my name is nicHi.

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i am a maker.

i am a performer.

i am an ARTIVIST.

i am a human.

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i am a 2021 Broadway Women's Fund Woman to Watch on Broadway.

i am a 2021 Princess Grace Award - Gant Gaither Theatre Honor Winner.

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i have a BFA in Drama from NYU/Tisch School of the Arts,

where i teach in the Playwrights Horizons Theater School studio. i was formerly the Head of the Movement Department and now serve on the Faculty Leadership Committee.

i deeply value the opportunity i have been given to hold educational space with my students at Tisch. i am so thankful for the education i have received in my life, and pour every ounce of that gratitude into my teaching responsibilities. 

i also occasionally guest lecture at Yale School of Drama.

 

i make experimental theater.

some traditional titles that describe what i do include director, choreographer and playwright; i like to think of myself as a Maker. and i am grateful to Ars Nova for creating space in this industry for artists like me.

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i have been dancing for over 20 years. 

i have been choreographing for about that long, too.

i have a Masters in Creative Writing from The New School.

 

i make Black theater.

this means that my target audience is Black folkx.

all are welcome; Black folkx are prioritized.

i am particularly proud to celebrate Black womxn & femmes in everything that i make.

 

i believe in children.

if i could do anything else in this life, i think i’d be a full-time preschool teacher.

i started a small business called BK Play! in 2016. BK Play! is currently a roaming art collective that encourages imaginative play for children ages 2-10. one day, i hope to open a brick and mortar storefront in my neighborhood of Crown Heights.

 

it can't hurt to articulate again: i am an artist.

as such, i believe it is my responsibility to project hope into the world through everything that i make.

i hope my art contributes to the legacy of artists that have come before me:

Lucille Clifton

Gwendolyn Brooks 

Maya Angelou 

Toni Morrison 

Alvin Ailey 

Adrienne Kennedy 

Katherine Dunham 

Ntozake Shange 

Nikki Giovanni 

Suzan Lori Parks 

bell hooks 

Faith Ringgold 

Tracy Chapman

Sonia Sanchez

and Claudia Rankine.