nia love

nia love

nia love lives on unseated Lenape Nation land known as New York. In honor of her maternal grandmothers and their historical participation in black feminism and domesticity that radically move away from patriarchy, love’s decision to lowercase her name is meant to draw more attention to her work than who she is, as an effort to rename her family’s legacy. Her career spans forty-five years, beginning in 1978 as an international apprentice with Ballet Nacional de Cuba. Received a BFA (Howard University) and an MFA ( Florida State University). In 1996 toured with Japanese Butoh master Min Tanaka and received the honorary Fulbright Fellowship in 2002-03. Two Bessie Awards; 2017 Dance Performance Award Outstanding Performance (Skeleton Architecture), and Outstanding Music Composition/Sound Design.  love, a recipient of the 2019 Gibney Presents Residency and Gibney|DiP, 2020-21Urban Bush Women’s Choreographic Center Initiative Fellowship, 2020 MAP Fund, 2020-21 Artist in Residence at Bryn Mawr College, 2021-22 MANCC (Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography)Residency, the Movement Research Rosin Fund Residency. love is the 2022 recipient of the Foundation for Contemporary Arts awardee (FCA). Currently serves as Co-Advisor for Brooklyn Arts Exchange Artist-In-Residence and Advisor for New York Live Arts Fresh Tracks. love presently serves as an Assistant professor adjunct at Queens College.