About Hoop Empire

HOOP EMPIRE is a hulahoop business based in Sydney Australia with a strong presence in the international hoop community. Hoop Empire features a hybrid style of hooping that incorporates traditional circus hula and contemporary hoop dance. In promoting fun, fitness, confidence and a holistic sense of wellbeing through the physical movement and creative expression found in hooping we aim to AMAZE, INSPIRE and SHARE. 

Hoop Empire values seek to:

• Celebrate diversity
• Encourage creativity
• Emphasise inclusion
• Promote collaboration
• Instil confidence

By providing classes, merchandise , performances, interactive entertainment and, video and photographic art we invite people of all ages, sizes and skill level to become involved in the hooping scene in a multitude of ways. The notion of giving it a whirl is central to the Hoop Empire mission making it accessible to the young and the young at heart.

BUNNY STAR is the founder, owner and Director of Hoop Empire. She is a multi-media artist who has been working as lead hulahoop performer and teacher to both adults and children for the past seven years which is preceded by a further 10 years of hoop play prior to making it her full time job. She teaches, performs and makes hoops, traveling the world often to teach at international hoop retreats. Drawing inspiration from both the Circus Arts and the international Hoop Dance community, Bunny merges the two influences into a unique hybrid hooping style. Her training includes classic Circus hoop technique, Contemporary Hoop Dance, Nia Technique / Spirited Movement and Yoga. With an emphasis on movement and flow her classes range from learning the basics of how to spin a hoop to more advanced multiple hoop and hoop dance moves. She is accredited with the Australian Sports Commission and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Writing and History. She is also an avid student of Western Sun Sign Astrology and the 13 Moon Mayan Dreamspell.