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 ...

Mason, Michigan — 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 ...

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 ...

Hoop dancing has always been a way of life for Manaya Duncan. “Ever since I could walk, my parents gave me a hoop,” Duncan, now 16, said Saturday while waiting to compete in the fourth annual Youth ...

Anna Stone will teach a hoop-making / hoop-dancing workshop on Sunday, Jan. 25, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Hide House, 2526 S. Greeley St., in Bay View. Anna Stone will teach a hoop-making / hoop-dancing ...

Participants ages 12 and over who want to build core muscle strength and improve flexibility and balance can work out with Ebonie Quint. The local hoop artist will instruct a 6-week dance class, ...

Native American hoop dancing dates back so far that even the tribes themselves are unsure of when it exactly started. What is known is it's more than a performance, it's even more than spiritual. For ...

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 ...