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                                Nicola Bowie                             
                                                        choreographer
                                                                                    
                            
                                                        Nicola Bowie danced professionally with English National Ballet before joining English National Opera as Head of Movement and Dance (1980-1998). In that capacity, she choreographed more than 40 productions there. Since 1998 she has worked as a director and choreographer at New York City Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Washington National Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Dallas Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Virginia Opera, Seattle Opera, Portland Opera, Eugene Opera, Arizona Opera, San Diego Opera, Graz Oper, Oper Bonn, Semper Oper in Dresden, Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Scottish Opera, Korean National Opera, National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing, Teatro Real Madrid, Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon, Opera Zuid in Maastrict, San Francisco Opera’s Merola Program, Opera McGill in Montreal, USC, UCLA, Royal College of Music, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Yale Opera, and Cal State Long Beach.
 
								