Company
Nico Archambault- Founding Director
is originally from San Jose CA and moved to NYC in 2021. She received her BA in Dance Performance Studies from SFSU in 2019 where she made Dean’s list and received her MA in Teaching Dance from NYU in 2023 with Honors. She is now a NYC based professional dancer, choreographer, and public school dance educator in the Bronx. She’s been teaching dance for 15 years in the public and private dance sector throughout the Bay Area and NYC providing exemplary training of the many techniques and styles she has acquired throughout her dance career. These include many styles of Ballet, Modern, Folkloric, Latin, and Urban dance.
She founded Nico Dance Co. in 2025 as a mixed-level and mixed-style dance company. She wanted to allow many different dancers to be able to showcase the dances they are proficient in and love most while also creating a progressive learning environment for her dancers to gain experience in styles that are interesting, challenging, and new to them. The company showcases full live dance performances, dance videos, live on the street performances, and private performances. Nico does not stray away from using her professional performances and platforms to raise awareness on social issues and to promote social political activism. Many company performances and projects are based in political comedy and aim to use art as a tool to better inform and aid communities throughout NYC.
She is very proud of her company choreographers and dancers, and is looking forward to continuously uplifting them and aid them in their dance journey.
Gabriel Sanchez- Assistant Director
has been doing performative dance for 20 years. However, as a young boy, he always engaged in social dances at parties and constantly found himself at the center of attention. His cultural social dance primarily included Latin music such as Cumbia and Mambo. Later in life, Gabriel began training as a dancer taking ballet, jazz and modern dance classes. He performed in musicals in his hometown at the Utep Dinner Theater and in a production of Westside Story with the El Paso Opera. He moved to NYC in 2012 to continue training and worked with several local choreographers mostly in contemporary styles. He later attained his M.A in Dance Education in the Professions from NYU in 2020 and attained his teaching certification in 2023. While at NYU he had the pleasure of experiencing the study abroad program in Uganda and he considers it the highlight of his graduate school career. He has also been a dancer with Calpulli Mexican Dance since 2019. Gabriel is now a dance teacher at MS 419 in Corona, Queens.
Joseph Buscas Rata- Assistant Director
is a second-year graduate student pursuing his master’s degree in Dance Education for the initial K-12 certification at New York University, Steinhardt. Born and raised in Sacramento, California, he graduated from Sacramento State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance in Spring 2023 as a Dean Honors nominee for the College of Letters and Arts. He has choreographed for Pride for two years at Sacramento and the SpellmanTwinz in 2024. He has showcased his Master’s Concert piece, “HALFTIME SHOW” at NYC Pride March 2025 with his fellow colleagues showcasing variety dances and individualized fashion. He was also part of the University Dance Company Dance Site (UDC) at Sacramento State for four years. In addition, he was part of Sac Dance Company and Burlesque Jazz Company in 2022-2023. He was honored to dance pieces from many professional guest choreographers: Melecio Estella, Pat Taylor, Nicol Lazenby, Ozvaldo Ramirez, and Philip Flickinger. With that, in Spring 2023, he and his colleagues performed at the American College Dance Association (ACDA) in Tempe, Arizona. He has co-directed and stage management for Footworks Dance Company, Sac Modern, and Sac Dance Academy. He is currently working with the NYC Public School for Reading Partners to tutor grades K-5th and a substitute teacher. He is also a choreographer at Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts for their musical, “The Prom.” He is currently a substitute dance teacher for PS 91 at the Bronx, a performing art elementary school, fulfilling dance as a gateway for youth to be artistically expressive. His main goal is to pursue a dance teacher for his love and passion for the youth community in NYC.
Annelise Bond- Principal Dancer
is a passionate and versatile dancer, choreographer and teacher with 15 years of experience in classical ballet, as well as a significant amount of experience in contemporary, modern, and theater jazz styles. In 2025, she received her BFA in Dance with a concentration in Ballet from the University of South Florida, located in Tampa, FL. Currently, she is a graduate student at NYU Steinhardt’s Dance Education program, pursuing a Master’s degree in Dance Education with a focus on ABT Ballet Pedagogy.
Laura Marin- Principal Dancer
is a native New Yorker who began her movement journey eight years ago. She loves exploring different styles of dance, particularly street jazz, Latin dance, and heels.
She enjoys working in supportive creative spaces and continues to grow as an artist through rehearsal, performance, and community.