Native American Hoop Dance by World Champion Brian Hammill

Brian Hammill 2009 and 2011 World Champion Hoop Dancer. Pigeon Forge, TN
This was a great show with a great cast of Dancers. Rocked the house. I included the monologue because that truly tells the story of the dance.

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[blinkXmeXsunshine]

I enjoyed this, but yet it made me sad to think of how such a culture is slowly disappearing and instead being used for amusement.....Native American culture is so sacred and the modern Western culture needs to take away more from it then pure entertainment.

[nspbh49]

@blinkXmeXsunshine Thank you for the comment. If you saw our complete presentation you would find that it focuses on cultural diversity, sharing our culture in a very possitve light and breaking down the walls of that separate all cultures. By putting a smile and good feelings in the hearts of the spectators we are taught that we are sharing the blessings of life. The dance is a great way of truly opening the eyes of people to the beauty of our native culture. Thanks.

[sunshinec54]

Thank you for sharing this, I really enjoyed watching it as well as letting the drumming enter my soul. 17 years ago in Cardiff, South Wales. I attended an educational conference of Native American Elders and with them was a 17 year old Welsh boy, who had learned this dance from various Native sources and he performed this for the audience. I seem to recall him using about 8 or 9 hoops. He received a standing ovation from all there that day! Always in awe of your traditions. Blessings.

[jonpallbruyere123]

This is sick man

[ThirteenthWind]

While I love this video, there are also a couple of things that bother me about this...

First - that announcer. Oh. My. God. I'm not sure if it's his voice or the interjections telling the audience to cheer louder which annoyed me more.

Second - the idea that sacred dances have shifted into the equivalency of sports. Don't get me wrong - I'm all for learning the dance and passing it on, but turning this into a competitive structure bothers me.

Love that he explains it beforehand, though. :)

[blinkXmeXsunshine]

^ *than ^

[sur3shot]

7:57 epicness

[HOSSHEAD]

good dancer.. my 2 yr old granddaughter LOVES pow-wow , she listen's to it all day an has been dancing for quiet a few months now.. n this Ga Mom encourages her an dances with her, tho i aint ever been a dancer .. i am Prod of her.. Love U Always n 4 ever~Liberty Auntumn Breeze Beaulieu :) an Thanks for sharing this we LOVE it

[dejavuooo1]

lovly your bad ass stay true to your song and dance not all of us have any kind of culture im jelous