GOSHEN — Britton Pankratz was 13 when he came across a video of Tom Smothers of the “Smothers Brothers” performing difficult tricks with a Yo-Yo.

"The flowers" are Chinese yo-yos. Five of them, each with a different color, are handled by just one performer and revolve at the same time. It's a set of movements designed for the celebration of ...

Diabolo is a form of juggling that has evolved from the 12th century Chinese yo-yo and consists of an axle and two discs spun using string attached to two hand sticks.

Sunday, Feb. 13 at the Academy of Music Theatre in Northampton, a series of successful ukulele and Yo-Yo performers are putting on a show.

When he was 11, a yo-yo fad hit middle school. “Everyone was yo-yoing,” he recalled. “I asked for one for Christmas.” Then it was just a toy, something fun, Weber said.

Echoing that sentiment was a member of the Portland Chinese Yo-Yo Team that also shined at the 2023 Chinese Festival. "It was a first time experience," Callie Chu said. "Our second performance so far.

EAST BRUNSWICK – For Alex Tai, 16, of Marlboro, his last move in his set was the most difficult. With two diabolos, also known as Chinese yo-yos, spinning on a string connected to two sticks, he ...

Performers from the Blacksburg Chinese School put on an exhibition of Chinese yo-yo tricks. The yo-yos look like a pair of bowls joined at their bottoms by an axle.

"The flowers" are Chinese yo-yos. Five of them, each with a different color, are handled by just one performer and revolve at the same time. It's a set of movements designed for the celebration of ...