Nicole Bindler, BA, CMT
Choreographer, Educator, Bodyworker
nicolebindler (at) gmail (dot) com
215-389-0211
Selected Education
2008 - present
Butoh. Katsura Kan, Philadelphia, PA.
Composition. Miguel Gutierrez, Philadelphia, PA.
Performance Practice. Deborah Hay, Philadelphia, PA.
Dance-Theater Camp. Philadelphia, PA.
Yoga. Studio 34, Yoga Child, Philadelphia, PA.
2006-2007
Butoh. Yoshito Ohno, Yokohama, Japan.
Contact Improvisation. David Brick, Philadelphia P.A.
Contemporary Dance. Leah Stein, Myra Bazell, Philadelphia, PA.
Pilates. Nicole Rogers, Upbeat Enterprises, Philadelphia, PA.
Dance-Theater Camp. Philadelphia, PA.
2005
Theater workshop. Pig Iron Theater Co. Philadelphia, PA.
2002-2004
Feldenkrais: Awareness Through Movement. Jessica Newman, Cambridge, MA.
Yoga, New Dance, Movement Improvisation. Debra Bluth, Cambridge,MA.
Butoh. Jennifer Hicks, Cambridge, MA.
2001-2002
Degree in Muscular Therapy (900 hrs). Muscular Therapy Institute, Cambridge, MA.
2000-2001
Alexander Technique. Linda Carmichael, Somerville, MA.
1995-1999
BA in Dance/Poetry. Hampshire College, Amherst, MA.
1997
Pilates. Louise Gillette, Philadelphia PA.
1996-1997
Pilates. Rythea Kaufman, Your Own Gym, Northamptom, MA.
1995-1996
Body-Mind Centering, Pilates. Cathie Caraker, Your Own Gym, Northamptom, MA.; Movement Research, New York, NY.
Selected Performance Experience
Current Projects
Member of "When We're Older", Dance/Music duo with Andy Hayleck.
Member of Mascher Space Cooperative.
Curator of the StudioSeries @ Studio 34, Philadelphia, PA.
2009
Dancer. Sarah Gladwin-Camp, “Giant Dance”, nEW Fesitval, Philadelphia, PA.
Improviser. Bowerbird, Philadelphia, PA.
Improviser. IRTIJAL09’, Beirut, Lebanon.
Improviser. Xfest, Lowell, MA.
Writer. “Pachinko Zen” Nexus Radio Project, Philadelphia, PA.
2008
Dancer. Katsura Kan, "Curious Fish", Mascher Coop, Philadelphia, PA.
Dancer. Willi Doerner, "Bodies in Urban Spaces", Philadelphia Livearts Festival.
Dancer. Liza Cark, "Seed Tree Shell", Swarthmore College, PA.
Improviser. "Norman: A Moving Monologue", First Person Arts Salon, Philadelphia, PA.
Improviser. Fireside Festival, Seattle, WA.
Improviser. SoundSpace Japan/USA, Intl’ collaboration, Mascher Coop, Philadelphia, PA.
2007
Improviser. New Dance/Japan residency with Corrie Befort. Tokyo, Japan.
Choreographer. "Pia Mater", Mascher Coop, Philadelphia, PA.
Choreographer. "The Drought", Hampshire College, Amherst, MA.
Director. "Rosemary, That's for remembrance", Dance for the camera.
2006
Improviser. Tabadol Project, Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
Choreographer. "Wrong Boat", Performance Mix Festival, Joyce Soho, New York, N.Y.
Choreographer. "My Little Monstrosity", neW Festival, Drake Theater, Philadelphia, P.A.
Dancer. PIMA Group, “What a Quaint Scene We Were That Night”, CEC, Philadelphia, P.A.
2005
Improviser. Tour with Leonel Kaplan, Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Rosario, Jujuy, Argentina.
Improviser. "Aquatic Uncle" D.C. Improvisation Festival, Washington, D.C.
Choreographer. "Print", Philadelphia Live Arts Festival.
Dancer. Leah Stein Dance Company, "Bardo", Philadelphia Live Arts Festival.
Dancer. Ju-Yeon Ryu, "Lost Spirits", Philadelphia Museum of Art.
2004
Improviser. High Zero Festival, Baltimore, MD.
Choreographer. "Print", Imagine Festival of Arts, Issues and Ideas, New York, NY.
Choreographer. "P.S. 41", Shawinigan Street Theater Festival, Shawinigan, Quebec.
Choreographer. "Places I've Never/Been", Quito, Ecuador.
Dancer. Debra Bluth, “The Crazy One: A Love Story”, Boston College.
2003
Choreographer. "Infirmary", Transmodern Age Festival, Baltimore, MD.
Dancer. Zaitoun Dance Troupe, Worldwide Peace Demonstration, Boston Common, (audience, 50,000).
2002
Dancer. Jennifer Hicks, (CHIMERAlab Theatre Project), Mobius, Boston, MA.
2000-2001
Actor, Writer. Improbable Players Theater Troupe, Watertown, MA.
2000
Dancer. Brenda Divelbliss, “Nightfalling”, Emerson Majestic Theater, Boston, MA.
1993
Dancer. Linda Diamond (of Anna Sokolow Company), New York, NY.
Awards
2009
Foundation For Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant:
Travel to Beirut to perform in IRTIJAL’09.
2008
Dance Advance Professional Development Grant:
Katsura Kan residency at Mascher Space Cooperative.
2007
Dance Advance Professional Development Grant:
New Dance/Japan residency with Corrie Befort.
2006
Philadelphia Dance Projects support to commission a work for AMD by Asimina Chremos.
Selected Teaching Experience
2008 - present
Experiential Anatomy. Studio 34, Philadelphia, PA.
Performance Practice. Wild Meadows, Shellsberg, PA.
Performance Practice. Grassroots Studio, Seattle, WA.
YogaDance for ages 3-5, Yoga Child, Philadelphia, PA.
2007
Anatomy for Yoga Teachers. YogaChild, Philadelphia, PA.
Performance Practice. Wild Meadows, Shellsberg, PA.
2006-2007
Massage Therapy Fundamentals. Massage Arts Center of Philadelphia.
2006
Experiential Anatomy. Yoga Child, Philadelphia, PA.
2005-2007
Contact Improvisation. Susan Hess Studio, Philadelphia, PA.
Experiential Anatomy. Company class for AMD, Philadelphia, PA.
Creative Movement, 7th graders, People for People Charter School, Philadelphia, PA.
2005
Contact Improvisation. Buenos Aires, Rosario and Cordoba, Argentina.
2004
Contemporary Dance. Green Street Studios, Cambridge, MA.
Contemporary Dance, Improvisation. CasaNia Studio, Cambridge, MA.
2003/2004
Contemporary Dance, Contact Improvisation. Experimental Movement Concepts, Baltimore MD.
2003
Contemporary Dance, Improvisation. Eubie Blake Center, Baltimore, MD.
Contemporary Dance workshop for Zaitoun Folk Dance Troupe. MIT, Cambridge, MA.
Contemporary Dance. Links Hall, Chicago, Il.
Therapeutic Bodywork Practice
2004-present
Massage Therapist. Certified by the NCBTMB, member of the AMTA.
Private Practice specializing in the treatment of professional dancers and athletes. Myofascial Release, Craniosacral Therapy, Sports Massage, Neuromuscular Re-patterning, Energy Work.
2003-2004
Massage Therapist. Muscular Therapy Institute, Cambridge, MA.
Therapeutic Bodywork for a broad population of clients.
2002-2004
Massage Therapist. Hands-On-Health, Cambridge, MA.






