The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Samantha Gabai has taken a childhood toy — and applied it to dance. The University ...

Lessons she learned from her nearly 25 years in the circus help with her current job as a stage rigger — someone who wears harnesses and handles ropes and cables that performers hang from. She works ...

Stomach out. Then suck it back in. That’s the way to keep a hula hoop spinning around your middle, explains Rachel Attardi to her class of eager hoopers. But the students in Ms. Attardi’s class at the ...

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FARGO - Ariel Waloch, of Fargo, started hula-hooping when she was a junior in high school because she needed a talent for a pageant competition. So years later when she found out Inspire Dance and ...

It’s a throwback to childhood that’s much more than child’s play — hula hooping. “It’s giving yourself an excuse to be whimsical and getting an amazing workout at the same time,” instructor Lucy ...

Witness the most jaw-dropping hula hoop performance ever! From high-speed spins to gravity-defying stunts, she truly is the Queen of the Rings. These hula hoop tricks are next level — a must-watch for ...

The hula hoop is back, but don't call it that. Today, the gyrating toy is referred to simply as a "hoop" and if you are into "hooping," you know it's much more than a light-weight plastic plaything ...