Soul Journey Fellows
Nika Antuanette & Jeremy Cone
Nika Antuanette is a Dancer, Choreographer, and Performing Artist. She has been a company member of various concert dance companies including Gaspard & Dancers, Sarah Berges Dance, Alison Cook Beatty Dance, ZCO Dance Project, & Gotham Dance Theater. She was featured in the first 3 seasons of the HBO series, The Gilded Age, as a Waltz & Casino Dancer, and has performed in productions including Dancing Queen in the US & Canada, Luann de Lesseps’ Countess Cabaret, and several commercial projects including Daisy Smart Home, Gatorade, Matrix Fitness Equipment, Andrea Rogers’ Xtend Barre Express, Segura Viudas Cava, and more.
As a choreographer, Nika has presented her solo work in Israel at Kibbutz Ga’aton in NYC at Dixon Place, Peridance Capezio Theatre, and Alvin Ailey City Group Theater, Philadelphia at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre, and in dance film festivals nationwide. She has also created choreography for music videos, corporate events, and immersive experiences including Michael Kors x Interview Magazine launch party and The High Life Productions events.
In addition, Nika is a Yoga Instructor and guides Mindful Movement as well as Vinyasa and Yin-Yoga-based classes through her wellness company, BlissIn Out @blissin.out.
Nika & Jeremy began creating work together in 2017 with the dance film “Savage Queen” which was presented at the Dance Film Shorts Festival in LIC, NY and the Santa Monica Versatility Dance Film Festival. It was also performed live at Dixon Place and The Suzanne Roberts Theatre in Philadelphia, PA for the Koresh Come Together Dance Festival. In 2020, Nika & Jeremy received a New Work Grant from the Queens Council on the Arts for the dance film, “HOLOGRAM.” It was featured in the 2021 Screen Dance Festival in Stockholm, Sweden. This work has since been performed live in Santa Barbara, CA at the HH11 Festival in 2022. Their dance film, “View/Chew” premiered in Oakland, CA and was presented at Versatility Dance festival in Boulder, CO and Washington D.C. in April 2023. Nika & Jeremy continue to develop their multimedia dance & music presence under Moving Dance Company with the creation of new dance films, live performances, & experiences. They were artists in residence at the FPAC Gallery at the Boston Seaport, where they presented their dance show, This Is Not Content, along with multimedia artwork that echoes the themes of the show. They expanded on that production and brought it to the Center Stage Theater in Santa Barbara in October 2023. Most recently, they premiered Terms & Conditions, in New York City in August 2024, as an evening length work. Stay tuned and follow @movingdanceco for more updates!
Nika & Jeremy are grateful to be Soul Fellow Artists in Residence at Open Temple and create new works together. It is meaningful and fulfilling to not only hold space in unique and engaging ways by hosting wellness experiences featuring mindful movement, meditation, music and performance elements through a Judaic lens, but also inspiring to integrate the Creative Torah Academy youth into the process. By co-creating dance and musical structures with the students, they will offer them rich ways to learn and express themselves through embodied storytelling.