Nicole Bradley Browning (she/her)
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION BLDG. EAST TEMPE, AZ 85287
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Mail code: 2602Campus: Tempe
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I am a dance artist and educator respectfully located in Gilbert, AZ. I have danced, performed, improvised, presented choreography, and taught throughout the United States, Indonesia and Taiwan. Over the course of my professional career, I’ve created and collaborated on more than 50 dances in diverse genres focusing on the complexity of relationships and the connection between people and place. After serving as the Head of Dance and Professor of Dance at the University of Montana for 20 years, I returned to my alma mater, Arizona State University to serve as Clinical Assistant Professor of Dance and Coordinator of the Graduate Program. I have been honored to hold faculty positions at Bucknell University (PA) and Dance Place (DC). I have taught for the National Dance Association in Taiwan as well as the Global Dance Summit hosted at Taipei National University of the Arts. My co-authored article, “Taiwan’s Female Choreographer’s: A Generation in Transition” was published in the 2012 book, Identity and Diversity: Celebrating Dance In Taiwan. I served as the Northwest Regional Director of the American College Dance Association from 2014-2023. I have been a recipient of grants from both Dance USA and the NEA. I specialize in teaching contemporary modern dance, contemporary ballet, contact improvisation, improvisation, and dance making practices. In all of my practices, I seek to nurture collective respect for individuality, signature and voice. I strive to model empathy, authenticity and kindness while nudging communities toward rigorous research in body and mind. I am honored to engage with the broad ASU and local Arizona communities.
M.F.A Dance Performance and Choreography, Arizona State University, 2000
B.A. English and Education, Dance Minor, Bucknell University, 1997
