Nigel Tau

Nigel began dancing at age 10 with The Academy of Dance in his hometown of Savannah, Georgia. In 2013, he became a trainee with Next Generation Ballet, where performed in the conservatory’s own productions as well as with Opera Tampa and the Florida Orchestra. He went on to train with BalletMet on a full scholarship, where he performed and rehearsed alongside the company in shows such as The Great Gatsby and The Nutcracker. Since he started working with the Grand Rapids Ballet in 2015, he has been a part of tours to Houghton, Petoskey, St. Louis, and Seattle, and performed in pieces such as Paul Taylor’s Company B, Alejandro Cerrudo’s Extremely Close, Andy Blankenbeuler’s Rember Our Song, and Twyla Tharp’s In the Upper Room. Nigel has had the great privilege of being a part of the premier of Darrell Grand Moultrie’s An Offering, Dani Rowe’s Liar King Lear, and Sherlock, by our own resident choreographer with the Grand Rapids Ballet, Penny Saunders.

In his time with the company, he has also had the fortune of working with choreographers such as Olivier Wevers, Jennifer Archibald, Kate Skarpetowska, and Annabelle Lopez-Ochoa. His first work, Errant Thoughts, debuted on the company in 2019, and he has since choreographed several works on the company as a part of their Jumpstart program and for outreach performances. Most recently, he debuted his piece The Birth of the Moon as part of Frederik Meijer Garden’s Winter Nights series.