A Montreal native, Nubian Nene is a well-versed
dancer/choreographer finding her inspiration in the
hip hop, house, waacking and breaking styles, weaving
them to create her unique approach. Her ability to
expand her creativity into a choreographer, performer,
producer, director, host, makes her an asset to any
project. In 2007, she joins the canadian company
BluePrintForLife, who teaches the principles and values
of the Hip Hop Culture, that aims to facilitate some of
the social issues in the Inuit communities of Northern
Canada. She has done as many as fifteen weekly trips
as a teacher and facilitator. Nubian Nene pursues her
teaching career participating in multiple dance
festivals such as the Ladies of Hip Hop Festival (LOHH)
in Vienna, New York, Los Angeles and Toronto, the
Illadelph & Funky Fundamentals in Philadelphia, and
the Block Party in Boulder, just to name a few. Her
experience as a dancer, choreographer and teacher
will bring her to explore and share in Europe and Asia.
In 2011, she dances with Jody Watley at the Gramercy
Theater (NYC), with Cecilia Marta Dance Company for
Summer Stage, and in the Hip Hop Kung Fu production
by Buddha Stretch at the Asian Society. A waacking
ambassador, she is featured in the Fox News Good Day
New York segment celebrating Soul Train’s 40th
anniversary. In 2013, she performs with the
KINEMATIK Dance Theater for the Fringe Festival in
both New York and Hollywood, performs with the New
York based dance company Full Circle for the
Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon and later on
at the New Victory Theater (NYC). Nubian Nene is
featured as a dancer in Jose James’ videos (Every Little
Thing & Peace Power Change) and in the Michelle
Williams video Say Yes. In the fall of 2014, she joins
the canadian-based Bboyizm Dance Company and
performs in Evolution and Music Creates Opportunity.
They have toured in Fredericton, Vancouver and
Toronto. Nubian Nene is a reference point in the
Ladies Battle (LOHH) as the MC for the last 5 years, and
she has presented many of her choreographic work
and teaching expertise at that festival for the last 10
years. In 2015, she co-creates with Dominique-Sophie
for the Montreal based 100lux festival their first house
dance duo Tout’seulensemble. Nubian Nene is
constantly in search of opportunities to produce, to
direct, to choreograph, to teach, to create, and with
that being said, she invests in an artist residency
Lawayaka, which took place in the aboriginal
community of Kuna (Panama), where she will re-work
her STANCE solo, in a community-based direction and
in situ. In 2016, she co-creates with her dance crew
Flow Rock/LEGZ, LEGADO, a breaking piece paying
homage to those who came before, those influencing
now, in hopes of a brighter future for generations to
come. It is presented in 2017 at la Place des Arts in
Montreal, and is chosen to tour the city part of a
cultural mediation in schools and cultural theaters. In
2017, she dances for the emerging choreographer
Frak in Fraking Trip: A Journey through Hip Hop,
presented at the ‘off-Broadway’ Elektra Theater. A
Lady in the House Dance Co. is Nubian Nene’s dance
company created in 2013 which aims to gather strong
performers in her community to create, inspire,
empower and bring together the multi-disciplinary
tools she’s acquired through like-minded creatives
from film to performances alike.b She’s presented Lato
Oscuro (2013), Fancifull (2014), Lux E Tenebris (2015),
Rainbow Queens (2016), STANCE (2016/2018),
Essence Experience (2017), Justify (2018), Come On
Down (2018), Adios Love (2018), R A L L Y (2018).
She’s created a community project called Crown
Heights Creatives through the Haiti Cultural Exchange
platform as a resident artist which encouraged farming
and its importance in the Haitian culture. In the Fall
of 2018, Nubian Nene tours the US with the Hip Hop
Nutcracker Company, playing one of the main roles
“Mom”. A mantra; let the music inspire you, and get
inspired from it, let your dance be inspired, and inspire
through it.
