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 ...

As a little boy, no more than 4 or 5 years old, Nakotah LaRance went on a road trip that shaped the rest of his life. “His aunt took him on what we call the ‘powwow trail’ where they basically spend ...

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, ...

Champion hoop dancer Nakotah LaRance, who traveled the world performing with Cirque du Soleil then returned to New Mexico to coach youth dancers, has died at age 30. LaRance, who was Tewa, Hopi, ...

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 ...

The Hoop Dance World Championship has been called the Indigenous version of ice dancing, and while competition can be cutthroat on the arena, the contestants are more like a continent-wide extended ...

Champion hoop dancer Nakotah LaRance, who traveled the world performing with Cirque du Soleil then returned to New Mexico to coach youth dancers, has died at age 30. LaRance, who was Tewa, Hopi, ...