The hula hoop is dead! Sad words, those. Saddest I've heard since while interviewing Bob Crosby years ago he told me that swing was dead. End-of-an-era words — words that make you feel older. I ...

On a trip to Sydney in 1956, Joan Anderson was amazed to discover a new trend sweeping Australia’s beaches and streets. People were “doing the hoop” - twirling a sturdy, circular ring of bamboo around ...

Re “Pizazz, perils under the big top” (Metro, July 29): What a coincidence that a photo of an 18-year-old Providence circus performer warming up with a Hula Hoop (who even remembers them?) appeared in ...

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 ...

If you’ve scrolled through social media recently, you’ve likely seen a video or two of people trying out a weighted hula hoop. The hashtag #weightedhulahoop has millions of views on TikTok, with ...

MASON, Mich. — In a pastoral campground south of Lansing, many attendees at the Michigan Hoop Dance Retreat were hooping as if their hair was on fire. Then, Missy Cooke’s hair caught fire. Dancing ...

A weighted hula hoop provides a fun and accessible way to lose weight and improve core strength. It is a safe way to exercise for most people, but those with injuries or chronic pain should speak with ...

The oldest baby boomers — once the vanguard of an American youth that revolutionized U.S. culture and politics — turn 80 in 2026.

Méliejade Tremblay-Bouchard spins as many as 12 hula hoops at a time around her torso, limbs, and neck in “Passengers,” from the 7 Fingers, a Montreal-based circus collective, at American Repertory ...

Although her name was left out of hula hoop history for years, it was Anderson who took the hoop from Australia to America and, with her husband, set a business deal in motion that turned the toy into ...