Nicole Nigro Demo Reel 2019. Photo: Mara Giammattei 2019.
skin to skin 2020. A short film presented by Hercinia Arts Collective for (Un)usual Spaces - A Virtual Art Party. Concept & Direction: Nicole Nigro (CAN). Sound: Cory Neale (USA). Collaborating Performers: Cory Neale (USA), Nicole Nigro (CAN), Faith Sullivan (USA), Sloane Teagle (USA), Johannes Zits (CAN).
MARHABAN 2019. What would be Red without Blue? A physical theatre performance geared towards young audiences. Creation & Interpretation Nicole Nigro & Felix Baumann with Diyar Theatre. Photo: Raed Hazboun. Premiered 30.08.19-05.09.19 in Bethlehem, PSE. Support: European Cultural Fund. To read a bit more about our travels in the West Bank click here!
SHIFT 2019. An attempt to find liberation within a controlled state, to relinquish control to the witness and experience their instructions. Can we find autonomy within a dictatorship? Who shapes my state? My corporeal state? My emotional state? My psychological state? My spiritual state? My conscious state? My autonomic state? Who controls my transitioning state? Can I liberate my body within a constant state of oppression? Can we liberate our bodies? Their bodies? Creation & Interpretation: Nicole Nigro. Photo: Chris Blanchenot. Premiered at Pi*llOry part 2 curated by Holly Timpener in Toronto, CA.
AUGUR (excerpt) 2014. A site-situated traveling performance experiment in consciousness mapping, migration and meaning. Creation & Interpretation: Maré Hieronimus & Nicole Nigro. Sound: Cory Neale. Video: Jeremy Frindel. Collaborating Performers: Maurizio Campani, Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Brianna MacLellan, Anne Marion-Gallois, Susan Myhr Fritz Video of live performance and video edit by James Sapione for the chashama Summer Performance Series.
Oracle (excerpt) 2014. A collaborative performance event investigating the role of the oracle in contemporary life. Creation: Nicole Nigro & Cory Neale. Collaborators: Maré Hieronimus, Alex Kramer, Adriana Segurado Mendez & Christos Galanis. Video: Tanja London. Video Edit: Maré Hieronimus. Presented by The E|MERGE Interdisciplinary Artist Residency, Earthdance Centre in Plainfield, MA.
go tell fire 2015. A work exploring the value of success & failure, laughter & tears, life & death. Choreography: Nicole Nigro. Dancers: Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre Core Apprentice Company. Music: Heather McIntosh & Peter Jack Rainbird. When I Rise: origin is unknown, believed to have been adapted from a poem by Wendell Berry; Wendell said that he had heard the words from an old Buddhist mantra. No copyright Infringement Intended. Photo: Angela Lewis.
Disco Oracle - Dance piece for Nicole Nigro 2010. A work based on the greek goddesses and disco queens. Choreography: Jonathan Osborn. Music "Fantazja" Max Skiba. Interpretation: Nicole Nigro.
förstå 2009. A multi-media dance work exploring the falability of language. The short film is projected behind a solo dancer. Choreography & Direction: Nicole Nigro. Camera & Editing: Daniel Santana & Sean Sprague. Music is "Lykke Li-Dance, Dance, Dance", sound recording administered by: EMI 2009.
HUA (huu-aah) 2019. The solo is an excerpt of SIMER, a collaboration between Nicole Nigro & Heidee Alsdorf. Taking inspiration from cultural and societal projections of what it is to be a woman, HUA welcomes spectators to question subjective and objective ideas of the feminine. Creation & Interpretation: Nicole Nigro. Sound: Cory Neale, with generous vocal contributions from Heidee Alsdorf, Kelsa Dine, Sherrie Ingram, Vanessa Jane Kimmons, Melanie Neu, Nancy Nigro & Lisa Stewart. Dramaturgy: Meredith Thompson. Photo: Omer Yukseker. Premiered 09.11.2019 as part of DANCE MATTERS in Toronto, CA. With the support of kulturscio’k live art collective in the context of the kulturfactory project & with generous support from The Canada Council for the Arts.
Orient-Occident 2019. A solo exploring different kinetic and choreographic approaches to the interpretation of Iannis Xenakis’ electroacoustic score of the same name. Creation & Interpretation: Nicole Nigro. Music: Iannis Xenakis. Dramaturgy: Drosia Triantaki & Dani Joss. Photo: George Konstantinidis. Premiered at Unit Motives: GRM in collaboration with Die Wolke Art Group in Thessaloniki, Greece.
limoni 2016. Explorations of body, landscape & lemons in Chianti, Italy. Creation & Interpretation: Nicole Nigro. Music: Cory Neale. Video: Lisa Hayes. Sculpture: David Hollander. Support: La Macina di San Cresci.
AUGUR (excerpt) 2016. A ritual performance exploring consciousness, migration, and meaning. Creation & Interpretation: Project|Oracle (Maré Hieronimus, Nicole Nigro, Cory Neale) for the CURRENT SESSIONS, Volume VI, Issue I Wild Project, NYC. Video: Jacob Hiss
Ford Advantage (excerpt) 2015. A work exploring minivans, privilege, and the intersection of joy and grief. Researched and developed at Ponderosa Movement & Discovery in Stolzenhagen, Germany. Creation & Interpretation: Nicole Nigro. Projection & Sound Score: Cory Neale. Music: Odetta (no copyright infringement intended). Video: Tessa Kate Broadby.
Some Times (excerpt) 2014. A site-specific traveling experiment in sensation & instruction. Co-creation & Interpretation: Deborah Black, Paula Montecinos, & Nicole Nigro. Music: The Walkmen, Blue as Your Blood, Lisbon 2010. No copyright infringement intended. Video: Tim Rynders. Premiered at Ponderosa Movement & Discovery, Stolzenhagen, Germany.
Elysian Fields 2013. A creation centered around the concept of modern-day heroes. Choreography & Costume: Nicole Nigro. Dancers: Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre CORE Apprentices. Music: Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlen. No copyright infringement intended. Videography: Eddie Kastrau.
Effigy - PHANTOM WING: A Pre-demolition Project 2013. Creation & Interpretation: Six of Hearts Collective - Luna Allison, Tomas Jonsson, , Brianna MacLellan, Nicole Nigro, Holly Timpener & Alma Visscher.
Nicole Nigro Demo Reel 2013. Video: Alanna Kraaijeveld. Photo: David Hou.