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Faculty Bio - Nicole McClam

Nicole McClam (she/her)

Professor Nicole McClam dancing on stage, lifting paper shreds everywhere

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Office: RFK 216L


Teaching Introduction to the Art of Dance, Workshop, Repertory, Modern Dance and Ballet, Nicole Y. McClam, (Assistant Professor) CMA, MFA, received her MFA in Dance while also pursuing her studies in the Laban Certification Program at the University of Maryland. She has a BFA in Dance Performance and a BA in Chemistry from East Carolina University. She enjoys exploring the awesomeness of dance with her students and has taught at Howard Community College, American University, University of Maryland in Baltimore County, Texas Tech University, and the State University of New York at Potsdam.

A Washington, DC native, she was a long-time member of Dance Place resident company Deborah Riley Dance Projects. She continues to bounce to and fro as a member of B3W Performance Group, danceTactics, and Circle O/Kayla Hamilton Projects based.  Her choreography, described as, “beautifully moving through internal and external cycles of imitation, instruction, revolt, struggle, instability, and support,” has been presented in Washington, DC, Baltimore, MD, Brooklyn, NY, Lubbock, TX, Potsdam, NY.

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