The hoop has travelled from school playgrounds to circus acts like Cirque du Soleil, and high-production stage performances. And in the last few years, aerial hooping, or lyra, has been appended to an ...

Karla Coreil is making sure turning 50 is fabulous. Not only has Coreil tackled aerial hoops, but she's also now certified to teach it. The latter accomplishment coincided with her golden birthday ...

WHENEVER I TAKE a circus-arts class, I wonder: If I ran away to join the circus, what kind of performer would I be? Would I fly high on the trapeze, ride a unicycle or walk a tightrope? After each ...

Recently, I decided to exercise a few meters above ground level on an aerial hoop— a large, round metal hoop suspended in the air. My instructor was Hildah Lamadi, the lead aerial hoop trainer at ...

Aerial training has become an essential skill within the professional dance and performing arts industry, with performers expected to demonstrate versatility, upper-body strength, and aerial technique ...

CHELSEA (WABC) -- There's a new sport that involves aerial dancing through hoops dangling on ceilings. "I am pretty fearless," says Avaleen Blake, a newcomer to the workout. "I'll try anything." ...

Nov. 26 (UPI) --An Australian circus performer put her endurance to the test by breaking two Guinness World Records with an aerial hoop in a single day. Charlotte "Charli" Meath, 23, took on the ...

Hoops, silks, and poles — and artists using them all to perform fantastical feats — are all part of Air Temple Takes New Haven, the latest show from New Haven-based aerial dance, circus and movement ...

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