Méliejade
Tremblay-
Bouchard

Méliejade Tremblay-Bouchard is a professional circus artist and hula hoop performer based in Québec, Canada. Raised in the countryside on an animal farm — her mother runs a wildlife rescue center — she grew up with a deep connection to nature, animals, and care for living things.

After years in the circus industry with a dream of becoming a contortionist, a serious back injury changed everything. The hula hoop became her new path — and ultimately, her greatest one.

Méliejade has been hooping for over 7 years. After her back injury forced her to step away from contortion, she discovered hula hoop as the perfect bridge between dance and flexibility — the two things she loved most.

"It's the best thing that could have happened to me. Hula hoop is a mix of dance and flexibility — everything I was already passionate about."

She trained with total devotion: headphones on, deep in flow state, hooping for hours at a time. That discipline brought her to an elite level of artistry.

The hula hoop taught Méliejade patience — something that didn't come naturally to her. Progress required repetition, focus, and surrender to the process. Flow state became her teacher.

• Patience through repetition
• Flow state as a practice
• There is no ceiling to creativity
• Community amplifies everything
• Circus + hoop = endless possibility
• Social circus as a force for good

Beyond performance, Méliejade uses her hoop skills for social circus — bringing flow arts to homeless communities in parks and public spaces. It is, she says, one of her favorite things to do with her hoops.

She is a social circus artist for Caravane Philanthrope, an organization dedicated to using art as a vehicle for social connection and inclusion.

Méliejade is developing a beginner hula hoop course to share the foundations of the art with newcomers — something she wished had existed when she started. She continues creating new sequences, collaborating with acrobats, and pushing the boundaries of what is possible with the hoop.

"Working with acrobats opens doors because they always have crazy ideas about how to use the hoop in a dynamic way."