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 ...

Una Fonte ’26 dances across the Ainsworth classroom with a spinning yellow hula hoop. She rolls the hoop across both hands and behind her back, raises it over her head like a giant serving plate, and ...

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 ...

In 1991, my father and I decided to host a unique event to preserve a Native artform that began in the Southwest and transform it into a World Championship Contest. Little did we know our ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A hoop dancer performs at the Nakotah LaRance Hoop Dance Championship. (Photo/Facebook/Lightning Boy Foundation). As Native youth ...

The hoop dance, is believed to have started as a healing ceremony among Taos Pueblo medicine men, is now a vibrant expression of artistry and athleticism On the weekend of Saturday, Aug. 2, and Sunday ...

Since 1992, the World Championship Hoop Dance Competition has been held at the Heard Museum in downtown Phoenix, and 2026 will be no different. Native American hoop dancing dates back so far that even ...

The cream of the crop in the American Indian and Canadian First Nation hoop dance scene compete for hoop dance supremacy.