Other designs include the flower, ‘ladder of life’ and Mother Earth.” These formations include representations of the Eagle, Butterfly, Horse and Water Serpent, a pueblo deity. As the dancers move to Native song and drum, they weave their hoops into many different designs representing animals and elements of nature. “It has origins in the Pueblos of Northern New Mexico and is known as a traditional ‘Healing Ceremony.’ Today’s contemporary Native American Hoop Dance celebrates the beauty of life or ‘Circle of Life’ and all the gifts that Mother Earth provides. “The Native American Hoop Dance has deep roots here in Northern New Mexico and is ‘New Mexico True,’” said Steve LaRance, referring to the state’s marketing slogan.

More than twenty dancers will perform amidst the dazzling glow of black lights and the projection-mapped facade of the venue space. Felter will then sing and drum traditional Tewa songs, accompanied first by groups of youth dancers followed by master dancers. The event will begin with a Tewa land acknowledgement by Edwin Felter (Nambe Pueblo), followed by an overview of the history of the hoop dance from Lightning Boy Foundation co-chairs Steve LaRance and Felicia Rivera. 14 in Fancy Town, the neon-lit venue space inside Meow Wolf’s House of Eternal Return in Santa Fe. The visually spectacular event will take place 4:30 – 5:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. SANTA FE - In celebration of Indigenous Heritage Month, dancers from the Lightning Boy Foundation will perform traditional hoop dances onstage at the famed art exhibition.

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