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 ...

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 ...

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." ...

Fitness experts often recommend that you mix up your workouts frequently enough so that you don't get too used to one type of exercise—getting out of your comfort zone makes your body work harder.

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 ...

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 ...

Aroha Wikohika transforms the aerial hoop into a thing of beauty. Photo / Michael Craig What is it? Manoeuvres on a suspended hoop (also known as the lyra, aerial ring or cerceau). What's needed?

The Cal Elite Kids center hosted a week-long Circus Arts Camp for kids at their facility in Rancho from Monday through Friday. Camp instructor Robin Stevens and instructional assistant Tina Braun ...

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 ...

It was back in 1994 on a family trip to Disney World when I saw my first Cirque du Soleil show. I was no more than 6 years old, and I was mesmerized by the acrobatic magic before me. With wide eyes, I ...

In a new MOA exhibition, Tibetan Canadians express their cultures, identities and a sense of homeland. I still remember trying and failing to hold back hot, embarrassed tears on gymnastics day during ...