Nikki Spencer has been dancing since the age of seven, and was on The Wynn Twins School of Dance competing dance team from the age of fourteen until she graduated high school. She performed many different styles of dance such as ballet, tap, jazz, modern/abstract, lyrical, hip hop, contemporary, and some irish. After this, she went to Missouri Valley College and majored in dance where she learned more in depth about choreography, laban method, pedagogy, and community dance. In her freshman year of college, she was on dance team for a year where she performed pom/jazz routines for the football and basketball team. Afterwards, she joined the dance company and picked up aerial silks, ballroom, and advanced her knowledge of ballet, tap, jazz, modern and hip hop.
She is currently the wellness coach for the Kansas City Canaries.She currently takes drop in classes at the Kansas City Ballet, Quixotic Cirque Nouveau, and Dance Fit Flow to improve her ballet, jazz technique and heels skills. Her goal is to challenge herself in her solo routines, step outside of her comfort zone,and challenge herself on and off the stage.
“Dance enables you to find yourself and lose yourself at the same time.”
-Peter Townsend