Nick Anthony is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, mentor, coach, & entrepreneur based in Los Angeles, CA. Having grown up in a family of versatile artists & small business owners in western Massachusetts, Nick was introduced to the world of entrepreneurship & business management, as well as to the greater communities of dance, music, theatre, entertainment, & the performing arts, at an early age. The family business that had the greatest impact on Nick, however, was none other than his mother & aunt’s dance studio, the Hackworth School of Performing Arts, which was opened by Nick’s great grandfather in 1934 & is currently celebrating its 90th season. While dance was always something Nick was passionate about & enjoyed, it wasn't until his college years at Quinnipiac University that he realized & acted on his desire to move to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the arts & entertainment industry. Shortly following his college graduation in 2010, Nick took what he learned from his Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management degree, as well as his years of dance training & experiences, & dove into the LA dance scene in the fall of 2011. Since then, Nick has been represented by Bloc Talent Agency & Clear Talent Group as a dancer & choreographer & The Movement Talent Agency as a dance educator. His work spans from movies, television, & music videos to commercials, web series, & live shows. Some of his more notable credits as a performer & choreographer thus far include: Dr. Ken, Arrested Development, Dance Moms, All the Right Moves, Real Life: The Musical, Lindsey Stirling, Neon Trees, Kidz Bop, Disney, Coca Cola, Ryan Seacrest Productions, GAP, & the NBA D-League. As a dance educator, Nick has worked with hundreds of studios, schools, colleges, workshops, conventions, competitions, & events & thousands of students across all ages & levels throughout the US, as well as parts of Canada, Central America, & Thailand. He's a regular faculty member for Generation IV (GIV), Dance Educators of America (DEA), Dance Masters of America (DMA), American Dance Awards (ADA), & Move: The Initiative. He has also taught &/or judged for the likes of LA Dance Magic, Hollywood Dance Jamz, Regional Dance America, DanceXplosion, Headliners, Dance Fierce, Breaking Bounds, & Kids For Kids, to name a few. Through his company NAKOA Network, founded in 2016, Nick has served as a manager, producer, & director for many individual artists& their projects, as well as for such companies as Shaping Sound, Generation IV, The Dance Counsel, IV REAL MVMNT, UN.Conventional, & Curtain Call Costumes for their fashion line NX3. Currently, amidst his regular on-going touring schedule of teaching, choreographing, & judging throughout the year, Nick is focused on building his newest venture, NAKOA Coaching, a very personal & mission driven business focused on helping educate, guide, & empower aspiring & established professional artists to more effectively navigate & manage their lives, careers, & finances. As a mentor & coach, Nick regularly works one on one with individual clients through private sessions. He also teaches group classes & seminars for various dance studios, companies, & events on topics such as mindset, life organization, strategy, goal setting, habits, financial literacy, & personal & professional financial management. More recently, Nick has taught business & personal finance classes for the CLI Conservatory, CLI Studios’ pre-professional launch program for future professional dancers, based inMA. While Nick frequently finds himself on the road in his professional life, he spends every moment he can at home in LA with his wife, Taylor, their dog, Arrow, & the newest addition to their family, their son, Asher.

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We are so excited to have Nick guest teaching at ADXT!