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Nicole Pearce

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Bio

 

Nicole Pearce is a multidisciplinary artist living in Queens, NY. Her work has been seen across the United States, Cuba, England, Germany, Japan, Korea, Italy, New Zealand, and Russia. Recent works include The Look of Love choreographed by Mark Morris with the Mark Morris Dance Group, Catch Me If You Can Directed by Molly Smith with Arena Stage (Helen Hayes Award Nomination), and Children’s Songs by Choreographed by Jessica Lang with American Ballet Theatre. Her installation of 1,000 paintings entitled Tiny Paintings for Big Hearts is open to doctors, nurses, staff, and patients of Elmhurst Hospital in Elmhurst, NY.

 

THEATER & OPERA

L’ORFEO by Luigi Rossi Directed by Mary Birnbaum The Juilliard School NYC

CELIA AND FIDEL by Edwardo Machado Directed by Molly Smith Arena Stage Washington DC

TINY PAINTINGS FOR BIG HEARTS Installation for Elmhurst Hospital NYC - Nicole Pearce is one of 3,000 New York City-based artists to receive $5,000 through the City Artist Corps Grants program, presented by The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), with support from the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) as well as Queens Theatre. As well as support of the Gallim Moving Women Residency.

DETROIT 67 by Dominique Morisseau Directed by Jade King Carroll McCarter Theater NJ & Hartford Stage CT

ELEKTRA by Richard Strauss Directed by Brian Staufenbeil Minnesota Opera MN

INTIMATE APPAREL by Lynn Nottage Directed by Jade King Carroll McCarter Theater NJ

KATYA KABANOVA by Leos Janacek Directed by Stephen Wadsworth The Juilliard School NYC

DAS RHINEGOLD by Richard Wagner Directed by Brian Staufenbeil Minnesota Opera MN

1000 TONGUES performed by Nini Julia Bang Directed by Samantha Shay Reykjavik Iceland - Griman Award Nomination Best Lighting

RECYCLING WASHI TALES Directed by Elise Thoron Artist Kyoko Ibe The Asia Society NYC

HAVING OUR SAY by Emily Mann Directed by Jade King Carroll Long Wharf & Hartford Stage CT

A DELICATE SHIP by Anna Ziegler Directed by Margot Bordelon The Playwrights Realm NYC

AUTUMN'S HARVEST by Dominique Morriseau Directed by Jade King Carroll Lincoln Center Education NYC

DETROIT by Lisa D’Amour Directed by Maria Mileaf Philadelphia Theater Company

THE AMISH PROJECT by Jessica Dickey Directed by Sarah Cameron Sunde The Gutherie Theater MN

MY MANANA COMES by Elizabeth Irwin Directed by Chay Yew The Playwrights Realm NYC

THE LAW OF RETURN by Martin Blank Directed by Elise Thoron The 4th Street Theater NYC - IT Award Outstanding Lighting Design

TROUBLE IN MIND by Alice Childress Directed by Jade King Carroll Two River Theater NJ

LONDON WALL by John Van Druten Directed by Davis McCallum The Mint Theater Company NYC

ONE NIGHT by Charles Fuller Directed by Clinton Turner Davis The Cherry Lane Theater NYC

THE GOLDEN DRAGON by Roland Schimmelpfennig Directed by Ed Sylvanus Iskandar The Play Company

 

DANCE

Collaborations in dance includes work with chorographers Mark Morris, Jessica Lang, John Heginbotham, Aszure Barton, Brian Brooks, Kyle Abraham, Robert Battle, Alexander Ekaman, Sonya Tayeh, Andrea Miller, Jorma Elo, & Annabelle Lopez-Ochoa along with companies including Joffrey Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Houston Ballet, Boston Ballet, Finnish National Opera, Gallim, Mark Morris Dance Group, Dance Heginbotham, Jessica Lang Dance, Aszure & Artists, Hubbard Street, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Birmingham Royal Ballet, The National Ballet of Japan, Malpaso Dance of Havana Cuba, Nederlands Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre & New York City Ballet.