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Nubian Néné
Oneika Phillips
Oneika Phillips
Nubian Néné is a Montreal native and a New York-based dancer/choreographer who weaves Street & Club dances to create her unique captivating style. Her resilience and hard work stem from her Haitian roots, enabling her to expand into a producer, curator, visual artist, teacher, and a reliable asset to any endeavor and team. Her mentors, s
Nubian Néné is a Montreal native and a New York-based dancer/choreographer who weaves Street & Club dances to create her unique captivating style. Her resilience and hard work stem from her Haitian roots, enabling her to expand into a producer, curator, visual artist, teacher, and a reliable asset to any endeavor and team. Her mentors, some of the innovators of the Street & Club dance cultures, support, encourage, and inspire her to identify cultural references, to be involved and engaged in the community, and through pedagogy help carry the weight of African diasporic legacy. Nubian Néné performs with Bboyizm Dance Company's In My Body and Passion Fruit Dance Company's Trapped (2021) and Dimensions (in progress). Signature Verses Liberation (2022), an ode to architecture, dance, and drawing, is her first visual art installation, and proof of harmony. She is currently working on premiering Traceable, a solo work in January 2025, which is inspired by mental health and its effect on creativity. Nubian Néné is the creator, curator and artistic director of Waack Bazaar, The Essence Experience, Glasses & Laces, and A Lady in The House Dance Company
Oneika Phillips
Oneika Phillips
Oneika Phillips
Called “the first Grenadian woman to on Broadway”, Oneika Phillips is a proud Caribbean Ambassador in the American Arts scene. Her impressive Broadway credits include "1776" (discussing the contradictions and complexities of the founding of the United States), "FELA!" (exploring the music and activism of Nigerian musician, Fela Kuti), "Sp
Called “the first Grenadian woman to on Broadway”, Oneika Phillips is a proud Caribbean Ambassador in the American Arts scene. Her impressive Broadway credits include "1776" (discussing the contradictions and complexities of the founding of the United States), "FELA!" (exploring the music and activism of Nigerian musician, Fela Kuti), "Spongebob Squarepants, The Musical" (featured on Paramount +), "Violet" (as assistant to the Choreographer), and “Amazing Grace” (tracing the roots of the hymn written by slave owner turned abolitionist, John Newton).
In addition to her Broadway achievements, she has appeared Off-Broadway in "Black No More" at the Signature Theatre, starring Tariq Trotter a.k.a. Black Thought of the The Roots. Oneika has also embarked on national and international tours, including “FELA”, "1776" as John Hancock, and the “West Side Story” 50th Anniversary International Tour as Anita. She has played numerous prestigious stages all over the world including London, Spain, Greece, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Nigeria, Barbados, Jamaica and many more. She is part of New York stage history, performing in the 2023 inaugural season of the brand-new PAC NYC, in "Watch Night" directed by Bill T. Jones. The Perelman Arts Center is the city's newest, state-of-the-art space at the hallowed grounds of the World Trade Center.
She has left her artistic footprint in New York with appearances in Christopher Gattelli's "In Your Arms," Jamaican playwright and director Jermaine Rowe's “Standpipe”, "Children from the Blue Mountains" and "Legend of the Rolling Calf; and in New York Classical Theatre in association with Voza Rivers/New Heritage Theatre Group's “Leonora” – a Caribbean interpretation of Ibsen's "A Doll's House". Prior to Broadway, Oneika was a company member of Abdel Salaam's Forces of Nature Dance Theatre.
Oneika is an instructor with the Dance Fitness phenomenon, “Socanomics”, blending Culture and Conditioning to improve the body, mind and soul with the music and movement of the Caribbean. Most recently she held community class on her home island, free of charge for all ages, adding wellness and health to the conversation of Grenada's exuberant 50th Independence celebrations.
You can follow her artistic journey and personal stories on Instagram at @DragonPassionFruit.
Dominique Morisseau
Dominique Morisseau
Dominique Morisseau
Haitian American playwright of Bad Kreyol (Currently at Signature Theatre), Skeleton Crew (Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Broadway); TONY nominated book writer for Broadway musical Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations (Imperial Theatre).
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Odley Jean
Dominique Morisseau
Dominique Morisseau
Odley Jean was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She attended Clara Barton High School, where she started her journey in acting doing improv and performing off Broadway playswith the NYC non-profit Theater program Opening Act. Odley Jean then ventured into performing in plays on social justice such as A Day in the Life, Deka’s Story:
Odley Jean was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She attended Clara Barton High School, where she started her journey in acting doing improv and performing off Broadway playswith the NYC non-profit Theater program Opening Act. Odley Jean then ventured into performing in plays on social justice such as A Day in the Life, Deka’s Story: Uncut, Dear Jaha, and One Click written by Katie Cappiello. She toured across the country shedding light on social justice issues with GoodCapp Theater Company. Odley Jean made her television debut as Dominique Pierre, a leading role in the Netflix original series Grand Army (2020). And has continued to feature in short films Gentle Boy by Jacob, and VICTORINE by Lunise Cerin.
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