Contemporary dance, ballet, jazz and tap classes often influence each other, while other dance forms, such as Irish jigs and Native American fancy dancing, rarely overlap – often because they are an ...

The powwow is a celebration of life and renewal so it’s fitting that Annalisa Berrios embraces the “fancy shawl” dance, also known as the butterfly dance because its movements recreate the moment the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Tanksi Clairmont, 34, has danced at powwows since she was a year old — her record year was 17 powwows — and now she has won the coveted position of Head Lady ...

Sherenté Mishitashin Harris (Narragansett) comes from a large family of champion powwow dancers in Charlestown, Rhode Island. His grandmother was an Eastern Blanket dancer; his mother is known for the ...

Olissa Dominguez performed the Girls’ Fancy Shawl Dance at Saturday’s Traditional Pow-Wow wearing soft moccasins and a colorful butterfly shawl carefully sewn by her mother and grandmother. It’s not a ...

Stephanie Rock was just a tyke — the seventh of 13 kids — when she first learned the "fancy shawl" dance from her mother near the White Earth Reservation in Ponsford, Minn. She went on to win crowns ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A dance is more than just a series of movements set to music, because it gives us a glimpse into other cultures. That’s what the current Junior Miss Flandreau Santee Sioux ...

World champion jingle dress dancer Willow Abramson (Shoshone-Bannock) faced difficult challenges in her life. In 2005, she and her family were involved in a car crash; her baby daughter and husband ...

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