Ukraine’s Taisiia Onofriichuk delivered a thrilling performance in the women’s rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around qualification stage. Onofriichuk’s routine during the hoop round involved ...

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 ...

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 ...

FIVE, SIX FIVE. SIX. SEVEN. GO. ONE. TWO THREE. FOUR. YEAH. COME ALONG HERE TO SEE A CLASS THAT COMBINES NATIVE AMERICAN DANCE MOVES WITH MODERN FITNESS ROUTINES, CREATING A CULTURALLY RICH AND ...

As Native youth performed traditional hoop dance in a competition in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the movement of the hoops created meaningful designs born of nature. Hoop dancers weave their hoops into many ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The rich cultural tradition of Native hoop dancing was on display at World of Winter. Malcolm McDonald, a proud member of the Potawatomi tribe, blended storytelling, dance and ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Red Butte Gardens hosted its first Intermountain Hoop Dance Competition Saturday, with dancers traveling from as far as Canada to share the cultural heritage of their tribes and win ...

ShanDien LaRance started learning the hoop dance at age 8. She went off to join the circus at 19. LaRance, who is Hopi, Tewa, Navajo, and Assiniboine, joined her brother Nakotah, a nine-time world ...

PHOENIX – The 33rd annual World Championship Hoop Dance Contest will bring dozens of the top Indigenous hoop dancers to the Heard Museum in Phoenix next weekend. The competition with prizes totaling ...

Hoop dancers Steve LaRance (Hopi-Assiniboin) and his daughter ShanDien Sonwai LaRance (Hopi-Ohkay Owingeh) have been selected among more than 800 performers to represent the U.S., New Mexico and ...