DANCE AROUND THE WORLD
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What People Are Saying About Reaction Dance Company
“Being an event planner, I have seen Juliette and her team perform at couple events. After falling in love with her work, I have hired her to perform at my daughter's First Communion party and perform to Beauty and the Beast!!! For entertainment for your upcoming events, please do contact her. She's very talented and friendly to work with.”
— Anna V.
“Love!!!! Killin it ladies!!!! Thank you for lending me your bodies and setting this piece!!!! Amazing, amazing job.”
— Gabriela Q.
“Definitely worth seeing.”
— Ramon M.
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OUR VISION
Reaction Dance Company brings the best of dance performance, entertainment and education to NYC’s unique and diverse population.
We operate on 3 core pillars:
We offer custom performances and dance for video, lessons, and school assemblies for a variety of venues and events, incorporating our specialty Fusion style.
We don’t believe in dance boundaries.
So we created Fusion (mixing different dance styles together into one piece) in response to the rise in NYC and America’s culturally mixed population.
Some of our most notable performances include “We’re All Immigrants” as part of the SMUSH Gallery Residency, New York’s Got Talent, “Dance Around the World,” RAW Artists: Stellar Miami, Parrish Art Museum, Diwali Times Square, and “Dance USA” on Zee TV.
Our dancers are from many different cultural backgrounds including Puerto Rico, Germany, Mexico, India, Russia, Korea, U.S. Virgin Islands, and many more nations.
OUR ARTISTIC STAFF
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Juliette Nieves-Becker
Artistic Director/Founder
Juliette Nieves-Becker is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, and the dance company owner of Reaction Dance Company NYC. She received formal dance training through her internship at Broadway Dance Center in 2011, and later graduated from Pace University in 2015 with a B.A in Commercial Dance and minor in Arts Management and Administration. She received two awards for the concept of Reaction while still attending college in 2014.
After college, she devoted herself to growing her dance company. She expanded her business to include private events, school dance assemblies with Arts Horizons 2015-present and Academic Entertainment 2020-present, and performances hosted by cultural institutions such as the Parrish Arts Museum in NY.
Along with running a company she’s also taught many dance styles (Hip Hop, Jazz, Contemporary, Bollywood, Latin Styling, Kpop, and fusion) to people of all ages with Creative Connections, Arts Horizons, The Dance Parade, and assisted with Flamenco Vivo with Flamenco dance classes.
Her choreography credits include: We’re All Immigrants Part 1, Raw Artists: Stellar Miami in 2019, Dixon Place: 8 in Show in 2019, Dances of the Diaspora: The Beats of India in 2019, Kennedy Holiday Showcase: Mehndi Diaries in 2018, Reaction presents: The United Boroughs of NYC in 2018, Dance USA Dance on Zee TV, Reggaeton music video “Conoci Bailando” by Ozzie Valencia, and The Globalization of Hip Hop performed at various schools and cultural institutions across the U.S.
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Eva Sol
Production Assistant
Eva Sol is a passionate, well-rounded dancer with a multi style diverse background. Based in New York, Eva has been training, choreographing, teaching and performing with various companies all around the city for 8+ years.
Although she has received training in multiple styles, she focused on and excelled in Ballet, Pointe, Hip Hop, Salsa on 2, Bachata, Bellydance, heels dancing and gymnastics.
She has danced with companies such as House of Pumps, Códari Dance Company, and is now a new member of Reaction Dance Company.
As an instructor, Eva has an exceptional ability to assess and teach to her students’ needs, and is goal-oriented to their improvement. She has taught at studios such as Cali Salsa Pal Mundo NYC, Gym-Azing, and additionally teaches private dance lessons.
Her talent has placed her in the salsa club scenes in the film “In the Heights,” releasing summer 2021, and on multiple stages across New York including Alvin Ailey - Spotlight Productions, Billie Jean National Tennis Court, Dance Parade NYC, National Animal Rights Day, The Queen of Hearts Dance Cruise, Tony Bennett Concert Hall, Queens Night Market and more.
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Maddie Hanson
Entrepreneur Fellow
Canadian dance artist Maddie Hanson is a graduate of The Juilliard School in NYC, accepted at the age of 16.
She has performed repertory by Martha Graham, José Limón, Mark Morris, Crystal Pite, Jiri Pokorny, and RUBBERBANDance Group, and is currently a company dancer with Wyckoff Collective.
Her choreographic work has been presented at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Baryshnikov Arts Center, DUMBO Dance Festival, and the APAP Conference.
She was commissioned for MOVE(NYC)’s 2019 Young Professionals program, Joffrey Ballet School’s 2019-2020 Emerging Choreographer Series, and is a recipient of the 2019 Dance Ontario Creative Partnership. In 2020, she was awarded a CreativAction Open Space residency at The National Ballet of Canada, and was selected as a 2020 Emerging Choreographer with Springboard Danse Montréal.
In 2021, she has created a short film for BalletX’s 15th Anniversary Season, taught with SoulEscape, and has worked on commissions with DART DSP (Berlin), Kit Modus, and Company | E. Maddie is represented by bloc NYC.
DANCERS
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CHOREOGRAPHERS
Juliette Nieves-Becker | Choreographer/Dancer | Juliette Nieves-Becker is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, and the dance company owner of Reaction Dance Company NYC. She received formal dance training through her internship at Broadway Dance Center in 2011, and later graduated from Pace University in 2015 with a B.A in Commercial Dance and minor in Arts Management and Administration. She received two awards for the concept of Reaction while still attending college in 2014.
Hannah Sandhu | Dancer | Hannah has been a dancer with Reaction since 2018. A veteran member of Reaction, Hannah has built quite the resume while dancing with us, from dancing in Miami at Raw Artists Showcase 2019, Melrose Ballroom Bollywood Bash, and helping Reaction create its first full-length show, We’re All Immigrants, by participating in its first dance residency at the Dragon’s Egg. Her impressive resume goes beyond Reaction to include graduating from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (Musical Theatre), and The Alvin Ailey School, (Ballet and Modern dance). She has trained with NBT, ACT, YPTMTC, Alonzo King Lines, and WDF. She is also fluent in over 15 different styles of world cultural dance (Afro Haitian, Afro Caribbean, West African, Congolese, Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, Chinese, BellyDance, Bhartanatyam, Katakh, Bollywood, Russian Character, and Persian) under the direction of Katy Alaniz Barnhill. As well as Ballet, Horton, Jazz, Tap, Hip hop, Graham Technique, Fosse, and Improv based styles. She is trained in Musical Theatre including Meisner technique and is an ardent jazz vocalist. She looks forward to traveling the world with her art and spreading the light.
Eva Sol | Dancer | Based in New York, Eva Sol is a passionate, well-rounded dancer who has been training, choreographing, teaching and performing for 9+ years. Although trained in multiple styles, she predominantly dances Ballet, Pointe, Hip-Hop, Salsa on 2, Bachata, Belly Dance, Heels, and Gymnastics. She has danced with House of Pumps, Códari Dance Company, and now Reaction Dance Company! Her talent has placed her in the salsa club scenes in the film, "In The Heights," and on multiple stages, including Alvin Ailey, Billie Jean National Tennis Court, Dance Parade NYC, The Queen of Hearts Dance Cruise, Tony Bennett Concert Hall, and more.
Kayla Yee | Dancer | Kayla Yee practices with movement as a building block for communal health. Focusing on the intersection of art and social justice in dance and theatre, she is especially interested in the body’s wisdom as we navigate relationships. With a drama degree from NYU, Yee’s choreography incorporates trauma perspectives in its storytelling. Her piece “In 50 Years,” has presented in festivals including Move to Change, Nasty Women Unite, and NYCFringe as part of her personal climate change activism. Recent performance credits: “We’re All Immigrants” (Reaction Dance), “Voyeur: Windows of Toulouse-Lautrec” (Bated Breath Theatre Company), “Tanya’s Lit Clit” (Workshop, Experimental Bitch Presents), and “Check All That Apply” (Sarah Esser, WestFest Dance Festival).
Briawna Jackson | Dancer | Briawna is a dancer hailing from the Bay Area. She has 24 years of dance experience as well as a BFA in Acting with a Minor in Musical Theatre from Southern Oregon University, where she became the first student choreographer for a main stage production, and co-founded the SOU Musical Theatre Showcase. Following her degree, she spent three years working at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in productions such as Beauty and the Beast, Guys and Dolls, and the world premiere production of Head Over Heels. She has continued choreographing, producing, and performing in projects both regionally and in New York.
Ana Gaby | Dancer | Ana Gabriela has been dancing since age 3. She has performed in a variety of shows ranging from competitions to concerts as well as her personal passion, Musical Theater. Throughout her life Ana has taught dance to young children and adults. She holds a certification in the VXN Workout method, which she loves because of how it empowers women through dance fitness. As a professional in psychology and dance, Ana loves to explore the intersection of the physical and the mind.
Angelica Schwartz | Dancer | Angelica Schwartz feels that the best way to dance is exactly how you want to! She has trained in various styles from competition hip hop, to contemporary and modern dance. Her choreography frequently experiments with the juxtaposition of different dance styles to create unique fusion pieces. She is also a dancer with RicaSalsa, a “salsa moderna” performance company offering a unique take on Salsa musicality with a taste of modern dance. Angelica is currently based out of San Francisco, and has been dancing with Reaction since early 2021.
