Nasrene was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York and has spent the last few years working at multiple Brooklyn-based arts organizations including Brooklyn Arts Exchange, BRIC/Celebrate Brooklyn! and Brooklyn Artists Gym where her work has ranged from artists services and marketing to education and stage managing.   She has also dedicated many years to working annually for GLAAD and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.  When she wasn't working for these wonderful organizations, Nasrene attended Sarah Lawrence College where she studied dance and anthropology and traveled to Florence, Italy to study painting and Italian.  Since graduating in May 2012, Nasrene has worked as the Festival Coordinator for the inaugural BEAT Festival launched THE CREATORS COLLECTIVE and most recently joined the team at A New Seed NYC.  

As an artist, Nasrene has performed in New York City and beyond at venues including St. Marks Church, WOW Café and in Harrisonburg, Virginia.  Her choreography has been presented at Brooklyn Arts Exchange and Sarah Lawrence College, her paintings have been a part of exhibits in Florence, Italy and Bronxville, New York and one of her poems was recently published in the inaugural issue of Kalyani Magazine.  In November, Nasrene returned to Harrisonburg, Virginia to choreograph a work at Dance & Company on their pre-professional teen dance company.  

Nicole developed her passion for stage performance while studying Comparative Literature and Film Analysis at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. She expanded her knowledge base studying set production at the University of New Orleans, which she put to use while working with Boston-based Zero2SixtyCreative.

Since moving to Brooklyn, she has been active in the arts community including working on the production of  “BEAT”, the city-wide Brooklyn Festival in its inaugural year and in addition has founded a youth arts organization called A New Seed NYC which exposes underserved New York City youth to career paths in the arts. 

Nicole has connected with Brooklyn and it’s artistic community.  Each day she enjoys learning from, and exploring, the rich and varied culture of this wonderful borough.

nicolemalagodi@gmail.com

Collectively, the Co-Directors of THE CREATORS COLLECTIVE have worked in New York City at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Louise Blouin Media, BRIC/Celebrate Brooklyn, ARTnews, GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), Churner and Churner, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Gladstone Gallery, BEAT Brooklyn, 511 Gallery, Brooklyn Artist Gym, and in Florence, Italy at Il Ponte Gallery.  

Their positions ranged from artist services to volunteer coordinating, press and marketing to stage managing and social media to event planning, among other roles.  

Together, they have worked on the following choreographic collaborations: a duet entitled “Due,” a dynamic piece developed entirely through chance operations and turn-taking; and “Literally,” a language and movement based project that derived from an exploration of various forms of art and media. (http://literallyslc.tumblr.com/)  

Between projects, they traveled to Florence, Italy where Mila studied Art History and Printmaking and Nasrene studied Italian Cinema and Painting.  Back at Sarah Lawrence College, Mila curated a show in Heimbold Visual Arts Center entitled, "MIRRORS MINDS & IDENTITIES" while Nasrene choreographed an interdisciplinary performance piece layering contemporary dance with live vocal accompaniment and recorded audio from an Italian Neorealist film.  These separate educational and artistic paths led to their mutual desire to create interdisciplinary art pieces together that drew on their knowledge of contemporary American culture  and their passion for visual and performing arts.