In 1991, my father and I decided to host a unique event to preserve a Native artform that began in the Southwest and ...

The annual event, now in its 36th edition, connects younger generations to the energetic and deeply symbolic Indigenous performance art ...

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 ...

Thunderous drums pound rhythmically through arena speakers as jingle bells rattle from moccasin feet. Performers weave ...

As a child, ShanDien Sonwai LaRance never thought her love for hoop dancing would take her around the world. But her dad knew. "Keep hoop dancing," her dad often said. "It's going to open doors for ...

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 ...

At the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Indigenous people from across North America tell their personal stories with intricate footwork and hoop formations.

Josiah Enriquez, a 23-year-old Navajo from the Pueblos of Pojoaque and Isleta, won first prize for the third year in a row in the 36th World Hoop Dance Championship, said a news release from the Heard ...

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 ...

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 ...

As a child, ShanDien Sonwai LaRance never thought her love for hoop dancing would take her around the world. But her dad knew. "Keep hoop dancing," her dad often said. "It's going to open doors for ...