Still on my journey to understanding the distinction between circus hooping and flow hooping! Some thoughts on this I had today - please comment if you agree or disagree - like I said - this is a study in process for me!
With circus, when you make your piece to perform, you do so with a very deliberate effort to include skills you will not miss. You are not trying to show everything you can do or even the best stuff you can do, you are trying to be 97% or above without misses. At least, that was what they wanted from the flying trapeze act - I would imagine the pressure on the ground acts is no different.
With flow hooping, you just try to show the music through your movement. If there are drops - you pick up in the way you most feel it, and keep going.
What's interesting about it to me, as a viewer, is that I would rather watch someone try their best stuff, even if they miss. But I feel that way as a trapeze artist as well, despite the fact producers just want clean. I like to see people working at their limits. I enjoy observing the hunger for improvement, and the application of oneself to that effort.
Another thought, as I collect hoopers to follow and observe how I feel about different people's videos - when I like someone's hooping - it seems to have less to do with the skills - but really more about "how" they move. Their style of movement between the skills can make the difference between interest and boredom. Musicality has a lot to do with this too, but I think this interest in movement style would even hold true for silent hooping. I also think that movement style - while somewhat innate - can be developed.
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