Welcome to My Movement World
Spoiler: It's Not Just Dance
Nicole Leung’s movement training primarily consists of swimming, biking, alpine skiing, bouldering, weightlifting, and cross-country running, with some short dabbles in ball sports. Dance joined that list in 2017, during Nicole’s first semester in college. She finished her undergraduate schooling in 2021 with a B.A. in Integrated Design and Architecture from Colorado College and now works as a web and graphic designer. During her time at CC, she primarily studied ballet with Debra Mercer, supplemented with modern and Hip-Hop classes taught by Shawn Womack, Patrizia Herminjard, and Ron Jules. She continues to explore different movement philosophies and dance styles, with opportunities to perform when time allows. This includes glitter-filled aerial silks events, moody modern dance explorations of our inner minds, and friendly races up the Manitou Incline.
Dance Training
Aerial Hoop/Lyra
- 2024 to present | Katrina Diaz — Urban Cirque
Aerial Silks
- 2025 | Jaime Rockwell — Mountain Shadow Aerial Silks
- 2023 to 2024 | Traesa Smith — Mountain Shadow Aerial Silks
- 2022 to 2023 | Nikki Hernandez — Mountain Shadow Aerial Silks
- 2022 | Jessica Weil — Mountain Shadow Aerial Silks
Ballet
- 2022 to present | Rosy Pigott — Private Lessons for Pointe Work
- 2021 to present | Aoi Koenig — Pikes Peak State College, Ormao Dance Company
- 2022 to 2023 | Kamille Galant — Springs Dance Academy
- 2017 to 2022 | Debra Mercer — Colorado College, Park Hill Dance Academy
Contemporary & Modern
- 2022 to present | Stephanie Kobes-Newcomb — Pikes Peak State College
- 2023 | Jordan McHenry — Ormao Dance Company
- 2021 to 2023 | Kamille Galant — Springs Dance Academy
- 2018 to 2021 | Patrizia Herminjard — Colorado College
- 2018 | Shawn Womack — Colorado College
Dance Trapeze
- 2024 to present | Katrina Diaz — Urban Cirque
Jazz
- 2023 to present | AJ Winkler — Ormao Dance Company
- 2023 to present | Dawn Delaney — Ormao Dance Company
- 2022 to present | Ashley Shute-Oswald — Pikes Peak State College
- 2021 | Angela Simmons — Pikes Peak State College
Hip Hop
- 2023 to present | Ashley Shute Oswald — Pikes Peak State College
- 2023 | Cindy Foley — Pikes Peak State College
- 2018 | Ron Jules — Colorado College
Tap
- 2024 to present | Ashley Shute Oswald — Pikes Peak State College
- 2021 to 2024 | Janessa Turbes — Ormao Dance Company
- 2021 to 2022 | Arica Ares — Springs Dance Academy
Selected Workshops & Master Classes
- 2024 | Chuck Wilt — Contemporary and Improvisation
- 2024 | Ace Fusion & Sabrih Joy — IMPACT Community Bachata
- 2023 | David Dorfman — Moving with Momentum
- 2023 | Rosely Conz — Coco de Roda
- 2023 | Benny Ayala Villaraldo and Ashley Magana — Salsa On2
- 2023 | Rios, Candy, and Lil’ Ceng — It Ain’t Eazy Being Steezy Hip Hop Jam
- 2022, 2023 | Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop — Jazz, African, Hip Hop, Contemporary, Modern Intensive
- 2023 | FLOCK — Contemporary
- 2023 | Tiffany Mills Dance Company — Partnering and Improvisation
- 2022 | Summation Dance — Contemporary
- 2022 | Ballet Hispánico — Contemporary
- 2022 | Gloria Latimer, Ormao Dance Company — Shim Sham Workshop
Selected Performances
2024
- Fall for Dance, Pikes Peak State College
- “Man With The Hex” — Choreographer, Ashley Shute
- “Body Language” — Choreographer, Ashley Shute
- “Laisser Tomber – Meditation of the Autumn Leaves” — Choreographer, Aoi Koenig
- “Temperature” — Choreographer, Ashley Shute
- Silks Student Showcase, Mountain Shadow Aerial Silks
- “Cosmic Love” — Choreographer, Traesa Smith
- Wandering About Wonka’s, Ormao Dance Company
- “The Candy Man” — Choreographer, Jenessa Turbes
- “The Wonkavator” — Choreographer, Dawn Delaney
- “Golden” — Choreographer, AJ Winkler
- Spring Showcase 2024, Pikes Peak State College
- “Rock Around the Clock” — Choreographer, Ashley Shute Oswald
- “Hip Hop Timeline” — Choreographer, Ashley Shute Oswald
2023
- An Urban Nutcracker, Springs Dance Academy and Mountain Shadow Aerial Silks
- “Angels” — Choreographer, Elizabeth Fluharty
- Fall for Dance, High Altitude Dance Ensemble (Pikes Peak State College)
- “Support Structure” — Choreographer, Stephanie Kobes-Newcomb
- “Within Her” — Choreographer, Stephanie Kobes-Newcomb
- “Epiphyllum” (screendance) — Director and Choreographer, Kailani Dobson (Merikai Studio)
- “that blooms at night” — Choreographer, Kim Davagian
- “My Love” — Choreographer, Ashley Shute Oswald
- “Waltzing in the Howl’s Moving Castle” — Choreographer, Aoi Koenig
- “One More Time” — Choreographer, Ashley Shute Oswald
- When Night Meets Day, Ormao Dance Company
- “Inner Hunt” — Choreographer, Jan Johnson
- “that blooms at night” (understudy) — Choreographer, Kim Davagian
- Silks Student Showcase, Mountain Shadow Aerial Silks
- “Dancing Queen” — Choreographer, Traesa Smith
- Waltzing through Wonderland, Ormao Dance Company
- “We’re Late!” — Choreographer, Jenessa Turbes
- “Welcome to Wonderland!” — Choreographer, Dawn Delaney
- Spring Showcase 2023, Pikes Peak State College
- “Break Woman” — Choreographer, Cindy Foley
- “Night of the Dancing Flame” — Choreographer, Ashley Shute Oswald
2022
- Fall for Dance 2022, High Altitude Dance Ensemble (Pikes Peak State College)
- “Water Strands” — Choreographer, Jan Johnson
- “What Gently Sways Also Stays Rooted” — Choreographer, Stephanie Kobes-Newcomb
- “Perennial Awakening” — Choreographer, Stephanie Kobes-Newcomb
- “Saucha…into the sanctuary” — Choreographer, Aoi Koenig
- ”What is Jazz?” — Choreographer, Ashley Shute Oswald
- “Falling Upright into Place 3” (screendance) — Director and Choreographer, Stephanie Kobes-Newcomb
- Silks Students Showcase, Mountain Shadow Aerial Silks
- “Sister” — Choreographer, Nikki Hernández
- reVERB Incubator Residency Project, Pikes Peak State College
- “Resole” — Choreographer, Ashley Shute Oswald
- “Resilience,” — Choreographer, Kaitlyn Bertrand
- “Replace” — Choreographer, David Foster
- Student Performance, Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop — Choreographers, Rachael Harding, Amanda Leise, Lauren Beale, and Helen Estrella
- Back in the Spotlight, Springs Dance Academy
- “Take Me to Church” — Choreographer, Kamille Galant
- “World on a String” — Choreographer, Arica Ares
- “The Envelope, Please” (screendance) — Director and Choreographer, Kirby Kearse
- Spring Showcase 2022, High Altitude Dance Ensemble (Pikes Peak State College)
- “The Feeling You Get at the End of a Season” — Choreographer, Michelle Bernier
- “Serene Descent” — Choreographer, Stephanie Kobes-Newcomb
- “Spring Awakening” — Choreographer, Stephanie Kobes-Newcomb
2021
- An Urban Nutcracker, Springs Dance Academy
- “The Waltz of the Flowers” — Choreographer, Kamille Galant
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Colorado College Music Department
- “The Opium Den” (succubus) — Choreographer, Madison Dillon