Hoop dancing has brought far-flung fame to the dancing Indian. It brings rare elements of challenge to any audience. To dance within and through the hoop is accepted as proof of great agility. There is strong eye appeal in the hoop itself - it attracts attention to itself and to the part of the body around which it is manipulated, in much the same way that a circle catches the eye on a printed advertisement in a magazine. It frames the body, so to speak. The hoop dance is usually solo. Hoop dances are done with various tempos from medium-slow to very fast. The Southwest Indians, for example, are noted for their very fast tempo. As a rule slower tempos facilitate the grace and fast tempos detract from it. Very fast tempos tend to give it a trick aspect as if to show how fast the dancer can go through the hoops.