about — Nicholas LaMaina

Currently:‍ ‍the metropolitan opera (samson et dalila)

available for hiring beginning jan. 2027

photo by michelle bliss

Nicholas La Maina is an artist from south florida and currently based out of New York City. Earning a Dance BFA from The Juilliard School, Nick works as a freelance performer, choreographer, arts + wellness educator, and model.

Nick is also the co-founder and director of the nyc arts non-profit eni artist collective (est. 2025) alongside his lifelong collaborator Ekko Greenbaum.

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Nicholas LaMaina is an award-winning dance performance artist with experience performing in in concert and commercial work.
He has notably been a dancer in work by Damien Jalet, Ohad Naharin and Billy Barry, Sharon Eyal, Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber, William Forsythe, Jermaine Spivey, Yue Yin, Andrea Miller, austin mccormick, Johannes Weiland, Camille A. Brown, and the Studio Wayne McGregor.
Company credits include: eni artist collective, LED boise, the metropolitan opera, lam dance works, gallim, the juilliard school.
For more information, or for hiring, please contact nick@eniartistcollective.org.
nick is currently the Resident Choreographer for eni artist collective.
Nick also works as a freelance choreographer - offering work for professional dance companies, pre-professional solo or group work, and collegiate solo work.
Nick had students accepted into collegiate programs after auditioning with his solo work (NYU Tisch, Boston Conservatory, FSU, and more).
In Nick’s long form creation he rejects "dance for dance's sake" and traditional ocularcentrism. he works to redefine Western ideals of physical greatness in dance work and to reawaken the performer and audience’s capacity to feel.
For more information, or for hiring, please contact nick@eniartistcollective.org.
nick is a passionate educator, currently working as a full-time teaching faculty at eni artist collective, guest teaching at pre-professional studios, and freelance teaching between new york, new jersey, florida, and Massachusetts.
Nick is also certified in pilates mat through the stability project (ellie kusner).
For more information, or for hiring, please contact nick@eniartistcollective.org.
Nick is a freelance model, specializing in movement.
He has worked as a model with Apple, Peter Do, and more.
Nick is currently seeking representation.
For more information, for hiring, or representation, please contact nick@eniartistcollective.org.
Nick is the Founder and Artistic Director of eni artist collective.
eni is a NYC–based 501©(3) nonprofit dance arts organization founded in 2025.
Learn more: eniartistcollective.org