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Hoop Dance PerformancesJay paints a unique story through the art of this Traditional Hoop Dance presentation. Jay will engage with the audience through offering an introduction and short bio, then he will share some of the teachings around the hoop dance and provide a better understanding by explaining the meaning behind each formation, showcase a 15 minute performance in honour of our animal relatives of the Land, Elders, Ancestors, community, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Men and Women and the Children who never made it home. Finally, he will close with motivational, inspirational and encouraging words leaving time for Q & A . This service is approximately 30-60 minutes in total.
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Motivational Speaking/StorytellingIn this service Jay will speak about his experience through adversity, growing up in poverty, and how the challenges he’s faced as an Intergenerational Trauma survivor has influenced his journey of reconciling, reconnecting and reclaiming his identity through the Hoop Dance, Indigenous Ceremony and uplifting the youth and communities. This service is approximately 30-45 minutes with opportunity for about 15-20 minutes of Q & A.
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Hoop Dancing & Hoop Making WorkshopsJay’s Hoop Making and Hoop Dancing Workshops are for anyone who is 5 years and older. The workshops are typically 1 hour in length but can modified upon request. For the Hoop Dancing Workshops, he will start off by leading with an intro, stretches, learning the basic dance steps and then will go in to teaching the tricks with the hoops. For the Hoop Making Workshops, we will engage in creating one or more hoops as he speaks about some of the teachings around the hoops. You will have the opportunity to create your own design and learn the skills of the dance.
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