Orange Paisley in Austin, Texas, took a Cuban dance class to improve her hooping and made a surprising discovery. She writes on her blog, “Last Thursday, Mike Topel, my instructor for Cuban Motion, had us focus on the motion for the upper body. What he was doing looked very familiar. Then it hit me: It was the same upper body motion that is used for hooping on my chest. I’m even doing it in the correct direction: counter-clockwise (“left hooping”). I figured that ballroom dance classes would improve my hooping, but I never guessed that hooping would help me learn Cuban Motion.” Orange Paisley
