Nina Flagg

Background

About Nina Flagg

Nina Flagg is a LA native, Dance Artist, Choreographer, and Educator. Her movement foundations began with Gymnastics, Classical Ballet, and Modern Dance followed by studies in West African Dance, Tap, and Hip-Hop/Street Dance. She attended Los Angeles County High School for the Arts and excelled under the tutelage of the acclaimed LACHSA dance faculty. After earning from a degree in Sociology and a Specialization in Communications from UCLA, she relocated to the East Coast and began working with Rennie Harris, Artistic Director of the Philadelphia-based Hip-Hop dance company “Rennie Harris Puremovement.” Nina toured with the company for five years as a principal dancer. She continued her artistic relationship with Harris and went on to set four of his original works on The Alvin Ailey Company as Rehearsal Director/Assistant Choreographer. Over the past two decades, Nina’s work has evolved as an embodied intersection between multiple movement traditions, explored through the lens of Hip-Hop consciousness. The plurality of her training and practice has lent itself to a diverse career in concert dance, television, and academia. As an educator, Nina has been on faculty and/or served as guest faculty at CalArts, UCLA, Connecticut College, Bennington College, and LMU. She has worked with such artists as Prince, Tina Turner, Bette Midler, Beyoncé, Chris Brown, Solange, Will Smith, and J Balvin. Her choreography has been featured on The Grammy’s, TV Land Awards, ABC, ESPN, NBC/Peacock, and Flight Path Dance Company. Her television appearances include The Oscars, The Today Show, MTV, and Good Morning America. In May 2021, she completed her fifth and final year as full-time dance faculty in the CalArts School of Dance. During her time there, she created courses in Contemporary and Hip-Hop Technique, Hip-Hop Composition and Repertory. Nina also traveled to India on behalf of the CalArts School of Dance to expand the school's international presence and develop artistic exchange opportunities with dance artists in Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru and Kolkata. During her final year, Nina is a founding member of the CalArts Anti-Racism Task Force, dedicated to creating and upholding standards for anti-racist pedagogy, art-making, and community engagement. Currently, Nina is continuing her practice as a, choreographer and guest artist for organizations such as CLI Studios, and LA Dance Project. As a BIPOC Artist/Educator, Nina remains passionate about creating curricular strategies for equitable, multi-generational engagement in dance education and live performance.