Nicole Marie Smith
(908)902-8331
www.nicolemariesmith.com
Professional/Performing Experience
Doug Elkins, National Tour, 2010, Maria in “Fraulein Maria”
Stephen Petronio Company, December 2010, apprentice
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, 2009-current, apprentice
Pascal Rekoert/Flexicurve Dance 2008/9, guest artist
Jennifer Muller/THE WORKS 2008/9, scholarship apprentice
Donna Scro/Freespace Dance Company 2007-current, senior company member
Montclair State University Repertory Company 2006/7, 2003-2005- featured in works by
Robert Battle, Alexandra Beller, Alwin Nikolais, Nancy Lushington, Maxine Steinman
Education
Bill T. Jones: Moving, Thinking, Making: Chapel/Chapter, Choreography/Rep Workshop 2009
SUMAC, Systems for Understanding Movement And Choreography, Collaboration Workshop 2009
B.F.A. Dance, Montclair State University, Summa Cum Laude, Departmental Awards, 2007
Strictly Seattle Velocity Dance Center Summer Intensive Scholarship Recipient, 2006
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, University Study Abroad Award, 2004
Teaching Experience
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company Education Artist, workshops for students, October 2010
Spectra Academy of Autism, dance movement therapy class for Autistic teens, May/July 2010
Young Audiences of NJ, Dodge Dance Initiative Teaching Artist, Residency 2009-present
Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ; modern/ballet adjunct dance faculty, 2008-present
Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ; rehearsal director for David Parsons’s “Parsons Etude”, Susan Marshall’s “Book” & Shapiro and Smith’s “To Have and To Hold”, 2009/10
Freespace Co. Summer Dance Intensive, Raritan and Montclair, NJ; modern/ballet faculty, 2008/9
Choreography
“Dreamtime”, solo performance multimedia collaboration, Cool NY, Project Support Commission, 2011
“Young Labrynthine”, project:Smith, Merce Cunningham Studios and Edinburgh Fringe Fest, 2010
“Light’s House”, solo performance, Cool NY, ACDF, Two River Theater, Edinburgh Fringe Fest, 2010
“Without Words”, reconstruction for MSU Repertory Company, Works- A- Foot, 2009
“Up, Up, Down, Down”, Dan Mueller and Nicole Smith, Two River Theater and JMTW Studios, 2009
“Begging to Differ,” solo performance, Dance New Amsterdam, Choreolab, 2008
Courses Completed
Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training, Pranic Healing, Choreolab: Dance New Amsterdam, Dance Methods of Teaching, Laban Movement Analysis, Dance Analysis and Critique, Music and Spirituality, Improvisation, Contact Improvisation, Choreography, Anatomy and Physiology, Limon, Horton, Release, Ballet