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This research aims to report about, reflect on and develpo pedagogical possibilities for teaching hula hoop through a contemporary circus perspective. The work comprises three distinct, but interdependent parts. The first one, of a theoretical nature, enables the indentification of aesthetic and poetic elements of the so-called contemporary circus, analyzing its social and historical context of estabilishment, and the focus on the range of creative possibilities generated from the subjective and bodily individualities of the artists found in it. The second part consists of personal reports of hula hoop lessons taught by me, reflecting on the pedagogical tools used, and what results and reflections arose through these. The last part consists of a personal report as a student of three hula hoop teachers and a subsequente interview with them, in order to experience their specific didatics and understand their diferente view about circus and specifically about hula hoop practice.