Portland Hoops Portland

Sat Mar 07 2026 at 01:00 pm to 06:00 pm UTC-08:00

The Baker Building | Portland

Brecken Rivara
Publisher/HostBrecken Rivara
Portland Hoops Portland Full-Day Hoop Workshop . 2 Classes + Jam
About this Event

It’s time for a good ‘ol fashioned, booty-shakin’, elegant-ass Saturday spent flowing like the wind and thrown’ down like a beast. We’ll spend the day building a series based on my favorite current techniques.

2 Classes (see below) + jam

The Day Includes:

On-body . Waves . Barrels . Peeling Lifts . Footwork for Spins . Figure 8’s & My favorite move EVER


See Agenda below for Class Descriptions


Agenda

🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:45 PM
Class 1: Waves 2.0 Throwdown

Info: Class 1: Waves 2.0 Throwdown
1 hour and 45 minutes

My style of hooping encourages organic body movements that fall into each other and develop currents of exchange with the hoop. Momentum and imagined textures carry us into new territory,
softening and enlivening our movement.

And THEN… we rock the f out. Back and forth. You and me. Forever. Or until 2:45.
…But seriously: Oscillating between a dancer’s observation lens AND some throw-down, old-school booty-shakin: it might be the key we all need.


🕑: 03:30 PM - 05:15 PM
Class 2: Jedi Shit

Info: Peeling Lifts, Flying Sweeps and Spins. Extensions and nuances that carry and explode.
Some of the most beautiful, full-bodied hoop moves require only a slight adjustment here or there to really make it sing.
Incorporating breath, pivots, the figure 8, the hoop's pulse and footwork. These are the best things I've learned over the past 15 years in hooping, and I can’t wait to share it.
Plus my favorite move. EVER.


Event Venue

The Baker Building, 5511 North Albina Avenue, Portland, United States

Tickets

USD 39.19 to USD 55.20

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