NICOLETTA LANESE
NYC-BASED DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER
EDUCATION
University of California, Santa Cruz, 2018
Graduate Certificate in Science Communication
[SEE SCIENCE COMMUNICATION PORTFOLIO HERE]
University of Florida, Gainesville, 2017
Bachelors of Fine Arts in Dance,
summa cum laude
Bachelors of Science in Psychology:
Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience,
cum laude
Technical coursework in:
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Modern dance (Basic-Adv)
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Ballet (Basic-Adv)
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Jazz
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West African dance
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Hip hop
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Dance ensemble
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Dance composition (1-4, + choreographic senior project)
CHOREOGRAPHIC SAMPLES
November 2016
Premiered at “BFA Showcase: Mind Your Step” at the University of Florida
April 2016
Premiered at “BFA Showcase: BEING” at the University of Florida
April 2016
Premiered at “Mathematics, Art, and Science at the Harn” at the Harn Museum of Art
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
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Taught free modern dance classes at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)
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Pedagogical theory and practice through “Teaching Methods” course
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Lighting/sound production experience through two semesters of “Production and Performance: Electric” and “Introduction to Light and Sound”
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Design of posters and promotional materials for BFA Showcases “Mind Your Step” (November 2016) and “BEING” (April 2016)
PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
2023
Eva’s collaborator
Self-choreographed
Shown at Green Space's Fertile Ground
Echo Variations
Choreographed by Augie Sherman
Shown at WestFest 2023 (Westbeth Artists Residence, NYC), Anna Paterson Dance Company's "Joy!" (Arts on Site, NYC), and Green Space's Fertile Ground
Circus of Colors
Choreographed by Daniel Morimoto of Digital Movement Dance
Excerpt shown at NACHMO NYC Studio Showings
Full piece shown at Green Space's Fertile Ground
uneasy feeling queasy
Choreographed by Breena Cocco of Cocco & Co
Shown at the unKEMpT Dance Festival (Arts On Site, NYC) and
8 in Show (Dixon Place, NYC)
2022
uneasy feeling queasy
Choreographed by Breena Cocco of Cocco & Co
Premiered at Detroit Dance City Festival
Also shown at Movement Research’s Open Performance,
Green Space's Fertile Ground and WAXworks, all in NYC
As We Roll Along
Choreographed by Daniel Morimoto of Digital Movement Dance
Premiered at Dixon Place in NYC as part of Creative Performance's "Fast Forward" series
DEEP CUTS
Choreographed by Nikki Assanti of Nikki and the Noise, in collaboration with dancers
Performed at Green Space's Fertile Ground in NYC
2021
Living Room (Exterior)
Self-choreographed
Premiered at "Hitting Restart," a mini-digital collective curated by Ataraxia Dance Theatre
(Footage)
2020
What is essential?
Contribution to online project by DZ Maciel
WALLS
Contribution to Instagram project by @experimental_creation_art
ONE SCORE / MANY DANCES
Contribution to Instagram project by @nikkiandthenoise
2019
Like Dust, We Settle
Self-choreographed
Premiered at "Dance Jam," curated by Amanda Stambrosky at the Creative Cultural Center in NYC
Turbulent Flows in Soap Film - Dance Your PhD
Co-choreographed with Yuna Hattori
Shot at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
(Footage)
2018
A work in progress
Self-choreographed
Premiered at a "max10 Performance Lab" at Motion Pacific
in Santa Cruz
(Footage)
Bluets #1-40
Choreographed by Cid Pearlman in collaboration with dancers
Premiered at "The Name of This Dance Changes Every Day" at UC Santa Cruz
(Excerpt)
2017
Young Choreographer's Festival, NYC
Don’t Worry Your Pretty Little Head, Breena Cocco
Harn Museum of Dance
Don’t Worry Your Pretty Little Head, Breena Cocco (Footage)
Watch Me Tap, Watch Me Sous-sus, Daniel Morimoto and self
American College Dance Festival (USF)
Don’t Worry Your Pretty Little Head, Breena Cocco
2016
American College Dance Festival (Emory)
To feel… so WE can be, Mia Redding
when THEY become ONE, Melissa Brenner and Trent Williams, Jr.
Creativity in the Arts and Sciences Event
Argetype, Stephanie Capon and Andrew Flint
Shape-Influenced Behavior in a Nanomaterial World, Amanda Ruiz and Alan Roberts