Faculty

MIA NARDINI~Hip Hop~ Mia has been dancing since the age of 2 and has been part of the farmingtonDance "Raw Energy" Dance Company since age 7. She is an accomplished performer with the New York City Dance Alliance, being accepted into the NYCDA Summer Dance Intensive for the past 3 years. She has worked with such choreographers as Tony Award Winning Director/Choreographer Jerry Mitchell, Tony Award Winning Choreographer Andy Blankenbuhler, Tony Award Nominee A.C. Ciulla. Emmy Award Winning Mia Michaels, Jason Parsons, Joe Lanteri, Suzi Taylor as well as many other notables in the field. She will again perform "An Evening of Ballet" under American Ballet Theatre's Adam Holmes. As a child, Mia graced many toy boxes! Mia's enthusiasm and love of her students give them the opportunity to thrive and grow in all her classes.

NIKOLE LA CHIOMA ~ Contemporary ~ For the past nineteen years Ms. LaChioma’s life has revolved around dance. She performed the role of Clara with Hartford Ballet’s Nutcracker & Snow Queen with Connecticut Dance Theater, and also performed with Wayne Sleep and the National Youth Ballet of Great Britain in Kent, in Scotland at the Aberdeen Youth Festival, with the Scottish Ballet (Ken Burke) and at His Majesty’s Theater. Locally she has performed at the Bridgeport Music Festival with the Commodores and Ashford and Simpson, on The Exchange television program and at the Klein Memorial Theater. Her theatrical experience includes plays and dance performances which include the role of Ariel in Footloose, Staples Summer Theater, Ms. Bell in Fame for Artsports, and many others. Nikole has been a choreographer for many local theater productions over the past seven years. Shehas a B.F.A. Dance Major and B.A. Musical Theater Minor at Marymount Manhattan in NYC.
Recently Nikole was in her first music video for the band Just Surrender which was released on MTV. Ms. LaChioma recently set two of her pieces of choreography on the professional company, Florida Dance Theatre; and has had another piece of her work accepted for performance at the International Dance Festival-NYC 2007. This summer Nikole will have two pieces of her choreography presented at “Solstice In Times Square: Dancers at the Crossroads”, a benefit concert sponsored by BCEFA and DRA for notable professional dance companies. She currently was named one of six choreographers for Dancers At Work at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City.


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		KYM NASH ~ Artistic Director ~ Kym has performed with professional dance & theater companies in New York, Chicago & Connecticut. Her choreography has been seen in National TV Commercials, the stages of Disney World, Trinity College, Albertus Magnus College, St. Margaret McTernan & Miss Porter’s School, where she was on faculty, and area regional theaters including the Wadsworth Athenaeum. She was selected to choreograph “The Tournament” which won the Andrew Lloyd Webber Award, and her shows “In The Pink” & “Dorothy’s Return to Oz” won the Dorothy Mullins Arts & Humanities Award. She received the ultimate compliment from NYCdance.com">New York City Dance Alliance being awarded The Critic’s Choice Award for choreography...THREE TIMES! Her dancers have performed across the USA as well as the UK. Kym was the official choreographer for The Radio Disney Tune Troup! Her shows have opened for Brittany Spears, headlined at OPSAIL2000 & countless other venues. Kym also has many other accomplishments in her field that she can’t remember anymore, however, her passion for her students is unwavering!



		MIA NARDINI~Hip Hop~ Mia has been dancing since the age of 2 and has been part of the farmingtonDance "Raw Energy" Dance Company since age 7. She is an accomplished performer with the New York City Dance Alliance, being accepted into the NYCDA Summer Dance Intensive for the past 3 years. She has worked with such choreographers as Tony Award Winning Director/Choreographer Jerry Mitchell, Tony Award Winning Choreographer Andy Blankenbuhler, Tony Award Nominee A.C. Ciulla. Emmy Award Winning Mia Michaels, Jason Parsons, Joe Lanteri, Suzi Taylor as well as many other notables in the field. She will again perform "An Evening of Ballet" under American Ballet Theatre's Adam Holmes. As a child, Mia graced many toy boxes! Mia's enthusiasm and love of her students give them the opportunity to thrive and grow in all her classes. NIKOLE LA CHIOMA ~ Contemporary ~ For the past nineteen years Ms. LaChioma’s life has revolved around dance. She performed the role of Clara with Hartford Ballet’s Nutcracker & Snow Queen with Connecticut Dance Theater, and also performed with Wayne Sleep and the National Youth Ballet of Great Britain in Kent, in Scotland at the Aberdeen Youth Festival, with the Scottish Ballet (Ken Burke) and at His Majesty’s Theater. Locally she has performed at the Bridgeport Music Festival with the Commodores and Ashford and Simpson, on The Exchange television program and at the Klein Memorial Theater. Her theatrical experience includes plays and dance performances which include the role of Ariel in Footloose, Staples Summer Theater, Ms. Bell in Fame for Artsports, and many others. Nikole has been a choreographer for many local theater productions over the past seven years. Shehas a B.F.A. Dance Major and B.A. Musical Theater Minor at Marymount Manhattan in NYC. Recently Nikole was in her first music video for the band Just Surrender which was released on MTV. Ms. LaChioma recently set two of her pieces of choreography on the professional company, Florida Dance Theatre; and has had another piece of her work accepted for performance at the International Dance Festival-NYC 2007. This summer Nikole will have two pieces of her choreography presented at “Solstice In Times Square: Dancers at the Crossroads”, a benefit concert sponsored by BCEFA and DRA for notable professional dance companies. She currently was named one of six choreographers for Dancers At Work at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City. "FarmingtonDANCE is a fabulous place for kids and adults alike to learn the art of dance. What a gem to have right here in the Farmington Valley!" ~Kipling Gottshall~ 5 stars! 133 River Road, Canton CT 860.693.1800 info@farmingtondance.com