Working with five hoops was the hardest. ShanDien LaRance modeled every move, flipping hoops forward until they were a flat, interwoven pattern in her hands before she pulled them into a ball ...

Hoop dancing has always been a way of life for Manaya Duncan. “Ever since I could walk, my parents gave me a hoop,” Duncan, now 16, said Saturday while waiting to compete in the fourth annual Youth ...

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 ...

Before spring break, students at Heights Middle School participated in a Hoop Dance workshop, taught by Diné-Hopi dance instructor Talavi Cook. Farmington Municipal Schools Public Information Officer ...

FORT YATES, N.D. — Kevin Locke played an important role in keeping alive the lost art of the Native American hoop dance. He also was an accomplished flute player, storyteller and educator who was ...

Representatives of indigenous communities from around the world will gather Feb. 18 and 19 in Arizona to celebrate their cultural heritage through hoop dancing. The 33rd World Championship Hoop Dance ...

Native American hoop dancing dates back so far that even the tribes themselves are unsure of when it exactly started. What is known is it's more than a performance, it's even more than spiritual. For ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. A competition this weekend honored the man whose passion sparked a chain of events that has brought the ...

Chelsie Welker uses an LED hoop and fire hoops to dance, Tuesday, May 26, 2015, in a Cape Girardeau County creek. Chelsie Welker uses an LED hoop and fire hoops to dance, Tuesday, May 26, 2015, in a ...