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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since 1992, the World Championship Hoop Dance Competition has been held at the Heard Museum in downtown Phoenix, and 2026 will be ...

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 ...

A circle, or hoop, has infinite sides and infinite angles. “Google it,” Lumhe Sampson encouraged the crowd at a music festival in St. Paul’s Mears Park. From the stage, Sampson held up a white plastic ...

Kristina Sutcliffe of O Dance; Image courtesy of Kristina Sutcliffe The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. Like many who first try hoop dance, I was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scott Sixkiller Sinquah in the Heard Museum's 33rd Annual World Hoop Dance Competition in Phoenix, Arizona, where he won first ...

The National Football League isn’t alone in crowning a world champion in Phoenix this month. The 33 rd annual World Championship Hoop Dance Contest takes place at the Heard Museum downtown Saturday ...

PHOENIX – Hoop dancing has rarely ever been about competition for Scott Sixkiller Sinquah. Sure, Sinquah is a world champion hoop dancer and one of the best to ever do it. But he doesn’t hoop dance to ...

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 ...

A circle, or hoop, has infinite sides and infinite angles. "Google it," Lumhe Sampson encouraged the crowd at a music festival in St. Paul's Mears Park. From the stage, Sampson held up a white plastic ...