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StudentPermalink Reply by Tara V. Hoops on February 17, 2010 at 6:26am

All I can offer is I took a private in Native American hoop dance with a girl named Alley 'Oop who has studied with natives and was allowed to pass on these teachings. She lives in Vancouver and will be a presenter at Hoop Convergence again this year. I just tried her contact info on the website for Hoop Convergence but it says it has been disabled. Check back there in a bit if you don't get any other leads. I was so impressed by what I learned that day and we of course only skimmed the surface. I also have a customer who just asked me to make him 7 hoops for a class he is about to start in Native hoop dance. I will try to find out where he is studying. He is in NY.
Good luck!

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Permalink Reply by Sam Shine on February 18, 2010 at 1:59am

Thank you so much!! I'm in New York quite a bit so that would be amazing.

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Permalink Reply by Angel on February 18, 2010 at 6:19pm

I am in New York too, and I would love to know about the guy you mentioned. Is he taking the class or teaching the class?

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StudentPermalink Reply by Kelly Jean on February 17, 2010 at 10:49am

I have a friend who is SO into this. I visited her in Tallahassee and she showed me TONS of YouTube videos about it.
I sent her an invite to Hoop City, but I will pm you her contact info for now.

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Permalink Reply by Sam Shine on February 18, 2010 at 2:00am

Thank you!!!

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Permalink Reply by Joan Warburton on July 22, 2010 at 7:27pm

Soo Z has taken several of the Native Hoop Dance classes in the city. She loved them! She has a page up here and she's in the New York Group.
At this moment she's out at Pier 45 on the Hudson River hooping so you'll have to wait until she gets home, LOL.

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Permalink Reply by Joan Warburton on July 25, 2010 at 4:32pm

Native American Hoop Dance Classes are offered in Dance New Amsterdam in NYC

http://www.bing.com/local/details.aspx?lid=YN618x10549535&qt=yp...

Sorry, the above is where they're located. This is their official website:

http://www.dnadance.org/

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StudentPermalink Reply by Tangled Macrame on July 25, 2010 at 5:56pm

Thought I'd share this video. The beginning is a great example of how Native American hoop formations can be incorporated into modern hoopdance.

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Permalink Reply by Sam Shine on July 25, 2010 at 7:12pm

I wanted to reply specifically to Tangled Macrame's video post. I felt called to comment on what you refer to as modern hoop dance. Native American hoop dance is just as modern as the style that is arising in the community which is starting on this website and around the world. The hoop dance that is evolving in Native communities is a living dance. I don't mean this as a slight against you in any way, I've just been reflecting a lot on the current and past struggles and achievements of Native communities in this country. I believe the fusion of these two communities that seem so separate to many Americas is very important and will help to heal the earth and the rift between cultures in the United States. I think we are all dancing with hoops for a very similar reason and it brings me so much joy this happening. Thank you for this post, it gave me the chance to voice something that has been on my mind for a long time.

Love, Sam Shine

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Permalink Reply by Pandora Apsaras on October 4, 2010 at 4:09pm

Couldn't agree more...

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StudentPermalink Reply by Rika on December 19, 2012 at 7:00am

Great response!  I agree, although we're also going to need to address the extreme poverty, addiction, and abuse that prevails on reservations and finally acknowledge the suffering this country has put its native peoples through.

Also toss out all that nasty cultural appropriation and change a handful of sports teams names :/


Edit:  Whoa, just realized this post is hecka old.  whoops. ^^

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Permalink Reply by taylor dawn payeur on March 29, 2011 at 4:32pm

Hi! I am a teacher of native american hoop dance and would be happy to answer any of your questions!

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