Caroleena- Hooping Class, Poi Spinning Class

Caroleena is an internationally known performer and hoopdance instructor from Raleigh, NC. She has been teaching hoop dance since 2005. Caroleeena performs movement arts professionally, spins hoops, poi and other tools and is an accomplished dancer in many styles.
Her numerous tutorials and videos on YouTube are eagerly awaited by both new and experienced hoopers. In 2008, she helped co-create Hoop Convergence, the first international conference of hoopers, now an annual event near Raleigh/Durham, NC. She has taught at Spin Matsuri in Tokyo, Japan at Hooping University. Caroleeena moderates several online hooping communities and has twice won Hoopie Awards from Hooping.org -- in 2007 for her work mentoring hoop students around the globe and again in 2009 for Tutorial of the Year.
She also uses hooping to fascilitate many service projects. These include teaching hooping to the blind at the Gov Morehead School for the Blind, creating hoops for children with AIDS and their caregivers in the pediatric AIDS unit at Duke Hospital. She created a weekly hoop jam at Pullen Park that has been actively encouraging individuals and families to move and play together since 2007. As a teacher she is articulate, detailed, encouraging, and fun. As a performer she is a passionate storyteller who will knock your socks off.