Our Vision

So why NMD?

NMD is the beginning of a new chapter for me.

After taking some time away from running my own school, I was lucky enough to continue teaching at various schools, including Queensland Ballet.

Then something unexpected happened.

One day, I made a TikTok with my son, Taron.

No makeup.
I hadn’t done my hair.
I wasn’t worried about what I was wearing.
I was just… me.

And it blew up.

So many people had such beautiful things to say, and for whatever reason, I felt like people needed to see Taron and me exactly as we were.

There was something about the authenticity of it.

No perfection.
No trying to be something we weren’t.
Just two people who love dance.

And something clicked for me.

I realised that perhaps people don’t always need to see perfection.

They need to see truth.

That moment helped me fall in love with myself again as a dancer.

It reminded me why I fell in love with dance in the first place — not because of how I looked, how high my leg could go, or whether every step was perfect…

…but because of how it made me feel.

And that is a huge part of what I want NMD to be.

A place where you can be who you are.

Where you can move from your soul.

Where you don’t have to fit a mould.

Where individuality is celebrated and your story, your body, your experiences and your way of moving are all part of what makes your dancing uniquely yours.

A collective where dancers are encouraged to grow at their own pace, to be themselves, to support one another and to develop not only as dancers, but as people.

I don’t want to simply create dancers who can execute steps beautifully.

I want to create artists, performers and confident young people who understand the complexity and diversity of movement.

And I want them to understand something really important…

There may be one person sitting in that audience who needed to see YOU.

Maybe your dancing says something to them that nobody else could.

Maybe you make them feel something.

Maybe you inspire them.

And maybe, just maybe, that person who needed to see you was you. 

That is the magic of dance.

And I want our dancers to understand that dance doesn’t have to end when you’re 18 or 20.

My dream is to create dancers who love dance for life — whether that leads them to a professional career, teaching, choreography or performing…

Or simply dancing around the kitchen with their children one day. 

Because I truly believe you can dance into your 80s.

NMD is about A New Movement in Dance.

New movement.
New possibilities.
A new generation of dancers.

But it is also about remembering that there is no expiry date on the feeling that dance gives you.

I am so incredibly excited to share this next chapter with you.

To build something authentic.
Something creative.
Something full of heart.
And something that I hope will become very special to every dancer who walks through our doors.

Welcome to NMD Collective.

This is just the beginning. 

Nicole x