About

HAYLEE NICHELE

Haylee Nichele was born and raised in Port Alberni, BC. Haylee started her professional training With Arty Gordon at Arts Umbrella. She continued her studies at the Juilliard School where she graduated in 2011 and received her BFA. In New York Haylee has danced and toured with Kate Watson Wallace, Brian Brooks, Adam Barruch, and the Met Opera. In LA she has danced and toured for Clairobscur, Heidi Duckler Dance, Janet Roston, and BODYTRAFFIC. 

Upon graduating she started her journey into the immersive world. She first started performing for Punchdrunk in Sleep No More where she played the role of Lady MacDuff among others. Haylee has also played the role of Alice in Third Rail Projects Then She Fell, a hit immersive show in Brooklyn. For director Justin Denton she has acted in both the Legion Hololense Experience for SDCC 2017 and Chained: A Victorian Nightmare an immersive theatre VR hybrid. She played the role of Kareen in the Speakeasy Society’s production of The Johnny Cycle, performed Red Flags Capital W’s one woman immersive piece in their Two Bit Circus residency, and most recently she has acted for Tender Claws in their award winning experiences The Under Presents and Tempest.

In 2016 Haylee was adjunct faculty at Loyola Marymount University teaching Modern Technique and Stretch and Strength. Over the years she has taught workshops in dance techniques and immersive theatre tools for: The Juilliard School, NYU, LEIA, Arts Umbrella, Kirkwood Academy (Nanaimo), Gibney Dance, LA Dance Festival, and No)One Art House.

Haylee considers herself an emerging choreographer and creating work has been her recent focus. In 2019 she co-created two pieces, one in Vancouver, BC and one in Los Angeles. PACK, an intimate immersive dance theatre piece. Was created alongside Thoenn Glover and Samantha Jane Grey, and made possible though a generous theatre residency with the Vancouver Dance Centre. CREATURE, Presented by The Great Company is an immersive dance ritual, and was made in collaboration with Director Justin Denton and composer Jeremy Howard Beck.

Sharing her love of immersive theatre work, dance, and community is her goal. Exposing audiences to a new ways of receiving story and interacting with performers is her mission. 

 Connecting Community, Education, and Performance though Movement.