ABOUT
Anna Hulagan returned to her London home from California & NYC where she performed and taught with Groovehoops (NYCs OG hoop group) in 2007. Since then she’s been teaching and performing with her beloved circular friends across London and the UK. From gyms to schools, parks to roof tops, the Hulagan has inspired children and adults alike to find all the fun one person can have inside a plastic circle!
With her flaming hoop whipping all over her body, Anna Hulagan has dazzled and amazed audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe, Glastonbury, the BBC, on stages in clubs, castles, 5* hotels & even a few music videos & short films!
A one-hoop wonder, the Hulagan has a presence that shines to the stratosphere.
Self-taught, Anna Hulagan ‘discovered’ hula hooping in the US. What followed was nothing short of an infectious obsession to share her love of hula hooping, dancing and performing. Everyone can hoop, you just need the right hula hoop and an instructor that NEEDS you to know the joys of spinning around, and around, and around, until you’re dizzy with silly! It’s likely that if you’ve ever been to a hoop class in the UK, the inspiration for that teacher would trace back to Anna.
In 2013, Anna founded HULAFIT, creating the first hula hoop teacher training qualification in the UK, helping others to teach fitness through hooping. Dragon’s Den came calling, and the company was sold to a fellow hooper in 2019. Grace Jones has even hooped with one of her hoops. Buzzfeed became as obsessed with her classes as everyone else. Time Out stuck her on a billboard. She even created the first hula hoop festival in the UK – the London Hoop Fest, bringing hundreds of hoop lovers together to learn from the very best hula hoop teachers in the world.
After the pandemic, Anna took a hiatus from hula hooping and turned her hand to writing. She’s worked in a writer’s room to create a 6-episode TV series, as well writing blog posts for charities, volunteering at the exceptional Ministry of Stories, achieved a Distinction from RADA in writing, and loves nothing more than working with small, grass-root companies, artists and activists to market and promote the good fight on social media.