Nicholas LaMaina

is a dance and movement artist originally from South Florida and currently based in New York City.


Nick studies at The Juilliard School, class of 2025, under the direction of Alicia Graf Mack and Mario Alberto Zambrano.

He has attended numerous dance programs, notably at Nederlands Dans Theater, Suzanne Dellal Centre (GagaLab), The School at Jacob’s Pillow, b12 Festival, and Orsolina28.

Nick performed in Sharon Eyal’s North American premiere of R.O.S.E. alongside her company, L-E-V. He has also performed works by Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber, Jermaine Spivey, Johannes Weiland, Camille A. Brown, Yue Yin, Studio Wayne Mcgregor and Antoine Vereecken, and Annamari Keskinen and Ryan Mason, and Sidra Bell. In March, he will perform in a new creation commission by Adi Schwarz in Salt Lake City, Utah.

As a choreographer, Nick has had his work featured in Juilliard’s Choreographic Honors and in Senior Production 2025. Nick has choreographed over 15 dance works at Juilliard and creates work around New York City and South Florida for pre-professional students.

Nick was awarded Finalist in Modern/Contemporary Dance from The National YoungArts Foundation in 2022.

Nick is currently a part of the Gluck Community Service Fellowship - sharing dance as a healing power through community performances.