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Cathy Nicoli
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Summary Highly accomplished
artist / educator with over 10 years experience in: ·
Academic
and master teaching of dance technique, elementary-university levels ·
Academic
and master teaching of creative theory, elementary-university levels ·
Choreographic
work for professional and academic dance and theater organizations ·
Construction
of knowledge that emphasizes multiple intelligence and experiential learning ·
Project
and Organizational Management ·
Dance
Production and Performance Particularly
strong interpersonal and motivational skills. Demonstrated ability in structuring collaborative and creative
atmospheres for populations that share many differences. Education 2004 MFA in Dance, Smith College, Northampton, MA Teaching Fellow 1994 BA (Cum Laude) in Dance / Performance Studies, Roger Williams University, Bristol,
RI AWARDS 2003 –
04 Gretchen Moren Scholarship, Smith College 2002 – 04 Antonio
Cirino Memorial Art Education Fellowship, Rhode Island
Foundation 2001 Choreography Fellowship, Rhode Island State Council for the Arts 2000 Choreography
Merit Award, Rhode Island State Council for the Arts 2000 Panelist, Rhode
Island State Council for the Arts, Grant Juror 1999 Artistic
Merit Scholarship, Bates Dance Festival 1994 Outstanding
Achievement in Performance and Choreography, Roger Williams
University 1994 American
College Dance Festival National Gala, solo choreography chosen to
represent the finest of college dance, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 1994 Who’s
Who in America’s Colleges and Universities, member 1994 Alpha Chi Honor Society, member University Teaching (Courses for credit, Fall
or Spring indicates a full semester) Spring 2004 Smith
College, Northampton, MA: Modern
I Spring 2004 Hampshire
College, Hadley, MA: Modern IV Fall 2003 Smith
College, Northampton, MA: Contact
Improvisation Spring 2003 Smith
College, Northampton, MA:
Afro-Caribbean Dance and Dunham Technique (Teacher’s Assistant),
Modern II Fall 2002 Smith
College, Northampton, MA: Modern
I Fall 2000 Brown
University, Providence, RI:
Intermediate / Advanced Modern Guest Artist
/ Free-Lance Teaching July 2003-04 Bearnstow Family Day
Camp, Mount Vernon, ME, Arts and Nature Educational Retreat, two-week
residency June 2004 Rhode Island Service Alliance,
Providence, RI Choreographic Reflections of Community
Practice: Bringing Personal Experience Into Movement,
workshop Feb. 2004 American College Dance Festival,
Northampton, MA Contact Improvisation,
master class 2000 – 01 Groundwerx Dance Theatre,
Providence, RI Dance and Drumming workshops for Adults and
Children, workshops 2000 – 01 Groundwerx Dance Theatre,
Providence, R Children’s Creative Movement,
weekly classes 1998 – 01 Groundwerx Dance Theatre, Providence,
RI Open Company Class,
bi-weekly classes Spring
2000 Moses Brown School, Providence, RI Introduction to Dance,
bi-weekly classes 1998 –
01 Roger Williams University,
Bristol, RI Ballet and Modern
Technique, substitute 1995 –
01 Groundwerx Dance Theatre,
Providence, RI Body Fitness and
Well-Being, bi-weekly classes 1995 –
00 Rhode Island School of Design,
Providence, RI Shooting and Editing Movement with the film and video
department and Analyzing Movement Potential
with the Creature Creation puppetry course, workshops Fall
1999 Moses Brown School, Providence,
RI Residency program
integrating movement within the middle school’s science curriculum July
1996-98 !CityArts! Inner-City Arts
Program, Providence, RI Introduction to Dance
for Elementary Ages, daily classes 1996 –
98 AS220's Youth Arts Conferences,
Providence, RI, Choreographing the Inner-City Experience, workshops Spring1997 Rhode Island School for the Deaf, Providence, RI hearing students,
bi-weekly classes Spring
1997 Wellspring
Elementary School & Very Special Arts Rhode Island, Providence, RI Spring
1997 Hope High School, Providence, RI June
1997 RI State Services for the Blind,
Providence, RI July
1996 Jamestown Parks and Recreation, Jamestown, RI June
1995 Juneau Dance Unlimited, Juneau, AK Performance
Experience 1999 – 04 elephant JANE dance: artistic director Heidi
Henderson, Wakefield, RI, original company
member – created roles in 4 works
1995 –
04 Solo Performances
July 2004 Immediate
Theater, artistic director Katherine Ferrier, Northampton, MA, company
member – improvisatory dance theater group May 2004 Kelly
Parsley, Northampton, MA, Slow Learner,
dancer / actress, Smith College Grad Event Nov. 2003 Susan
Waltner, Northampton, MA, I Am Walking…,
dancer, Smith College Faculty Concert March 2003 Jacqueline Kinsman, Northampton, MA, Heavenly Honeys, dancer, Smith College Spring Concert Feb. 2003 Christina
Tsoules, Northampton, MA, Framed,
dancer, Smith College MFA Concert and Cold Duck Complex music video Nov. 2002 Tere
O’Conner, South Hadley, MA, Danger Garden,
dancer, Mount Holyoke College Faculty Concert July 2001 Liz
Lerman Dance Exchange, Lewiston, ME, Hallelujah: In
Praise of the Creative Spirit, dancer, Bates Dance Festival
Faculty Concert 1994 – 00 Groundwerx
Dance Theatre: co-artistic directors Heather Ahern,
Peter Bramante, Donna Meierdiercks and Cathy
Nicoli, Providence, RI, created original roles in over 12 works
1997 – 99 Big Nazo Puppets,
Providence, RI, puppeteer, Columbia Arts Festival (Columbia, MD), Fleet Center
(Boston, MA) 1996 MTV / Ben Folds Five,
Phoenix, AZ, Underground, dancer, music video 1996 Invisible Theatre, New
York, NY, Fall of the House of Usher, dancer, Chelsea Playhouse (New York, NY),
Trinity and Perishable Theaters (Providence, RI) 1994 Gary
Shore, Barrington, RI, Backyard,
dancer / actress, Carriage House Theater (Providence, RI), Pontine Movement
Theater (Portsmouth, NH) Professional
Choreography (Date, title, number of dancers
and place of premiere) 2004 Weather Room, 5 dancers, Smith College, MA 2003 Duration
Beach, 12 dancers, Smith College, MA 2002 Bare, solo, Smith College, MA 2001 Deadline, one dancer, one percussionist,
one actor and one painter, Bates Dance
Festival, ME 2000 Where Beauty Lay Sleeping, solo, Carriage House Theater, RI 2000 Spuds
Capades Cabaret, open, AS220 Arts Space, RI 1999 Home in the Holler (version one), 4 dancers, Roger
Williams University, RI 1999 Home
in the Holler (version two), solo, Carriage House Theater, Providence RI 1998 The Oddity and the Ecstasy, in collaboration with GDT, 4 dancers, one musician, Rhode Island School
of Design, RI 1997 The
10th Venture Community Project, in collaboration with GDT, 11
dancers, Trinity Repertory Theater, RI 1997 Lasagna Capades Cabaret, open, AS220 Arts Space, RI 1996 Underground (music video), choreographer’s
assistant, large group, MTV and Ben Folds Five, on location:
Phoenix, AZ 1996 Recommended Daily Allowance, 4 dancers, Trinity Repertory Theater, RI 1996 Fall of the House of Usher, in collaboration with GDT and
Invisible Theater, 4 dancers, 3 actors, Perishable Theater, RI 1996 Stacking Our Sugar Cubes, 4 dancers, Roger Williams University,
RI 1995 Melancholy
Rose, duet, Rhode Island College, RI 1995 Dirt
Capades Cabaret, open, AS220 Arts Space, RI 1994 Finding Room, Dick and Jane: Place of Departure, assistant to Peter Bramante,
duet, Carriage House Theater, RI 1994 Down
the Dip, 5 dancers, Carriage House Theater, RI 1994 Dyin’
Alive for Ya, solo, Perishable Theater, RI Additional
TRAINING Modern: Alexandra
Bellar, Sean Curran, David Dorfman, Doug Elkins, Kathleen Hermesdorf, Bebe Miller,
Jim Lapore, Lloyd Newson, Lisa Race and Richard Seigal Contact
Improvisation: Nancy Stark Smith,
Steve Paxton Ballet: Jim Martin, Kathy
Smith, and Jacqueline Villamill Jazz: Lynn Simonson and
Paula Vinzi Yoga: Tom Gillette and
Peggy Schwartz Cultural
Forms: Brazilian, Capoiera,
Swing, Javanese, and Afro-Caribbean Dance
Festivals: Bearnstow Multi-Arts
Intensive (’03, ‘02) Bates
Dance Festival (’01, ’00, ’99, ’86) American
College Dance Festival Winter Intensive (’00) White
Mountain Dance Festival (’91, ‘90) and Jacob’s Pillow (’87) Additional Experience Bearnstow,
Mount Vernon, ME Internship (’04, ’03): §
Assisted
general operations, under the direction of Bebe Miller and Ruth Grauert Groundwerx
Dance Theatre, Providence, RI Co-Director of Dance Education (’98 – ‘00): §
Developed,
created and taught over 50 site specific school programs that integrated the
concepts of multiple intelligence and experiential learning for participants
of all ages Bookings Coordinator (’98 – ’00): §
Sought
new venues for the company’s education and performance outreach. Administered such outreach. Studio Manager and Programmer (’97 – ‘00) §
Initiated
a new series of educational and health and well-being programs called GoodFridays. §
Organized
the schedule of free-lance teachers and maintenance volunteers, alongside the
company’s class and rehearsal schedule. Production Staff (’94 – ’00) §
Worked
on all company put-ins and strikes. References
available upon request. |
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