Meet Isabella Diaz. Dancer, musician, and Chinese pole and hoop jumper, now touring with Midnight Circus. Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune Updated Fri, October 7, 2022 at 5:29 PM UTC 6 min read John J.

Many kids who grow up off the reservation don’t dream of going back to their people’s traditional ways. For Eric Michael Hernandez, Lumbee, who grew up in Southern California away from his tribe in ...

Even the most seasoned circus goers have probably not seen many big-top performances that begin with a land acknowledgment. But that’s exactly how the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus began its act at the ...

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 ...

Representatives of indigenous communities from around the world will gather Feb. 18 and 19 in Arizona to celebrate their cultural heritage through hoop dancing. The 33rd World Championship Hoop Dance ...

Isabella “Bella” Diaz’s profession is literally jumping through hoops. The Northalsted resident, who can harmonize with a guitar in hand and leap on poles, is touring with Chicago’s Midnight Circus ...