Miss Nina

Before she was known as “Miss Nina”, Nina could be found dancing everywhere and anywhere you’d let her. Professionally or just for fun, music and movement has been her passion and part of her daily life forever. Whether you see her performing in concert, in class or listen to her original music you can witness her high-energy joy that fuels her dancing spirit. And Nina hopes its contagious! Providing children and their families the space and opportunity to enjoy music and movement together is her passion.

Likewise, fostering a love a books and reading in children by putting children’s books to music is her other passion. On her 2010 award-winning CD “Singing & Dancing Together”, Nina recorded the book This Jazz Man by Karen Ehrhardt. She has several other ”book songs” that she enjoys performing at sing-alongs, bookstores and events all over NYC and the tristate area and plans to record soon. (You can find videos of many of these songs on YouTube.)
Nina earned a B.S in Dance Management from Oklahoma City University, and after dancing professionally in Musical Theatre for several years went back to get her M. A. in Educational Theatre from New York University. She’s worked as a Teaching Artist for The Leadership Program, The Educational Arts Team and Making Books Sing, has been a Gymboree Teacher and Manager, and currently teaches the Small Wonder Program part-time at Woodside Preschool in Manhattan. Nina lives in Brooklyn with her husband and their cat, Dwight.

**2012 marks the year that Miss Nina’s second children’s CD will be recorded and released! To stay up-to-date on all things Miss Nina, you can add your name to the email list (box on the upper right-hand side of this page), and/or check the Calendar on this website for upcoming events.**