Native American Hoop Dance World Champion Nakotah LaRance

Nakotah LaRance who was the 9 times Native American Hoop Dance World Champion and he passed away on 12th of July 2020 at the age of 30. His dynamic and fearless performances were fascinated by many fans in the world. He performed in USA, Canada, Japan, Swaziland, France, England, Netherland, Bolivia and Peru as a solo performers or a member of the following organizations.
Lightening Boy Foundation (Instructor )2016-2020
Brooklyn Nutcracker 2016-2019
Cirque Ma'Ceo 2014 -2019
Hopi Towa Tour in Japan 2019
Silver Dollar City Wild West Show 2014- 2018
Pojoaque Pueblo Youth Hoop Dancers (Instructor) 2013-2016
Cirque du Soleil “Totem" 2009-2012
Cirque du Soleil special division dancer 2012-2020
He was Hopi tribe. His clan was summerside.
He created Hip Hop Hoop Dancing and he performed it at SWAIA 2013 for the first time and also he performed it at Brooklyn Nutcracker, New York each Christmas season from 2016 to 2019. He learned freestyle dancing by watching Les Twin on UA-cam channel by himself. For his private life, he loved skateboarding, golfing, martial arts,reading manga, Japanese culture, watching anime, NBA, UFC fighting, playing games and etc. He had love for Stan Lee( cartoonist), Bruce Lee( martial artist), Heath Ledger( actor), Keanu Reeves( actor), Drake( singer) and of course Les Twin( dancer)
Rest in peace, Nakotah.