Nicholas Young

Nicholas Young is a New York City-based dancer, musician, and choreographer, most recently a cast member of the off-Broadway sensation STOMP. Nicholas performed the lead role for both the touring and New York companies, acted as rehearsal director for the American tour, and is grateful to have spent more than nine years total as an integral part of the show. Since moving to New York, Nicholas has performed with Manhattan Tap, Rumba Tap, Hoofing to Hitting with Jared Grimes,"Jazz in Motion" with Sarah and Leela Petronio in Paris, and most recently, with Michelle Dorrance's company, Dorrance Dance, in her critically acclaimed work, "Sound Space."  Brian Seibert of the New York Times stated: "...But the height of virtuosity came in a late body-percussion solo by Nicholas Young. Snapping, clapping, stomping and clicking his tongue, Mr. Young played the church with his body, a one-man band juggling two or three rhythms at once, developing a sophisticated composition within Ms. Dorrance's." He recently premiered his New York-based dance company SoundMovement in which Trina Mannino for Dance Enthusiast wrote "The most ground-breaking use of rhythm was found in SoundMovement Dance Company's environments."  Nicholas is currently working on a collaboration with Bessie Award winner Michelle Dorrance for the Jacobs Pillow 2014 season.