Patrick Willie

Patrick Willie, Navajo, 31 is World Champion Hoop Dancer born and raised in Orem, Utah.

About

He is a World Champion Hoop Dancer having competed in the Heard World Hoop Competition and placed consistently in the top 10 the past several years. Most recently Patrick in 2020 Patrick was ranked 6th in the world for Native American Hoop Dancing. He works with the Title 6 Native American Education program to do workshops with the Native Youth throughout the school year. He's been able to travel all over the world sharing his culture and the good message the Hoop Dance reflects.

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Agenda

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Oct
18
A Poem In Three Parts, Part 1: A Story of Now
The Othering & Belonging Institute commissioned poet Michelle Lee aka "Mush" to write and perform a poem in three parts on bridging and belonging for the 2021 Othering & Belonging Conference. We will be premiering this poem and accompanying visuals—featuring an array of dancers, aerialists, and performers of all kinds—in three digital shorts directed by filmmaker Yoram Savion, with creative direction from conference emcee Sarah Crowell. I: A Story of Now we are in a monumental moment a portal to change as Arundhati Roy calls it a gateway between one world and the next if marked on a map of the...
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Oct
19
A Poem In Three Parts, Part 2: A Story of We
The Othering & Belonging Institute commissioned poet Michelle Lee aka "Mush" to write and perform a poem in three parts on bridging and belonging for the 2021 Othering & Belonging Conference. We will be premiering this poem and accompanying visuals—featuring an array of dancers, aerialists, and performers of all kinds—in three digital shorts directed by filmmaker Yoram Savion, with creative direction from conference emcee Sarah Crowell. II. A Story of We the story of who we, as people, might be when we dare to belong is the story of a brick that dreams of becoming a waterfall the story of who...
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Oct
20
A Poem In Three Parts, Part 3: Meet Me There
The Othering & Belonging Institute commissioned poet Michelle Lee aka "Mush" to write and perform a poem in three parts on bridging and belonging for the 2021 Othering & Belonging Conference. We will be premiering this poem and accompanying visuals—featuring an array of dancers, aerialists, and performers of all kinds—in three digital shorts directed by filmmaker Yoram Savion, with creative direction from conference emcee Sarah Crowell. III. Meet Me There we be a story we be a story of love so brave it braids a bridge across currents of shame and silence we be a story of love so brave it...