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 ...
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 ...