Biography
Nicola is a choreographer and scholar. She makes choreographic work for theatres, art galleries and other places. Her work uses choreographic practices to explore the potentials of how bodyminds relate. She is interested in the politics of performance and the potentials of spectatorial exchange: her work often investigates theatricality, public appearing and social choreography. She is currently researching notions of excess and the body.
Her work has been shown at venues including: Sadler’s Wells (Lilian Baylis), London; APT Gallery (Fest en Fest), London; 20th Biennial of Sydney, Australia; Hayward Gallery, London; Royal Academy of Arts, London (Block Universe Festival); Dance House Helsinki, Finland; Tramway, Glasgow; ANTI Festival of Contemporary Art, Finland; Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham; Laban Theatre, London; Purcell Room, London and many others. She was awarded the Bonnie Bird New Choreography Award (2015) and was Associate Artist at Dance4 (2009-14). Recently she has worked as a dramaturg for Candoco (Annie Hanauer – soft cell 2022). She collaborates with a range of artists and regularly works with dance artist Helka Kaski and dramaturg Martin Hargreaves.
Nic is a Senior Lecturer in Dance Practices at University of Roehampton where she is Programme Leader for the MFA Choreography. She was Erasmus visiting scholar at University of Malta (2024). She has a PhD from Laban, her thesis entitled ‘Audiences, Choreography, Publics: The Politics and Practice of Spectatorship’. She has collaborated with several organisations to on research projects including Independent Dance, Dance Art Foundation and Sadler’s Wells Theatre.