Nicole Caruana

Nicole Caruana was introduced to dance in loving local dance studios, Karyn Kelly Dance Center and later, Classical Ballet of Western New York. She learned to embrace passion for movement in non-competitive environments that nurtured her love to move.

She attended the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase College. At Purchase she cultivated a deep love for collaboration, creation, and expressive creativity. Nicole performed in pieces of Ohad Naharin, Saar and Lee Harari, Doug Varone, Alex Ketley, Alessio Silvestrin, Hannes Langolf, Sarah Dowling, Geir Hytten, Nicole VonArx, Earl Mosely, Kevin Wynn, Sue Bernhard, 

As a freelance choreographer, Nicole received commissions to create new works for Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, BalletX, Joffrey Ballet School, and her own projects. 

In 2017 she founded UANA DANS, as her own creative home from which she choreographs and (co)dances. With her piece Arba she won the first prize and the Scapino Production Award at the international competition for choreographers in Hannover, Germany.