Dawn Sperber: Belief Dance
Do you have a belief dance? Dawn Sperber does and as a poet and a hooper, here we are given the gift of being able to enjoy both of her talents. Dawn’s poem entitled “Belief…
Tag Archives: New Mexico
Takoda Rain: Rainy Day Hooping in Panama
While rain often sends hoopers scrambling to grab their belongings and head indoors, it’s another thing altogether when you’re in a tropical climate like Panama. Takoda Rain of Sacred Spirit Flow takes advantage of some…
Ritzy Rouge Hoop Troupe
Hooping on the Ritz! The Ritzy Rouge Hoop Troupe, aka Bonnie Claire and Alaska from Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, share their charming hoop belly dance flapper fusion at Belly Nouveau. The ladies call their style Hooping…
Brecken Hoops at ARTheism
Brecken Rivera performs at ARTheism in this unique piece controlled via a multi-touch screen. ARTheism is the live “dance-imation” performance art of Topher Sipes and Samantha Beasley , performed at the Penasco Theatre in Penasco,…
The Tao of Hoops in Albuquerque
When Nicole Evans, pictured, hula hoops two hoops simultaneously, she nearly looks stationary, her body movement is so slight. “The more practice, the more refined your motion,” Evans told the Albuquerque Journal. “You’re doing it…
Om Shanti Hoop Dance
Takoda Rain spins up a beautiful hoop dance. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. Soundtrack: “Om Shanti” by Amanaska (on iTunes).
The Joy of Movement
[Nicole Evans looks back at her first year.] At this time last year I had just discovered a phenomenon previously unknown to me: the addictive, creative, inspiring, and energizing art of hooping. I wanted to…
White Sands Sunset Hooping
Joy Brown (left) of Pennsylvania and Missy Burrows (right) of Wisconsin hoop together at sunset at White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. The dunes at White Sands engulf 275 square miles of desert, creating…