Jul. 29—When Steve LaRance moved to New Mexico 10 years ago, he found no native hoop dancers in the state. LaRance, who lives at Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, co-founded the Lightning Boy Foundation, ...

PHOENIX— The Heard Museum hosted its 33rd World Hoop Dance Contest this past weekend in historic fashion. This year’s competition included 108 competitors from the United States and Canada, the ...

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Need weekend plans? Go to the Hoop Dance competition hosted by the Heard Museum. The Heard Museum will be presenting the first-ever Hoop Dance Legacy award performer Jones Benally (Diné). Benally is a ...

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 ...

The hoop dance, which many believe to have started as a healing ceremony among Taos Pueblo medicine men, is now a vibrant expression of artistry and athleticism ...

Apr. 10—Shadé-Phea Young's path to becoming a hoop dance world champion wasn't supposed to include a missed flight and a long drive to Phoenix. But those were the cards dealt to the Santa Fe Indian ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. A father-daughter pair from New Mexico’s Lightning Boy Foundation performed a hoop dance and drum song this week ...

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 ...

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 ...