About Natalia

Natalia Nikitin (she/her) is a New York-based freelance choreographer, performer, and teacher. Originally from Maryland, Natalia trained with Ballet Theater of Maryland and CityDance Conservatory. In 2024, she received her BFA in Dance and a minor in Sociology from NYU Tisch, graduating with honors. In school, she has performed works by José Limón, Andrea Miller, Netta Yerushalmy, Roni Koresh, and Robert Priore. Alongside NYU, she has attended professional programs including B12 Festival, GALLIM, and GagaLab New York. 

Professional performance credits include GALLIM, Tabula Rasa Dance Theater, Lydia Johnson Dance, Dance Theater Mark Bankin, and Selina Chau, performing at venues such as The Joyce, El Museo Del Barrio, and Martha Graham Studio Theater. 

As director & choreographer of Natalia Nikitin & Dancers, her project-based company has performed at Mark Morris Dance Center (Re/Venue NYC), Dixon Place (Dance Bloc NYC), The Wild Project (New York City Fringe Festival), Brooklyn Art Haus (BLOOM Emerging Artist Festival), and Spark Theater (Spark Theater Festival).

Alongside her dance career, Natalia is a Development Apprentice at New York City Center, where she is gaining insight into the funding structures of major performing arts organizations. Her past experience includes roles as a Fundraising Intern with WADE Dance, Production Assistant with GALLIM, Intern for Netta Yerushalmy’s Movement at NYU Skirball, and Front of House Intern at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. As an educator, she has taught youth dance and acting classes with Four Corners Creative and Chrystie Street Ballet.

Natalia's choreography explores movement as unlocking the mind-body connection, using the somatic practices to process and release emotion.