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NIKI SALUDEZ (@TitoNiki) is a Filipino-American dancer, teaching artist, and choreographer (originally from the DMV area) currently performing, teaching classes, creating work, and connecting community in New York City and across the world.
...Read moreNIKI SALUDEZ (@TitoNiki) is a Filipino-American dancer, teaching artist, and choreographer (originally from the DMV area) currently performing, teaching classes, creating work, and connecting community in New York City and across the world.
With over a decade devoted to his craft, Niki’s movement style is a merging of his diverse training in hip hop dance, different street styles including popping, house, waacking, and vogue, street jazz, contemporary dance, and music that all manifests in a poetic and musicality-driven style that is “flowing, organic, and rooted in foundation.” Niki’s performances have spanned across stages and sets ranging from commercial, concert, and theatre. His professional credits include works for artists such as Alicia Keys, Don Diablo, Katy Perry, Todrick Hall; Live television performances on The Tonight Show: Starring Jimmy Fallon, the Annual Tony Awards, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and Good Morning America; Principal dancer in the companies Soul Project Dance Company (directed by Candace Brown) and tedted Performance Group (directed by Teddy Tedholm); Theatre credits including originating his role in the Broadway show, Hell’s Kitchen, a musical by Alicia Keys, as an original cast member since its development and off-Broadway opening at the Public Theater, as well as joining the company of 11 to Midnight, a show by the acclaimed duo Cost n’ Mayor, as a vacation swing.
Niki is currently a resident faculty member at Broadway Dance Center in New York City and also has been a teaching artist for numerous programs across the country. As an educator, Niki prioritizes creating safe, inclusive, and fun spaces where dancers feel challenged to grow outside of their comfort zones while coming as they are and expressing their individual voices as artists. He aims to help dancers feel empowered and equipped to excel on their journeys as well as deepen their relationship with their bodies, dance, and community.
Wholeheartedly thankful for the people, places, and experiences that dance has carried him to, Gratitude sits at the root of Niki’s practice as he strives to encourage others across the world.
Class Descriptions
Niki prioritizes creating safe, inclusive, and fun spaces where dancers feel challenged to grow outside of their comfort zones while coming as they are and expressing their individual voices as artists. Class will begin with a warm up consisting of breath, body awareness, dynamic exercises, grooves and foundation drills, to prepare the mind and body for training. Dancers will then learn choreography to practice skills including musicality, expression, and textures. This is a class to empower and expand you on your individual journeys and gather to celebrate dance and community!