Hoop Dancer Jasmine Bell of the Crow Creek Dakota Sioux tribe in South Dakota has danced for Mohamad Ali and for all the presidential first ladies. Even the actor Kevin Costner.
Bell tells a story to her 14-year-old daughter, "I tell her, when you were first born, Kevin Costner kind of babysat you. Because he said, I'll hold her while you dance."
Bell is a two-time world champion hoop dancer, but even for her, life hasn't been easy. Wyoming Public Radio's Melodie Edwards spoke to Bell when she performed at the 3rd Annual Conference on Violence Prevention and Response in Riverton. In the coming months, South Dakota Public Broadcasting will begin filming a documentary about Bell's life.
