NiNi Dongnier is a choreographer and artist based in New York City, and works regularly in Asia. Her interdisciplinary practice bridges choreography, performance, film, technology intervention, and painting. Beginning Spring 2024, she serves as curator and program manager of the Barnard Movement Lab at Columbia University. Previously, she was a tenure-track assistant professor in Simon Fraser University’s School for the Contemporary Arts and a faculty member at the prestigious Beijing Dance Academy. She has also taught at Barnard, NYU ITP, and CUNY Hunter.
Her practice and research have been supported by and presented at institutions including The Watermill Center, Movement Research, initial research, New York Live Art, Mana Contemporary, Monira Foundation, La MaMa|CultureHub, Media Art Xploration, Jacob’s Pillow, North East Asia Art Archive, Aranya Art Center, G Museum, Shanghai International Dance Center Theater, Ming Contemporary Art Museum, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Google Research Awards.
NiNi is also the co-founder of NUUM Collective alongside Mimi Yin (NYU ITP) and Tiri Kananuruk (Yale Graphic Design). NUUM is a collective of choreographers, programmers, sound artists and designers synthesizing diverse disciplines in search of novel ways to craft meaning out of form.
Education:
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture
MFA, New York University
MA & BA, Beijing Dance Academy