Resumé

Professional Experience

Click the image above for an overview of Nichelle’s accomplishments

Writing

Dance Advantage (danceadvantage.net) ~ April 2008 – current
Blog Author/Creator/Editor

Recognized throughout the U.S. and many parts of the world as an indispensable resource for dance professionals, aspiring professionals, and hobbyists.

• Manage a high-volume workload within a deadline-driven environment, responding to hundreds of email inquiries, comments, and questions in any given week.
• Build rapport, listen, clarify and manage conversational flow via social and digital media.
• Deliver service and content that consistently exceeds customer expectation in a self-directed, yet collaborative environment.

Freelance Dance Writer ~ Current/Ongoing

Prolific dance writer and content curator with a proven record for engaging readers via compelling, thorough, and timely content on dance education, training, career, performance, and more.

• Content writer for Rockettes.com
• Content writer for DanceStudioOwner.com
• Dance writer/critic for Dance Source Houston, Arts+Culture Magazine (Houston), CultureMap

Performance

Company Engagements

Frame Dance Productions, Houston, TX ~ 2010, 2011
Collaborating dance artist

Suchu Dance, Houston, TX ~ 2002 – 2003, 2009
Company member

Allied Motion Dance Company, Altoona, PA ~ 2000 – 2002
Company member and Featured soloist

Contemporary Dance Company (director: Pat Heigel-Tanner), State College, PA ~ 2000 – 2002
Company member

Pennsylvania Dance Theatre, State College, PA ~ 2000 and 2002
Company apprentice and later, guest artist

Independent Projects

Framing Bodies: Love Me – dance film; 2011
Frame Dance Productions

Satin Stitch – dance film; 2011
Frame Dance Productions

Crease ~ dance film; 2010
Frame Dance Productions, Choreography: Lydia Hance (Houston, TX)

Dancing Diana ~ August 2009 (click here to view my solo via YouTube)
Choreography: Lydia Hance; Venue: Freneticore Fringe Festival (Houston, TX)

Teaching

Higher Education

McLennan Community College, Waco, TX ~ 2004 -2007
Continuing Ed. Dance Instructor

Pennsylvania State University – Altoona campus,  Altoona, PA ~ 2000 – 2002
Adjunct Faculty – Dance Instructor

Recreational Organizations

Camp Danbee, Hinsdale, MA ~ Summer 2004, 2005, 2006
Dance Director

Kids in Motion (formerly Hope Fellowship Homeschoolers), Waco, TX ~ 2004 – 2006
Dance Instructor

Arts Providing Outreach and Youth Opportunities (A.P.O.Y.O),  Waco, TX ~ Summer 2003
Subcontracted Artist

Applause Youth Theatre Company,  Houston, TX ~ 2002 – 2003
Dance Instructor

Private Studios

Rowland/Ballard School of Ballet, Kingwood, TX ~ 2011
Dancing Divas Dance Team, Houston, TX ~ 2009, 2010
Unity Dance Co., Waco, TX ~ 2006 – 2007
Central TX Academy of Perf. Arts, Clifton, TX ~ 2003 – 2007
Joy’s School of Dance, Waco, TX ~ 2004 – 2007
Gabrielle’s Dance & Gymnastics, Temple, TX ~ 2004 – 2006
Kennedy Dance Centre, Bellefonte, PA ~ 2000 – 2002 & 1992 – 1995
Kristine’s School of Dance,  Bellefonte and Seagertown, PA ~ 1998 – 2000

Choreography

Musical Theatre

Waco Civic Theatre,
Waco, TX

• Once Upon A Mattress ~ 2007
  
• Fiddler on the Roof ~ 2006
  
• Joseph…Dreamcoat ~ 2005
• Babes in Arms ~ 2004
  
• The Wizard of Oz ~ 2003
  

Penns Valley Area High School (director: Evelyn Mudgridge),
Centre Hall, PA
Anything Goes ~ 2002

Bellefonte Area High School (director: Marilyn Knoffsinger), Bellefonte, PA
The King and I ~ 2001

State College Community Theatre,
State College, PA

• Babes In Arms ~ 2000
  
• Holmes! The Musical ~ 2000
  

Arts Management/Administrative Experience

Waco Civic Theatre, Waco, TX ~ 2005 – 2007
Office Assistant

Camp Danbee, Hinsdale, MA ~ 2004 – 2007
Dance Director

Kids in Motion (formerly Hope Fellowship Homeschoolers), Waco, TX ~ 2004 – 2006
Dance Instructor for independent recreational program

Education & Honors

Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA ~ 1999 Graduate
Bachelor of Arts, Dance, GPA 3.758

• Honored as SRU and NDA Outstanding Dance Major 1998
• Selected by faculty member Nola Nolen to perform on tour in Asheville, NC

Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA ~ Transfer
Bachelor of Arts, Theatre and Dance

Workshops and Master Classes Attended

Kenneth Laws -The Physics of Dance
Danny Buraczeski- JAZZDANCE
Jaime Martinez – Parsons Dance Company
Mark Santillano – Pillobolus Partnering, ACDFA
Philadanco Dance Company Members
Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company Members
Ray Eliot Schwartz, Katherine Birdsal, Sivitri Durkee ~ Zen Monkey Project Summer Intensive – Charlottesville, Va.
Randall Flinn, Laura Zigelbauer – Ad Deum Dance Company Summer Intensive - Houston, Tx.
Tess Blankership – Cast Off Productions, Houston Tx.
Bill Wade – In-let Dance Theatre
Cynthia Newland – New Trails Dance Theatre
Ellen Troy Mulcahy – Dances from West Side Story, ACDFA
Gayanne Grossman – Anatomy & Kinesiology, ACDFA
Fred Darsow – Flamenco Master Class
Michael Pang w/ Dance Alloy – Traditional Hula Master Class
Merce Cunningham – Observed Open Rehearsal, Youngstown State University

Interests

• Acting and Musical Theatre (Leading roles in Equus, Fiddler on the Roof, Sweet Charity, Murder on the Nile, etc.)
• Singing (Alto/Mezzo-Soprano)
• Blogging, HTML, some CSS
• Music and Digital sound editing
• Literature and Fiction

Detailed resumé/vita upon request.