NIA LOVE

Open Level Modern Roots & Int Modern Roots - For Nia’s Class Schedule Click Here

Nia Love earned her M.F.A. in Dance with distinction from Florida State University in Choreography and her BFA in Theatre Directing from Howard University. Nia has performed and produced over 30 choreographies from New York to California and Accra to Paris. She trained in Cuba with Alicia Alonzo in ballet, Japan with Min Tanaka in Butoh, and with King Osei Tutu II in traditional Court dancing of Ghana. Love serves as Associate Director and Artist consultant of seven time award winning Documentary film- Bringing in da Spirit, a look into African-American midwives from the turn of the century to the present, presently associate producer for Lou.Production- Filmworks. Nia Love is a two-time award recipient of the prestigious Fulbright Fellow Award for research and teaching in Ghana2000-2002. Presently, her work has been showcased at Sadler’s Wells (London, England), The Joyce Theater, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Central Park’s Summer stage, Dance Theater Workshop, Symphony Space and Dancenow Festival. Ms. Love has served as Adjunct Professor and/ or Guest Lecturer at Manhattanville College, Barnard College and Sarah Lawrence College, Smith College, University of Florida State University. She has currently joined forces with Marjani Forte and has co-created a collaborative collective- LOVE|FORTE the collective. Nia Love has taught at Dance New Amsterdam for 17 years now and is excited to be among some of the most prestigious teacher, artist innovators in New York City.

Class Description

This class starts with short continuous “yoga/modern” based warm up exercises engaging the mind and inner core. Initially these exercises focus on the range of skeletal-muscular motion through sequential conical rotations, isolation, weight shifts and a grounded approach to a translucent and crisp technique. Subsequently, Love’s incorporates a clean and classical modern approach, with Pan African, Butoh, funk, blues and lyrical styles. Phrases range from intense, sensitive and expressive to athletic rhythmic punctuated or fluid. The goal; to break down our preconceptions of physical limitations and encourages the discovery of our deep breadth and inner power!