

Friday April 19, 7:30-11pm
The Floasis / HQ
1342-A Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11221

$25 in advance includes use of all tools, fuel, class and show!
$30 if you wish to pay day of.

Register HERE

PAY: $25 via paypal to bex@senseofmotion.com or cash/check in advance. Email bex for more information. 5% fee levied for all credit card transactions.

Each dancer is asked to contribute $15 to offset the cost of producing these large-scale shows. Costs accrued include paying for our Dance Parade registration fee for group with car, curated soundtrack, sound system, gas for our sound car and generator to run sound, rehearsal space, and a small stipend for our Love Ambassadors to cover their out-of-pocket costs.

Rather than making a paypal button on my site (paypal takes fees automatically) please send your payment via paypal to bex@senseofmotion.com. Mark your payment “Personal” or “Friends/Family” to avoid fees.

Payment can also be made in cash in advance in any rehearsal. All Love Ambassadors running rehearsals are ready to collect and  record your payment.

You may also pay by personal check made out to Bex Burton, and mailed to 99 Sutton Street #203, Brooklyn, NY 11222.

Here we GO!

With a little help from her friends, Bex Burton, aka THE BEX, nationally acclaimed hoopdancer, teacher, and the hoop behind HELLO!100, Presents “All is LOVE!”, a choreographed group hoop performance, guest starring YOU!

Join the army of hoopers and the sea of glittery spirally beauty that brings Figment to life Saturday June 8 in this joyful celebration of LOVE in all forms: familial, romantic, unrequited, unreconciled, plutonic, and of course, the divine, exquisite, extraordinary… TRUE LOVE!

Catch us at three separate stages:

1pm: With Toad/Kostume Kult on the Parade Grounds
2pm: With BlackBird Squadron/ VitaminB at Nolan Park
3pm: With Digital Native at Head in the Clouds Pavilion

Times and locations subject to change. Hey, it’s Figment.
Figment is rain or shine. Bring an umbrella!

View and RSVP to the event on Facebook.

CALL FOR HOOPERS: 

What better way to usher in Spring than to gear up for two spectacular, public hoop performances in New York City! This year we will gather our giant sea of hoopers at the New York City Dance Parade on Saturday May 18, as well as Saturday of the NYC Figment Project, June 8. Hoopers will dance a new piece of fun and simple choreography developed by THE BEX called “All is LOVE,” to a delicious mash up mix by DJ Zack Darling.

JOIN US! Rehearsal schedule is posted to registered dancers. Rehearsals are not required, but encouraged. YouTube videos of the choreography will be sent to registered dancers to learn on their own.

REGISTER TO DANCE! 

PAY YOUR FEE!

Each dancer is asked to contribute $15 to offset the cost of producing these large-scale shows. Costs accrued include Dance Parade registration fee for group with car, curated soundtrack, sound system, gas for our sound car and generator, rehearsal spaces, and honoring the time of our rehearsal assistants. Send your payment via paypal to bex@senseofmotion.com. Mark your payment “Personal” to avoid fees. Payment can also be made in cash in advance or personal check. You can indicate your choice in the registration form for more info.

Last year we had over 100 hoopers from six states and three countries perform in HELLO!100. Be part of the Magic!

I’m deepening my Thai Bodywork knowledge this spring and sharing the Metta (loving kindness) with you through deep discounts on all sessions held in the Sense of Motion home studio in Greenpoint through the end of April. Treat your hard working body to the passive stretch and compression healing of Nuad Boran, the ancient art of Thai Massage.

60 minute massage – $50 (normally $85 in my home / $125 in your home)

90 minute massage – $75 (normally $120 in mine / $160 in your home)

(Discount applies to sessions in the Sense of Motion home studio in Greenpoint only. Regular pricing applies for all in-home sessions. Discount valid through end of April. Subject to availability and scheduling.)

Read more about Thai Bodywork and how to prepare for your massage here.

email bex@senseofmotion.com to schedule your appointment today.

Interested in taking HoopDance class but can’t commit to a series? Not sure of your availability week to week? Sign up to receive weekly text messages when space is available in HoopDance classes with Bex.

To RSVP for class, reply to availability alert text with your name and which class you want to hold space. Please note, all single classes are held to 24-hour cancelation courtesy.