Nina Flagg is a California native who attended Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. She obtained her B.A. in Sociology from UCLA in 2001. She went on to tour as a principal dancer with the Philadelphia-based Hip Hop company Rennie Harris Puremovement. Nina has been on faculty for the dance departments of Cal Arts, UCLA and Connecticut College. She has worked with such artists as Prince, Tina Turner, Bette Midler, Will Smith, Chris Brown, and J Balvin. Her choreography has been featured on the Grammy Awards, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and the TV Land Awards. She is currently enjoying her second year on faculty in the Cal Arts School of Dance and is visiting faculty for UCLA’s WAC Department this quarter. This Summer she will return to the Ailey company to set an original work with Rennie Harris for the company’s 60th anniversary. Ninaflagg.com
Project Description
This work addresses the varied emotions we experience when choosing to engage in the practice of love. These emotions may range from self-discovery, compassion and jealousy to adoration, empowerment and joy. When we examine love relationships as a series of simulations, we recognize our own agency in choosing our experience. Love becomes a choosing rather than a happening.