about nicole
Nicole is co-founder and artistic director of Boston based dance company Evolve Dynamicz. She studied Physics and Dance as an undergraduate at University of Rochester, where she trained under her mentor Missy Pfohl Smith—artistic director of BIODANCE and director of Program of Dance and Movement at the University of Rochester. After graduating college, Nicole moved to the Boston area where she quickly found herself immersed in the rich and vibrant Boston dance community. In October 2015 Nicole and her co-founding partner, Lisa Giancola, started Evolve Dynamicz. Nicole completed her Master's of Architecture in 2021 at Northeastern University where she is currently working as the Graduate Program Manager within the School of Architecture. She is also a part-time lecturer in Northeastern's graduate Experience Design program where her research in embodiment and data somatics investigates how dance may be used as a tool for fostering data literacy. Her creative practice has become a means of processing her own lived-experience as a disabled dancer and through various performances, productions, workshops (and more) with Evolve Dynamicz. She uses dance as a means of de-stigmatizing conversations surrounding disability, mental health, and their inherent intersections.


Photos by Jeremiah Washington