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 with a torch in ...

Her thin, muscular arms bulged with the intensity of her effort. Aware of the dangers of fire hooping, Egeland practiced for a year before she ever lit anything on fire. While some fire spinners ...

Mason, Michigan — 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 ...

• Why you'll love it: "Fire dancing allows us to dance with our fears, and learn how to move beyond life's most challenging moments. It is dangerous and scary, but once you try it you believe, 'Wow, ...