Julia Battist
A person who lives to dance, lives FOR dance, and then dances with that special passion that carries audiences all the way to ecstasy, Nicole Baker lives the rigorous life of a New York City-based performing artist competing for success against all the known odds – and a few unknown odds as well – in the toughest of environments where success never comes easy.
Nicole received her BFA in dance performance from Adelphi University, graduating Summa Cum Laude. At AU, she performed the works of Martha Graham, Orion Duckstein, Takehiro Ueyama, Paul Taylor, and Jiří Kylián. Currently, she serves as the Rehearsal Director and Company Manager for Eryc Taylor Dance. Nicole most recently traveled to Mumbai, India for a three week tour to perform in an exclusive industrial with internationally renowned choreographer Nikos Lagousakos in the 2019 Aditya Birla Group Awards.
Her most recent commercial credits include starring in PBS ALL ARTS Climate Artists Series where her work with ETD was a featured episode, a featured dancer in Louis van Amstel’s La Blast for DailyBurn, a performer in Amazon’s The Marvelous Ms. Maisel, and performing background for popstar Meredith O’Connor during New York Fashion Week and the United Nations Youth Summit. Nicole has also worked for project-based choreographers Jaclyn Walsh (KEIGWIN + COMPANY), Chris Bell, Amy Marshall, Kristina Harris, Hollye Bynum, Natalia Roberts, Joelle Consentino, and MaryJohn Frank. (back to Team page)