
Slideshow: 26th annual World Championship Hoop Dance

Navajo Times | Donovan Quintero Jasmine Rae Pickner-Bell from Riverton, Wyo., forms a circle with her hoops Saturday while competing in the 26th annual World Championship Hoop Dance contest in Phoenix, Ariz.
View images from Navajo Times chief photographer Donovan Quintero of the last weekend at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Ariz.

Navajo Times | Donovan Quintero
Hoop dancer Lane Jensen from Dilkon, Ariz., performs at the 26th annual World Championship Hoop Dance Contest Saturday at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Ariz. Jensen took 6th place in the hoop contest.

Navajo Times | Donovan Quintero
Joseph Secody from Page, Ariz., lifts his hoops shaped as the world over his head at the 26th annual World Championship Hoop Dance contest at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Ariz.
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